Happy Birthday...

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Happy Birthday…

to Andrew Carter!

(I just discovered the calendar feature – very cool)

It’s not quite Wednesday where I am, but it is where you are. So… Happy 17th!

(this thread can be recycled as a general purpose Happy Birthday thread)

uni57 (Dave)

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Thanks a lot Dave! :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: . I’ve had a great day so far. It’s now 4:33pm and I’m very tempted to go out for a ride in the rain. If there are any drummers out there, I got some stick weights that wrap firmly around the sticks to use for warming up. After about 5mins you take them off and feel really free and fast.

Thanks Dave:D
Andrew

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Cool. Do some blazing paradiddles and flam taps! Triple stroke roll!!!

Are you in the marching band?

Remember… Speed requires control. Control requires power. Power requires practice. Practice!

uni57 (Dave)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

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Phil,

Thanks a lot!

Dave,

Well fancy that! Who’d of guessed you’d also be a drummer. At school I’m in:

  • Big Band
  • Symphonic
  • Percussion Ensemble
  • Guitar Ensemble (playing drums not guitar)
  • Funk Ensemble (which I set up and is run by students)
  • Junior School Musical Pit Orchestra
  • Senior School Musical Pit Orchestra

I’m really enjoying music at school this year. Have you ever tried stick weights? My favourite style of music is definately funk. I also like Jazz and Jazz+Funk (which is just swung funk really) and heaps of other styles, but they’re my favourite styles. My favourite bands are:

  • Directions in Groove (an Australian funk band)
  • Charlie Hunter Trio (Jazz, funk, jazz+funk)
  • Stanton Moore (drummer from Galactic with Skeric (sax) and Charlie Hunter (guitar and bass) playing funk, jazz, jazz+funk)

…Now I’m just getting carried away. Sorry. What sort of drumming are you into?

Andrew

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Congrats Andrew. 17?

I’d never heard about stick weights but it does make sense. I play percussion in a folk band. I’d also never heard about a triple stroke roll (mentioned by uni57) but I’ll try that out.

Klaas Bil
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a very happy birthday to u sir
may the day be filled with joy happiness and a shitload of beer
(i had to add that because i was beginning to sound like a hallmark card and i hate it when i do that)

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GILD - No, no, no! You expertly diffused the Hallmark issue, but you went too far! Andrew is 17. I know you don’t want him to drink a shitload of beer. (shhh! according to our nifty calendar , Sofa’s birthday is tomorrow. Save that wish for him…)

How about this instead…

May the day be filled with joy, happiness,
and a CRAPLOAD of CRAP! NOT!

uni57 (Dave)

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>shhh! according to our nifty calendar , Sofa’s birthday is tomorrow. Save that wish for him…)

in that case (ha-ha), may i be the first to say ‘happy birthday boet!’

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boet? :wink:

Ahh the memories.

Thanks GILD.

I think I’ll refer to myself as GILD all night tonight :slight_smile:

Thanks mom, for the Velo seat :slight_smile: (early present)

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Since I don’t understand what GILD is saying, I want to make sure we’ve got you covered today. So…

Happy Birthday, Sofa!

uni57 (Dave)