I think this guy is just what my band needs! (Craigslist content)

[Phalex]

I think you gotta have mad tambourine skills like Tracy Partridge to post an add like this. Imma try and get a hold of him!

professional tambourinist seeking band (ne grand rapids)
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Date: 2010-11-14, 11:35AM EST
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i've got 17 years of solid tambourine experience and am looking for a band who wants to take it to the top. can play anything from country to hardcore punk to metalcore. serious inquiries only.
• Location: ne grand rapids
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Re: professional tambourinist seeking band (ne grand rapids)
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Date: 2010-11-14, 1:39PM EST
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17 years solid tambourine experience, and no mention of an excursion into the field of cowbell?

Without cowbell experience, you are nothing. Time to ramp up your game, don't you think?
• Location: ne grand rapids
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[Paddy]

[tdub0199]

I needed that laugh....

[Jason P Bass]

Hey, some people play 4 string bass their entire lives and never stray into 5 or 6 string territory.

And how much tambourine technique really carries over into cowbell? You hit a cowbell with a stick, it's a totally different universe.

Definitely give that guy a call. Oh, and check out the movie "Dig" about The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. The BJM had a full time tambourine man, so you could get some ideas there.

[JMac4strngr]

Kazoo, or Jews-harp skills would be a plus as well. Should be interesting........

I almost spouted water out of my nose when I read this, painfully funny.....

[tsunami1052]

I tried to play a cowbell once - ended badly. I didn't know it was not to be ON the cow when you play it.

[jive1]

I played in a band that had a tambourine stalker.

There was this guy who hung out in a bar we played at that would sit in on the tambourine with the bands that would play there, according to the bartender. So we let him sit in for a couple tunes, and then he helped himself out sitting in for the entire set.

I go to our next gig, and I see the tambourine man there, ready to go for the night. And then I see him at our next gig, and he has a custom made T-shirt with our band's name on it. He sits in for another 3 sets. The guy was a little slow, and having worked with the mentally handicapped for years and the band mainly being a bunch of patient guys, we let it go on too long. The tambourine was totally killing it for me because it was often clashing with the hihat which I need to hear to get the groove tight. He showed up to the next gig, and we had to tell him to go home.

[HolmeBass]

Originally Posted by jive1

I played in a band that had a tambourine stalker.

There was this guy who hung out in a bar we played at that would sit in on the tambourine with the bands that would play there, according to the bartender. So we let him sit in for a couple tunes, and then he helped himself out sitting in for the entire set.

I go to our next gig, and I see the tambourine man there, ready to go for the night. And then I see him at our next gig, and he has a custom made T-shirt with our band's name on it. He sits in for another 3 sets. The guy was a little slow, and having worked with the mentally handicapped for years and the band mainly being a bunch of patient guys, we let it go on too long. The tambourine was totally killing it for me because it was often clashing with the hihat which I need to hear to get the groove tight. He showed up to the next gig, and we had to tell him to go home.

Tambourine is one of the *most dangerous instruments* in the world. It really can easily break a groove. You cannot cover it up, especially those plastic super-loud tambourines. In the hands of a master percussionist (or perhaps specialist tambourine man?) it can also really make a groove. I'm not kidding or trying to be ironic. I'd check the guy out Phalex, who knows? Then again, tambourine in every song does not seem like a huge plus, no matter how well it's played. Maybe encourage him to branch out into cowbell, ratchet, sleigh bells, and vibra-slap?

[Bloodhammer]

[jive1]

Originally Posted by HolmeBass

Tambourine is one of the *most dangerous instruments* in the world. It really can easily break a groove. You cannot cover it up, especially those plastic super-loud tambourines. In the hands of a master percussionist (or perhaps specialist tambourine man?) it can also really make a groove. I'm not kidding or trying to be ironic. I'd check the guy out Phalex, who knows? Then again, tambourine in every song does not seem like a huge plus, no matter how well it's played. Maybe encourage him to branch out into cowbell, ratchet, sleigh bells, and vibra-slap?

Yes, it is. The @#$% things can cut through any mix.

Listen to the Motown stuff, and the tambourine was essential to their unique groove.

[Baron Von Vik]

If the guy can beat-box.......keeper

[M0ses]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SxGJ1w4BFw

[Richland123]

My first few live performances with my grade school orchestra and my first two paying band gigs as a teenager were as a percussionist. I played the tambourine, maracas, cowbell, woodblock, wood sticks, and even THE TRIANGLE!

The funny thing is that after my second band gig, the bass player quit and I was hired to play bass (I was learning to play guitar at the time). That was 40 years ago and the rest is history. I have been playing bass ever since and never out of work.

[jive1]

Originally Posted by Richland123

My first few live performances with my grade school orchestra and my first two paying band gigs as a teenager were as a percussionist. I played the tambourine, maracas, cowbell, woodblock, wood sticks, and even THE TRIANGLE!

There's a certain amount of awesomeness that is reserved for dudes who can get a paid gig for jamming on a Triangle.

[Baron Von Vik]

Originally Posted by M0ses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SxGJ1w4BFw

That Tawadros guy is something. Probably wouldn't sit well in my band's mix though.

[coop]

Originally Posted by jive1

I played in a band that had a tambourine stalker.

There was this guy who hung out in a bar we played at that would sit in on the tambourine with the bands that would play there, according to the bartender. So we let him sit in for a couple tunes, and then he helped himself out sitting in for the entire set.

Sounds ALOT like a guy here in our town. This photo is at an outdoor music festival (my band did not play that night). He just showed up backstage, acted like he belonged there, and they set up a mic for him !

[Richland123]

Originally Posted by jive1

There's a certain amount of awesomeness that is reserved for dudes who can get a paid gig for jamming on a Triangle.

Funny you mention this. I just watched this video yesterday of a Billy Joel concert and somebody got paid to play triangle on this tune.

Billy Joel Live at Wembley 1984 - An Innocent Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbWDq86H8VY

[calshands]

I play sometimes with a living-room jam group. One sesh, a guitarist brings his new girlfriend. She admittedly has zero musical background but when offered the box of percussion instruments chooses the tambourine.

A quick "Whoh, BOY!" look passed between myself and the regular percussionist but afterall she IS the guy's new girlfriend, we just met her 2 minutes beforehand, and we need to make her feel welcome. So we buck up and prepare for the cacophony to come.

She NAILED it. Man, there was nothing fancy about her playing but she hit the downbeat with greater aplomb than our regular drummer did! It was a pleasure to play with her.

Moral of the story: the tambourine CAN be an asset in the right hands.

[krafty]

Dang it, I knew I shoulda advertised my tambourine skills to West Michigan before today. Now this guy is going to get all the gigs that rightfully should be mine!

[Munjibunga]

Ray Cooper is the god of tambourine players.