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11-05-2010, 12:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta ; Canada | | | New drummer is fantastic
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Just auditioned our new drummer and he is fantastic. He's spent the last 15 years devoting himself to jazz only, can sight read drum music and has memorized all of Chick Coreas toons among others. But now he just wants to lay down a groove and play in a band. We play originals and a few cover toons to fill in the gaps and true to his word he just sits in the groove and plays. I know this will make me become a much better bassist and on top of it all he's easy going and respects the song more than anyother drummer I've ever played with. This has got my juices flowin' big time can't wait till our next rehearsal. Thought I'd pass this along as I've been worried where our next step was going to take us and lo and behold were in musical heaven. Too cool. |
11-05-2010, 12:40 PM
| | | | Lock in with a good drummer and everyone sounds better. |
11-05-2010, 12:46 PM
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11-05-2010, 01:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern VA | | | christmas came early! i LOVE playing with great drummers. even if the rest of the band isn't as skilled, give me a drummer and I'm happy as a fat boy at a candy shop
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11-05-2010, 01:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Madison, WI. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by baileyboy  Lock in with a good drummer and everyone sounds better. | A-freakin-men!!
To the OP, I've had a similar experience relatively recently. We auditioned a guy who spent years on the road with various top name blues/r&b acts and my job instantly became a cinch and infinitely more fun. |
11-06-2010, 07:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | | I am envious. I'm working with a good drummer right now, I love playing with him and he's a great musician. But any time he's not playing drums, he's the most unreliable person on Earth. I can never get in touch with him and he has too much going on to be devoted to the music. It sucks.
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11-06-2010, 07:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kunsan AB, South Korea | | | Congratulations! I know the feeling as it is beautiful and heavenly.
You can learn a lot from this guy. Enjoy! |
11-08-2010, 10:51 AM
| | | | Congrats! I am still searching for a drummer, lately I am dealing with ones that play TOO MUCH and don't understand what being in the pocket means. |
11-08-2010, 12:25 PM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | | I used to play with a drummer who would stop and write parts in notation when we talked about what sounded good. He also had technique up the chunk. What a pleasure. I've also played with drummers who couldn't count rhythms. So when you'd say the kick drum is on "and one," not "one and," he had no idea what you were talking about.
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11-08-2010, 07:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by baileyboy Lock in with a good drummer and everyone sounds better. | Very true, so so true.
I have stayed in contact with the drummer from my last band. Very technical guy who knew what to do, how to do it and where to be at. He made me sound great.
I would say every drummer in these bands I have auditioned for were marginal at best.
I really could not find a good groove with any of them.
Most were what I call loud Rock Bashers. Just guys bashing out rock beats with little technique or style. |
11-08-2010, 08:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Madison, WI. | | Quote: |
Most were what I call loud Rock Bashers. Just guys bashing out rock beats with little technique or style.
| My least favorite kind. Volume and ability seem to be inversely proportional. |
11-08-2010, 09:14 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago | | great drummers are unfortunately, rare. 
if i had a nickel for all the times i didn't want to play because the drummer couldn't play.........
looks like you're in a very great situation. congrats.
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11-08-2010, 09:15 PM
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11-08-2010, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by DrSmaggs I'm always happy to hear/read when someone finds a great drummer... they are so difficult to come by and keep!!! Congratulations!!!!! | it's good to be reminded that they are out there... 
sometimes i'd sooner believe in fairies
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11-08-2010, 10:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by thudfromafar great drummers are unfortunately, rare.
if i had a nickel for all the times i didn't want to play because the drummer couldn't play.........
looks like you're in a very great situation. congrats. | It's weird, cause these marginal drummers don't know that they are not in pocket.
I have had theses guys come back at me and say , you should be doing this or your missing that. No, here's the problem, you don't play so good | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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