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grated_dominace View Drop Down

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Posted: January 29 2005 at 06:22

well, im a prog drummer, and i find it harder to find anything
else, ive been through two bands this year alone, but all the
musicians except for one of the guitarists were fairly
terrible....and now i cant find anyone:(:( ah well, ill find people
soon

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Posted: January 30 2005 at 23:07

I'm lucky to have found a good drummer recently. He jammed with my friend and I for about 3 hours today. It was our first session, and we've already created an instrumental based off our improv jams.

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Posted: January 31 2005 at 17:55

grated_dominace wrote:

well, im a prog drummer, and i find it harder to find anything
else, ive been through two bands this year alone, but all the
musicians except for one of the guitarists were fairly
terrible....and now i cant find anyone:(:( ah well, ill find people
soon

Hey you should hook up with Rob The Good who on this forum. He's about to start Uni in NZ and he might be up for playing.

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Posted: January 31 2005 at 19:22

Um, I play drums, and I think it's much harder to find a bassist. I can think of at least five or six drummers that go to my school and are decent. I also think the reason we're so hard to find is because there are people who play the drums, and people who are REALLY into playing them. Anyone can hit a drum, but it takes skill and talent to play the drums well.

and cause some of us play too loud (Myself included, but I'm working on it!)

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Posted: February 01 2005 at 11:08

There are so few good drummers because Mr. Neil Peart and Mr. Bill Bruford eat them for breakfast!!!

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Posted: February 02 2005 at 02:08

sigod wrote:

oliverstoned wrote:

I don't know why, but in popular music today, the
prevalent drum sound is what i call "a big sound" in a pejorative way.

For example, i've been to a Soft Machine concert two years ago.
I found all the musicians to be good, except the drummer who had a big sound.
Nothing to do with the coltranian delicate touch of wyatt!!

It is a large sound but not as large as that huge Phil Collins sound that was everywhere in the 80's

. I tend to prefer the Stewart Copeland sound. Very tight but with lots of bass to the kick drum.

Yes the 80's were typical and the worst for drum sound,in popular music.
But today, that's not much better

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Posted: February 07 2005 at 14:19

My old band had the biggest drummer problem, trying to find one with an electronic kit!!!!!!! lol

Trying to find a good one is hard enough but one with a good electronic kit was realy hard to find.

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