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    Posted: November 24 2006 at 20:02
    anybody into GONGS out there in progland?
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Points: 1907 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2006 at 21:14
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Why is GONGS capitalized?  Are you talking about a group?  Anyway, since this is techy talk, "gongs" can really round out and complete even the smallest drum kit.  I used to have a 22" Zildjian gong behind me to get that Bonham or Palmer effect whenever I wanted / needed it.  I also use one inverted 16" china to get that crisp, thrash sound.  You know, Mosley uses it all the time on Marillion tunes, and Peart uses it (them?) to great effect as well.  So, if this is about using "gongs" with your trap set or as auxiliary percussion, I am all for it.  (But, if you're talking about a group, forget all I just rambled on about...)

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Points: 10261 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2007 at 14:09
When I say Pierre Moerlen's Gong in the mid 80s as a teenager he played on a huge gong tree that had about 40 gongs in it.


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Real question: Is Mike Portnoy ever going to hit that gong he forces his roadies to cart all over the world?
What?
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2007 at 14:14
Originally posted by echocharlie echocharlie wrote:

    anybody into GONGS out there in progland?
 
Youshould really check out the album '2 Gongs' by Rhys Chatham. 2 gongs, 1 hour of minimalistic lunacy...
'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

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Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Real question: Is Mike Portnoy ever going to hit that gong he forces his roadies to cart all over the world?


Only if & when he sees Neil Peart use one, so he can try to emulate him

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Points: 163 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 27 2007 at 14:03
Originally posted by echocharlie echocharlie wrote:

    anybody into GONGS out there in progland?


Definitely!  There's nothing more beautiful sounding than a deep, resonant gong ageng (the largest gong in a gamelan orchestra).  I want to buy one and set it up in our kitchen, so dinnertime can be announced by that low, near-subsonic THRUMMMMMM....  Tongue

I'm a big fan of Stockhausen's works featuring amplified tam-tam and live electronics: Mikrophonie I, Kurzwellen, Prozession, etc.  If you like gongs, you need to hear these!

It's also really cool to hear gongs used as ride cymbals by drummers like Fredy Studer, Pierre Favre, Terry Bozzio, et al.

And, of course, GONG (the band) are among the greatest in the universe... RIP, Pierre, we miss you!
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Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

Originally posted by echocharlie echocharlie wrote:

    anybody into GONGS out there in progland?
 
Youshould really check out the album '2 Gongs' by Rhys Chatham. 2 gongs, 1 hour of minimalistic lunacy...
 
 
One hour of pure Space.Smile
 
 
And I also love hearing the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart adding those gong washes to many a 1969 "Dark Star," "Morning Dew," or "Feedback."


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Points: 10387 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 23 2008 at 11:44
saw Pierre Moerlen's Gong in the 80s, and they had a huge gong tree with somewhere between 20 and 30 gongs in it on stage. Pierre played on it for 2 tracks


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Points: 197 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 23 2008 at 19:26
Originally posted by darqDean darqDean wrote:

Real question: Is Mike Portnoy ever going to hit that gong he forces his roadies to cart all over the world?
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