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Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:18 pm
by Eric!
..sucks! It's tricky business to find both a well-abled, creative, solid drummer AND a drummer dedicated to making music.
They're always the hardest pieces to come by, it seems.
..and I just fucking lost mine. Great, now how am I supposed to find someone that not only is cool with fuzzy bass tones, but embraces them and can play along and write along with it?
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:17 pm
by theavondon
My band has two
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:20 pm
by Eric!
RUB IT IN MY FACE WHY DON'T YA
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:30 pm
by theavondon
:3
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:35 pm
by Eric!
<3
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:33 pm
by Doodahman1969
drum machines
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:44 pm
by Eric!
Drum machines don't forget their cymbals or the guitarist's amp or get lost on their way to the venue or have to cancel because their girlfriend wants to spend every waking moment with them..
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:05 pm
by devnulljp
Best place to look for a drummer is usually under the table or back in the bus with your girlfriend...
Mine got jailed and that was the end of that.
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:09 pm
by bob the r0bot
Doodahman1969 wrote:drum machines
Doodahman1969 wrote:drum machines
Doodahman1969 wrote:drum machines
I keep telling you guys, drum machines are dope and fly and poppin' fresh dawg!
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:22 am
by devnulljp
bob the r0bot wrote:I keep telling you guys, drum machines are dope and fly and poppin' fresh dawg!
I don't speak rap, but recommend a decent one that's not a million $$ and you don't need to be an astronaut to fly the thing
(how about one with +5V trigger out, because I have an old sampler that uses that not midi, and it's be cool to be able to synch it up).
...
dawg
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:25 am
by theavondon
devnulljp wrote:bob the r0bot wrote:I keep telling you guys, drum machines are dope and fly and poppin' fresh dawg!
I don't speak rap, but recommend a decent one that's not a million $$ and you don't need to be an astronaut to fly the thing
(how about one with +5V trigger out, because I have an old sampler that uses that not midi, and it's be cool to be able to synch it up).
...
dawg
First, hahahahahah.
Second, I'm a simpleton, and I enjoyed my Alesis SR-16.
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:48 am
by Doodahman1969
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFxF0aklS-0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQvuipgwMuk[/youtube]
Have the samples off of those; want the samples off this mofo
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRD8f5BJSsw[/youtube]
Edit individual hits in Cubase for some custom jawn$
CRANKKK DAT FLAM KNOBB
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:19 am
by snipelfritz
Hang outside your local highschool's jazz band practice and start blasting Sonic Youth or Broken Social Scene or the Scott Pilgrim soundtrack and see who comes up to you.
I used to be all "Drum machines suck and should never be used." Now, I can see where they work. I realized I just hated that classic gangsta rap sounding drum machine. I think it's the 808 but it might not be that. Either way, being able to improvise at least a little is necessary for me in a live setting, so...no drum machine.
Would it be possible/feasible to get a drum machine to play in 6/8? Because that seems like it'd be the dealbreaker for me.
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:03 am
by bob the r0bot
snipelfritz wrote:Hang outside your local highschool's jazz band practice and start blasting Sonic Youth or Broken Social Scene or the Scott Pilgrim soundtrack and see who comes up to you.
I used to be all "Drum machines suck and should never be used." Now, I can see where they work. I realized I just hated that classic gangsta rap sounding drum machine. I think it's the 808 but it might not be that. Either way, being able to improvise at least a little is necessary for me in a live setting, so...no drum machine.
Would it be possible/feasible to get a drum machine to play in 6/8? Because that seems like it'd be the dealbreaker for me.
Sort of, you can set it up for a six note measure but, it wont group the triplets so you have to play slower and exaggerate the triplets yourself to get the point across. But yeah, I play in weird times a fair bit (Shoegaze waltz 4 life).
Re: Finding A Good Drummer..
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:31 pm
by andtheLiquidmen
I sympathize. Been drummerless since 2007. Still haven't found a replacement. We had to buckle and hire a guy that we can't afford. He's awesome, but drumming is one of his jobs, rather than something he wants to dedicate his life to.