Show of Hands! Drummers?? or what do you play?

Jarvis · Post by **Jarvis** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:54 pm

I've played drums for 40 years and I also own many other instruments.

DrummerMan · Post by **DrummerMan** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:11 pm

hey everyone, don't forget to vote!

percussion boy · Post by **percussion boy** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:49 pm

DrummerMan wrote:T-Rex, Finger Genius, and Chris Garges have also always struck me as drummers

Djimbe too . . . and Bluepixl (sp?) too, wherever he went.

T-rex · Post by **T-rex** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:02 pm

percussion boy wrote:
DrummerMan wrote:T-Rex, Finger Genius, and Chris Garges have also always struck me as drummers
Djimbe too . . . and Bluepixl (sp?) too, wherever he went.

If I ever struck you I am really sorry. Damn slippy drumsticks!

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:57 pm

DrummerMan wrote:T-Rex, Finger Genius, and Chris Garges have also always struck me as drummers and I know there's more of you out there... or am I imagining that? c'mon guys! We need the support over here!

T-rex wrote:I don't think Chris and Drumsound have even chimed in yet.

I actually voted this morning, but hadn't commented yet.

Yeah, I'm a drummer first and foremost, so that's where I voted. I also play keyboards a bit and studied saxophone for five years, although that was between 1983 and 1988. I wouldn't put any of the other stuff on a resume, though. I don't think you should say that you play an instrument if you couldn't get through a gig or compose on it. I mean anybody can play the kazoo. I usually wind up making fun of people who say shit like, "I can play forty different instruments" unless they really are a serious badass. Kazoo doesn't count and bass drum and floor tom don't count as separate instruments. Cymbals don't count as a separate instrument unless you can give a valid reason for why you prefer upstroke or downstroke technique for playing cymbals in pairs. Musical saw counts, but only if you can get a sound out of it on the first try. Violin, viola, cello, and upright bass don't count if you can't play in tune. Mandolin doesn't count if you tune it like a guitar. Roland XP-30 doesn't count separately from DX-7, contrary to what Geddy Lee might have to say about it. Don't get me started on hand drums.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

percussion boy · Post by **percussion boy** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:44 am

cgarges wrote:Don't get me started on hand drums.

Explain yourself, sir. Conga, bata, pandeiro, djembe, etc., aren't instruments?

Now hippies playing hand drums . . . that's something to be concerned about.

percussion boy · Post by **percussion boy** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:51 am

cgarges wrote:Don't get me started on hand drums.

Huhn? You mean bata, djembe, and tabla aren't different instruments? Those are whole alternate universes, dude.

0-it-hz · Post by **0-it-hz** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:11 am

Tabla is not an instrument. It is a religion.

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:33 am

you can tune a mandolin like a guitar? holy shit, i should have done that years ago...

0-it-hz · Post by **0-it-hz** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:52 am

It's just guitar updside-down (inverted octaves) anyhoo.

I've tuned my mando like a guitar but I find I can do more useful things with it tuned in 5ths. You get far more range and the tones in the chords are more spread out. For instance:

tuned in fourths an open "G" chord is spelled G-B-D-G(8va)

tuned in 5ths you get G-D-B(10va?)-G(16va)

Big chord vs. little chord! I always associate tight/small inversions with the guitar and wide/open inversions with mandolin myself.

anyway...

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:48 am

percussion boy wrote:Explain yourself, sir... Now hippies playing hand drums . . . that's something to be concerned about.

That's pretty much what I meant. Owning those drums doesn't mean you can play them. It's well-documented around here that I wholeheartedly believe that one should have to apply for a license to purchase hand drums. That also includes instruments like sabar, tama, repenique, tambora, etc.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:58 am

bass, acoustic bass, drums, percussion, guitar, keyboard, voice... pretty much in that order.

john

dynomike · Post by **dynomike** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:13 am

drums, vocals, bass

obviously i play guitar and keyboard and percussion and whatnot when the mood strikes. but i know SO many good guitarists and keyboardists that i would never put myself out there as a guitarist, etc.

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:16 am

0-it-hz wrote:Tabla is not an instrument. It is a religion.

Well-put.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:12 am

percussion boy wrote:Now hippies playing hand drums...

i was wandering around montreal last week and came across 3 dudes and a girl playing a variety of hand drums...they had the right idea but their execution was terrible. i could only stand it for a minute or so.

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