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Fortunately whenever I've had the luxury/fortune of playing very large stages [every now & then], the sound team have been exemplary...i.e., they put 1 to 2 stax on either side of u the size of a small PA [img]wink.gif[/img] , so that u don't have to experience "large stage wash/verb/delay/echo...o...o...o...
"Delay in the MONITOR MIX?!!"
Fire that "sound" guy - he's either:
A] a complete eedeeyut/maroon [aka "moron"], or
B] he's messin' with u, "bad" ;=) ....
..."Horsewhipping a soundman should be legal."
...'Roun' 'nese parts we jes have Rosie O'Donnell bus' a cap in 'dere aspirations [img]wink.gif[/img] ...[& then have Tom Selleck & Chuck Heston bus' some caps in hers] [img]tongue.gif[/img]
[Ya jes gosta unnastan' da LINGO roun' heah, folks].... [img]cool.gif[/img]
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 25, 2003 03:55 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
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Busting the bass drum head during a tune - that's got to be the ultimate show stopper!
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Band leaders who don't know what they want!
"Put a beat to this." "Play like a loop." ARGH!!!!!
Band leaders who think that they can show you what they want.
"Here, can I show you!" Hows about NO!!!
My left hand continually peeves me!
Plexiglass! Satanic plot to keep drummers dowm!
Thinking Dave Weckl is the only great drummer, then hearing Vinnie and so on and so on!
Meesing up on the last song of the night and not getting redemption for two weeks!
Too many songs in odd time signatures in one set!
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1. Playing a small stage and your ride cymbal stand keeps falling off.
2. Buying a double-pedal only to realize your hats are in the way and to play comfortably.
3. Drums that sound lousy! Toms that are too thin and a snare that sounds like the junior high marching snare with NO personality.
4. A band leader who doesn't know how to end a tune. "Hey duuude...remember, I'm the time keeper! Look at ME and I'll lead the way."
5. A band leader who starts a tune at the wrong tempo...again, look at me!
6. A lead guitarist who goes into another song rather than ending...LIVE (thanks for the head's up)
7. Shopping for gear at the Guitar Center in Van Nuys, California. Brain dead staff..."Hey bro, how long you been working here?" "Wow...ah...two weeks. I just drove in from Alabama."
8. Guys who show up late or can't commit to a schedule or routine. "Yeah, you got talent, but unless we practice we ain't gonna gig!"
9. Guy who come unprepared to play covers. "How does that Brian Adams tune go again?" "Yo broski...you tell me, you're playing the intro..."
10. Playing products that aren't name brands, but just feel so good--stuff someone gives you because they know you're a drummer, like brandless sticks that should suck, but because you have no expectation, you play them and then get use to them.
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1. dropping my tuning key or a cymbal stand screw. (just dissappears... lost forever!)
2. untightening a stand that's been tightened by hulk hogan.
3. getting a splinter while switching stick position for rim clicks.
4. tom dampener rings.
5. bottom headless drums.
6. guitarists who continue to solo after you've finished riding on the china. the intensity doesn't go much farther after you've gone to the china. c'mon!
7. max weinberg's sub
8. steve smith being compared to vinnie.
9. vinn(y) colaiuta
10. idear
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max weinberg's sub is cool!
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The number one is definitely
soundmen/women.
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A singer who thinks she's a bandleader.
The joke about a drummer not being a musician.
Fact: a singer who can't play an instrument is not a musician, male or female!
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1. unscrewing the cymbal nuts and they fall on the floor....u then have to get on ur hands and knees and look for it....banging ur head on the way up.
2. dropping my drum key.
3. getting ur hand caught in the legs of stands when trying to undo them. [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img]
pain!
4.packing the hardware case perfectly, doing it up, and then realising uve forgotten to pack the stool [img]mad.gif[/img]
5. guys slagging off, or dissing dave weckl for no apparant reason except for the fact that they know they cant play that stuff! [img]mad.gif[/img]
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1. Starting off a song and having multiple members of the band try and tell you where their idea of the tempo of the song should be...all at the same time.
2. The leader of the band telling you what the tempo of a cover song is when you know it is way too slow (white guys trying to be groovy by playing the song so slow that there is no way to make it groove). If it was a hit at the original tempo, why change a good thing?!
3. Having the leader of the band at practice get a phone call about that weekend's gig, and hear him tell the person to come to another night's gig, because it will sound better (the night you're not playing). WTF?
These three were all from the same band. I no longer play with them. That whole experience F'ed up my groove for weeks by causing me to seriously doubt my playing. They can burn in Hell for all I care! [img]mad.gif[/img] (Sorry for the rant, had to get it out!)
4. Musicians who show up late and haven't worked on the parts they were supposed to work on.
5. Guitar players who invade the space of your drum rug by trying to lean their guitar amps on your cymbal stands or kick drum. Get that shiznit off my gear!!
6. Musicians who think it is cool when a drummer is playing so hard that they break cymbals and sticks. I've broken sticks and have no problem with that, but cymbals are expensive. I do play hard but haven't broken a cymbal in years!
