Thomas Lang Clinic in Chicago

**peter c** · June 29th, 2004, 06:26 PM

It looks like I am going to
get a chance to go out and
him play, finally.

I'll let you know all about
as soon as I can.

Later on...

Shoot! [img]eek.gif[/img]

This is not where I thought
it was - not quite my neck
of the woods. Let's see if
I can work this out...

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[ June 29, 2004 04:37 PM: Message edited by: peter c ]

**royerin** · June 30th, 2004, 12:25 AM

Hopefully you can make it Peter....Thomas is a great teacher and exceptionally nice guy, and I imagine he'll give a great clinic.
I have to miss the FL date thanks to a Disney rehearsal...

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**peter c** · June 30th, 2004, 01:59 AM

Roy,

I am sorry to say that I could not
make it. I thought it would be a
lot further north than it was. With
the new baby and the logistics, it
just did not work out.

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I know that he has a lot to offer
technically and I'll just have to
be satisfied with video until the
next time he is in town.

I'm sure the The Drum Pad could
host it in a better location, next
time. Ay, Brad???

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**Kurt R** · July 5th, 2004, 06:50 PM

I saw it in Pittsburgh last week. This guy sounds way better live then on his DVD I think.

He had some of the most insane foot work I've ever seen. He had a pedal with a jungle snare on it and was doing doubles (in 16ths)bewtween it and 2 side snares w/ his left had and soloing with his right hand. It sounded so sweet. Some of his concepts really make you think too. He was talking about how their is no way to tune a 2 headed drum to a note, only pitches. His tuning method was REALLY simple. He cared more on the feel then sound. It's the best clinic I've been to so far!!

**jonthibault** · July 7th, 2004, 12:58 PM

Kurt, what else did he say? Can you elaborate on his tuning method?

Thanks.

**drumgod1** · July 7th, 2004, 04:54 PM

I got to see Thomas in clinic in Kansas City last night, and I have to say I was very impressed. He seems to have his stuff together and was very humble, humorous and informative. He showed us some exercises to gain some of the flexability that he has while using all 4 limbs, while going through different groupings of singles to groups of sevens. That dude plays HARD...harder than Kenny Aronoff! He bent one of his 14" chinas all to Hell and then popped one of his X-hat cymbals inside out. I guess it's a good thing he has an endorsement! Very cool fellow and was great with the kids in the audience. One kid asked him what kind of shoes he wears (which I think are the Puma thin soled ones that auto racers use-I know, I'm a geek to actually have looked this up), and he said they were the red kind. [img]tongue.gif[/img] He then asked the kid if he wants to touch them!

I also bought his cd "Mediator" and have enjoyed what I've listened to so far. It's got some stuff that might fall into the "dance" music category, but there are some cool fills in those songs as well.

He really was an eye opener as to what can be done on the drum set. I just hope that one of these days Virgil will make it out to KC. One can only hope!

Rock out, Folks!

Mike

**Manos** · July 7th, 2004, 08:51 PM

I may be making things up, but I think I remember Thomas Lang saying he tunes his drums until they feel good, ignoring the actual pitch. If it wasn't Lang, then I don't know who else would have said it... it sounds kind of Lang-ish -- his philosophy regarding drums tends to be "do whatever works best for you".

[ July 07, 2004 05:52 PM: Message edited by: Manos ]