LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here's some fuel!
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't even know if i can rant now!!! That was so funny, i can't stop laughing!!!
Hey Guys,
Come on, DC is of course not a has been !!!
Maybe not a nice guy, but we cannot say that he's not a great musician because is a jerk.
And If I remember, the name on every mouth after the Buddy Rich Memorial was DC's name.
I know some friends who was there, and Dennis was the hit of this event.
It's when we saw the video tape that we saw that Vinnie was the Man of this event.
And in my opinion I don't think that DC overplayed this night...
But he looks too confident/arrogant and it seems that people doesn't like that, thing that I can understand easily.
Peace.
While you seem very angry, I understand your points Matricks. I strongly agree that Mr. Chambers has had his time and really isn't pushing boundaries any more. Good musician or not - I think we all have to agree on that.
About 10 years ago I was at the Modern Drummer Festival and on the closing night down at the Blue Note in New York there was a double bill of Steps Ahead with Steve Smith and Dennis Chambers with Bill Evans(the sax player) .I went down there with Will Kennedy and some guys from Paiste cymbals. Dennis was playing Steve Smith's drums and went on first. As soon as he started playing we were sitting up on the tops of our chairs. He was playing stuff that night that I haven't heard him play before or since
and with every fill the whole audience would scream. I wish I had a tape of that night because it was magical! Say what you want,that guy is capable of a lot more than most people have heard.
I just think that because of doing the Santana gig he really hasn't been challenged lately. As far as his personality goes,
he's always been pretty nice to me and even sent me some priceless videos and DVDs.
My experiences have been similar to Paul's. I?ve found him to be very gracious and helpful. There are a lot of other cats in the area who can back that up.
I don't know what happened during or before the clinics in question, but I can relate to being stressed out, or having a low tolerance for fools.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Being stressed out is excuseable at times. A low tolerance for fools may be a bad quality but can happen to, however a "fool" was never mentioned here. At a clinic I don't think it's a crazy request to ask for more playing - espcecially not when its a kid at age 10. Come on now...Originally posted by Riddim:
but I can relate to being stressed out, or having a low tolerance for fools.
Dennis is one of the worst clinicians out. I remember him describing the triplet thing he did with one hand. Can somebody tell me what it was, because he didn't. He is not a good teacher in terms of presenting ideas. And not everyone is a good teacher.
I still like his playing. He's got his standard licks, but he uses them when he plays standard music. Dennis is one of the greats, but he doesn't need to have an attitude.
This is realy related to the point someone made in the "drum heos" thread about your personality showing in your drumming. If Dennis was a more considerate clinician and less cocky his drumming would be different as well. A college conselor once told me that the way a person drives a car is directly related to their personality. I started to notice that wa true. It goes much deeper into everything you do being connected to your personalty. Buddy Rich wouldn't have played the same if he had a different personality. He may have still been great but it would have been different. Vinnie plays some crazy shit as well but he is a very different personality than the average guy as any of those that have met him will attest. A personalty thread could really get interesting if we want to dive into that....
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