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Please forgive me, but...
Boy, I hate to start some "same old tired" here, BUT... ;c) [key word here is "but"]...
I've listened to PX's Atlantis Lost Continent again off Live Oz again, &...
I'm just checking out the tune Ataraxia off Moonbabies...
Anyone who thinks Virgil quote-unquote "can't groove" should have their head examined as to what groove is...the only thing I might could hear anyone even remotely possibly say is perhaps the snare is a little "bright" relative to the rest of the groove...MAYBE [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img] ...[?!-can ya say, "nitpicky" or "splittin' atoms?"], whereas Gadd, Carlos, or Jeff may have pulled it back just a hair [there i go comparing players again...& this kind of analysis / breakdown becomes borderline ridiculous at some point]...
...but it's still groovin' lakka mofro...& the verses here are groovin' strong AW... ;cp
Now, of course, before it gets to it, we all know that it's obvious we are not talking about an R&B or funk groove here... [img]eek.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img]
Just checkin' to see if'n some of you folks who call yourselves drummers still have a pulse...LOL /;c) ...[dont let yourself fall for the "goad-goad, taunt-taunt"] /:cP ;cP
Besides, Dij might have to pop up out of hiding & bust a cap in yazz...
OKAY - I'm out [*ducks & runs for cover*]...
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 27, 2004 03:33 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
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the man is not where he is based solely on chops....damn right he can groove!
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Hey Guy's what is up? How Ya doing Fuse? You sound good. It has been awhile. Too busy with MORE important issues I guess [img]wink.gif[/img] Not that the music is still not important, will always be. I have beaten this Old Horse so many times there is not much left to beat. Virg can Groove that is all I have to say. Great story I just read today at Virgil's board today though, something very different. A drumming Bro (Daniel) was in L.A. from Australia and he hooked up with Virg for a lesson and Daniel happens to be left handed, with his kit set up in the opposite manner and Virg say's hey I will play this way to help make things easier and what do you know, the Bro say's Virg play's EVERYTHING left hand and foot lead as proficiently as right. His mind was BLOWN to say the least.
Would of liked to have been at the recent BP gig that had Virg performing with Richman, Carpenter and Weingart. From what I heard Virg tore it up like never before. Man I need to get to L.A. [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img]
Regards Dig
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I knew you'd stick your head out've the doorcrack, bro! ;c)
I hear ya about other more important things, guy.
I've been known to 'disappear' for lengths of time here & there...when 'real life' calls...I'm spending some time in here lately, as I'm going through one of those drum "down" times, where I'm not "hitting it so hard"...in between practice/jam sessions [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Yeah, Dij...as we've said b4, when I saw him last in that clinc I spoke of earlier this year, the guy was playing these complex even & odd-time patterns leading w his RH & whatever foot, & then, w/out stopping, switching to the same exact groove leadg w LH & other foot...L & R/side to side...up & down [top/bottom - hands/feet]...it was just plain ol' stoopit. AND...it grooved lakka mutha. [Giving some credence to Pete C's position on open-H playg [img]wink.gif[/img] ]
I know Virg started playg the drums originally w RH on HH [typical standard rightey way].
But to me, these groove patterns groove even more when you hear him with the entire band on the PX recordgs than even in the clinic...
That Ataraxia 7 is a killer groove...& the L-hats are done w his LF & NOT his LH, which stays on snare the whole time [in the clinic, anyway!]...
I just needed some inspiration to kick my axe here lately, so I popped on some PX...
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 26, 2004 10:00 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
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I'm not saying it's for everybody
(open-handed playing) but let me
tell you - At my masterclass, Virg
had us leading with the left-hand
and foot most of the time. HE
KNOWS how important it is.
He's it.
[img]cool.gif[/img]
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 26, 2004 10:54 PM: Message edited by: peter c ]</font>
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Atlantis from Live From Oz is the shiz-nit
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He's an astounding drummer on many levels and continues to raise the bar for the rest of us. Bastard!!! ;-)
Brad
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Fuse, this is the first post of yours that borders on trolling. [img]wink.gif[/img]
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exactly what is this elusive "trolling?" Does it just mean being a bastard? (Not that I thought Fuse was.)
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hahaha
Yeah, I know...
You got me, DDF!
I was thinking exactly that when I was about to hit the 1st "post" button ;c)...
Won't let it happen again...any time too soon!
Nobody "took the bait"...guess you guys in here are indeed mature after all... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Of course, you guys handled it like the champs that you are... [img]wink.gif[/img]
["This is only a test...for the next 60 posts, you will be experiencing some relative redundancy..."]
It's just that...Ataraxia gabe me da goosebumps...just had to share that witcha's...you know I was really being serious about that.
Da**, that troll site you posted is a good one ;c)...it was worth the post just to find that...essential internet reading...ESP for the trolls...;p
Me'thinks it's a sociopathic dilemma... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 27, 2004 03:36 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
