What's the funniest/strangest question you have ever heard at a drum clinic?
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What's the funniest/strangest question you have ever heard at a drum clinic?
Oh man, there have been lots...
-One was last night at the Lang clinic "what kind of hair product did you use in your DVD? It looks like you got a nice firm hold!" -by our very own matricks!!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
another from last night...
-"Who is faster, you or Virgil?"
general...
-"Why do you play traditional grip?" aaarrggh!!!
Virgil Donati clinic...
-"Can I have your sticks?"... my friend asked Virg and he actually got them!
Man, there have been tons... wish I remember them all!
I also remember some wise-guy asking Virgil to play with brushes, just to see if he could do it... and, of course, he could. VERY, VERY well!
Infact the guy asked something weird and specific like "can you show us how you think Elvin Jones would play -insert tune here- with brushes?" ...something like that anyways.
i remember peter erskine asking, what is the one thing that definines different styles of music?.......
we all said, harmony, tone, lyrics.....
his response......
underlying subdivisions.....
this fried all our little brains....
chris perra
Vinnie / Tim Landers clinic '83 or 4.
Vinnie has just finished a da**-near 30 min. mind-altering solo, aft which most of the peeps in the room are lookg under each others' chairs for their jaws, & former "specially brewed tea" drinkers are crouching in the corner slobbering & babbling incoherently...when some bright rocker lad asks, "Uh, what was that one lick you did?" To which Vinnie, aft lookg at this guy for a second or two in puzzlement, says, "which lick, again?" to which the guy responds, "you know, that like, Bonham lick you did a while back...you know...it kinda was like...'bagga-bagga-dabagga-dabagga-da-bagga-bagga-baggiduh'...the one you started w your RH, & uh..." to which VC responds, "lick 147 or lick 1856...[chuckle], [pause]...Bonham himself did do a few diff licks, too, I suppose"...
Virg clinic earlier this year...mid 20's to 30-ish dude asks him how much did he listen to Portnoy... [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img]
Honorable mention [heard at almost every clinic]..."how did you get that good?"
...and...
"Whaddya think of Neil Pe[a]rt' [pronouncing his last name like the shampoo; but in actuality it rhymes w "ear," w a "t" on the end]...
...or, "What's your favorite Rush song?" [img]wink.gif[/img]
But the #1 most ridic ?:
"Hey, Virg - can ya show us some swing?!"
Er, I meant, "Pert"...
J/K - LOL [img]wink.gif[/img]
OK, really, it has to be, the "who's faster, you or [so & so]...?" question.
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ October 29, 2004 09:59 PM: Message edited by: fuseU1 ]</font>
Here is a good Weckl one. Weckl just finished a burnin' solo and right when he finishes a hand pops right up. Dave hasn't even gotten up from behind the drums yet. Dave points to the guy, kinda off guard by the quick question. Here's the question in its' entirety:
"...yeah, but can you play funk?"
Dave then showed him that he could play funk...
Some good ones, guys.
Bryan, that was the ultimate...classic...freekin hilarious. DW has indeed been "foc[us]ing/'funking' us" since CCEB1 album ;cP
I forgot to mention once when this guy asked Bruford "what brand of underwear do you endorse"...i believe that was actually meant to be in jest ;c) [ya think?...you NEVER knowwww]<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hey, Chris, are you sure that 'guy' wasn't 'da Steverstein?! [img]wink.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]biggrin.gif[/img]Quote:
I also remember some wise-guy asking Virgil to play with brushes, just to see if he could do it... and, of course, he could. VERY, VERY well!
Infact the guy asked something weird and specific like "can you show us how you think Elvin Jones would play -insert tune here- with brushes?" ...something like that anyways.
[J/K, Stv-o!! U-stillda-man!] [img]wink.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]cool.gif[/img]
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ October 09, 2004 01:30 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
A guy at a Billy Cobham clinic stood up and said, "Uh...how many different styles can you play?" After about an hour of ridiculously incredible playing, I think the guy lost count. I couldn't even begin.
the most memorable one for me was at the first Montreal Drumfest...
During Dave Weckl's clinic someone asked "Dave, how can you focus for so long?"
Well, the guy asking had a strong french accent... it ended up sounding like " Dave, how can you f**k us for so long??"
Dave said "pardon?" a couple of times until he understood the actual question. It was a funny moment...
Bryan
A guy at the recent Chad Wackerman Clinic/Concert in Palatine, IL asked, "Could you play the 'Black Page' just on the snare drum?" He responded, "I could but what's the point? It's a piece written for the whole drum set." And he proceeds to demonstrate, driving it right up the questioner's a** to the ammusement of all.