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paul replied to the thread TV Theme Songs.You guys aren't going far enough. Some of us are old enough to remember the great big band themes of shows in the 50s and 60s... -
paul replied to the thread Six Lugs, Eight Lugs, or Ten Lugs?.My go to snare drum is a single ply ten lug DW Craviotto. Second choice is an eight lug Radio king. Both drums have diecast hoops and...
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paul replied to the thread The Drum Solo Discussion Thread.It hasn't come up here yet, as far as I can tell, but in my experience most audiences do indeed like drum solos. In my last few rock...
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paul replied to the thread The Drum Solo Discussion Thread.Many drum solos don't meet my expectations, either, but criticism of individual performances isn't the same as dismissing the idea...
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Not being a more melodic instrument doesn't mean we can't think logically and develop things, either based on the melody of the piece we...
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paul replied to the thread The Drum Solo Discussion Thread.I do not understand the thinking of those who hate solos. How can you hate hearing your instrument being featured? Why should drums be...
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paul reacted to Matched Gripper's post in the thread Neil Peart, Greatest Drummer Of All Time with
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Neil Peart got 50% of the entire vote. In other news 50% of the voters don’t know the names of any other drummers. -
paul replied to the thread Sonny Payne is drivin' the bus!.Seeing Sonny with Basie on the Jackie Gleason Show in around 1959 blew my 11 year old mind. Last week my big band did our first show in...
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I'm sure this has been posted before, but some of the youtube accounts have now been deleted. IMO Sonny Payne will always be in the...
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paul replied to the thread Jamwerks Open Beta: High Fidelity, Low Latency, Collaborative Music.In our experiments, the important factor seems to be ping time, and the lower the better. Ping is of course the measure of how quickly a...
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paul replied to the thread Jamwerks Open Beta: High Fidelity, Low Latency, Collaborative Music.How far apart are you, and does everyone have broadband?
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paul replied to the thread Jamwerks Open Beta: High Fidelity, Low Latency, Collaborative Music.My jazz quartet has experimented with both Sonobus and Jamulus, with inconsistent results. We live in three different towns 40-50 miles...
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paul replied to the thread Wash line base drum ?.Most people here have tried chains, ropes, and/or bungee cords to stop a sliding bass drum, but the best solution is a rug. You can...
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paul replied to the thread Creative/Interesting Warmups.When I was in high school an older guy showed me a routine he'd learned, two paradiddles followed by two double paras followed by two...
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paul replied to the thread How low (volume) can you go?.Back in high school my band director, who was also my drum teacher, insisted I play my competition solos alternating volume; first time...