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Polka band had our first polka gig of the year on Sunday for a church festival. I got a panorama during the set up. We had 19 in the ensemble, which I think is the most we ever had for concert.
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Anyone one else playing this weekend
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Just got back from a gig with my new band. Last week’s gig with them was a bit rougher than any of us are comfortable with, so we came in fighting shape tonight. Had an absolute blast. First time using the Gretsch kit on a gig since getting them back for the rewrap and edge recut. They sound immaculate. Really really happy with the work Jeff Kirsch did with these. Had a little issue with lack of communication when I was “in queue”, but once my stuff got to the top of his list, he was in extremely good contact, and the work absolutely speaks for itself. Strong recommend, as long as you don’t need something done quickly, or are super concerned about timelines. The roundover he did, combined with the die-casts and the black dots gives me THE tom sound I’ve been searching for for a while. 12-16 pairing, which isn’t something I’ve really used a lot of before. And the 24 is a cannon.
Switched back to darker cymbals, too. I had recently picked up a full set of 2002s (22 ride, 20 and 18 crashes, 14 sound edge hats, 20 novo) I intended to use with this band. Used them last week and they just weren’t right for the band (and honestly just may not be right for me). For my original playing, which is taking up a much larger part of my playing again, i need the opposite of crystalline, explosive cymbals. So I’m back to some familiar pieces (and one new one). 22 cymbal and gong “revival” ride, 15 “revival” hats, 22” Agop signature China, and a new-to-me 20” signature ride as my LH crash.
Absolutely love that combo!
I’m shocked how much the change in cymbals back to things I’m more familiar with affected my performance and enjoyment.
Night and day.
Switched back to darker cymbals, too. I had recently picked up a full set of 2002s (22 ride, 20 and 18 crashes, 14 sound edge hats, 20 novo) I intended to use with this band. Used them last week and they just weren’t right for the band (and honestly just may not be right for me). For my original playing, which is taking up a much larger part of my playing again, i need the opposite of crystalline, explosive cymbals. So I’m back to some familiar pieces (and one new one). 22 cymbal and gong “revival” ride, 15 “revival” hats, 22” Agop signature China, and a new-to-me 20” signature ride as my LH crash.
Absolutely love that combo!
I’m shocked how much the change in cymbals back to things I’m more familiar with affected my performance and enjoyment.
Night and day.
Ludwigboy
Very well Known Member
Took my '66 Ludwig Oyster Black 22/13/16 gigging kit out on Friday night and all day Saturday to a church men's conference. Used a '65 Supra Friday night and a matching '66 OBP Pioneer for the Saturday. . Cymbals were a late 50's Zildjian 20" Small Stamp (acquired from a great frend and DFO member Mike Layton) and a newer 19" Zildjian Thin Crash with 60's Zildjian 14"'s....that Pioneer sounded great!
We played intermittently through this time ...a great time!
We played intermittently through this time ...a great time!
funkypoodle
DFO Veteran
Took the Champagne Sparkle kit out for a gig last night (13 & 16 from my '63 SC with a 20" from 1968, '79 LM402, 16" & 18" HHX Evos, a 20" Zildjian K Ride & SR2 hats). The weirdest part of the gig for me was getting used to my first ever pair of glasses! They have progressive lenses so every time I would move my head sideways my drums would appear out of round & everything below me was fuzzy & weird!
DamnSingerAlsoDrums
DFO Master
Where was that? I don't recognize that place.
Hey man, the band sounds pretty good. Keep on rockin'!
Not sure if you are the set player or the conga player, but it looked like for a while the conga player didn't know what to do with himself. It might be useful to drop just a few bucks on a pair of egg shakers or something similar that he can just shake in time during those passages that don't need a conga beat. It's pretty hard to screw up anyone with a shaker, but it adds a little substance under the groove. Just an idea...more for the optics than the music. Have fun!
DamnSingerAlsoDrums
DFO Master
Sounds great! The chord progression and the tones are a little reminiscent of the mid 90's Seattle bands. The Renowns sound very good, and so does your playing.
Thank you! Yeah, we had someone comment on us last week as a "grunge revival", which isn't something that we'd self-identified as before, but can definitely see it, especially with some of these loud/quiet/loud new songs. This band was previously a bit more in the psychedelic realm (this was filmed with their previous drummer - even this tune has a bit more heft to it these days):
Thanks for the feedback! That’s me on kit. The percussionist was just sitting in with us that night. He used to play with us years ago, but it has been a while. It was the guitar player’s birthday so there were a few guest musicians that night. Fun times though, if a bit unscripted.
DrummBumm89
Well-Known Member
You aren't the first person I've heard with idiosyncrasies with Kirsch. Can you elaborate? I have a few drums I wouldn't mind sending but every few months something seems to be said about him. He certainly stakes a strong approach on Social Media.
The work was fantastic! He just tends to be communicative once your work is "next up" in the queue. So I got an estimate before shipping him the stuff, then radio silence for a while. Original time estimate came and went. Still radio silence. Once my work was "on the bench" though, he was much more communicative. And the work is really, really well done.
I wouldn't hesitate to have him do work on my drums again -- I'd just make sure to leave a lot of time beyond the original estimate. I shipped drums out to him on on June 21, with an original estimate of 1 month. I got the drums back on Sept 28, so just over 3x the original time estimate.
funkypoodle
DFO Veteran
That's le Corail, a questionable biker bar behind Club Price, in the Bourgneuf.
DamnSingerAlsoDrums
DFO Master
I see! I've played my share of questionable biker bars in my days living in Quebec City but Lebourneuf is not a place that is on my radar when I go back there.
Hope you guys still had fun, sometimes good stuff happens in the most unlikely contexts.
notINtheband
DFO Veteran
Loading into tonight’s venue, The Jefferson, on the Ohio River.
Amazing view out the stage right window.
Amazing view out the stage right window.
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repete
This one goes to eleven
Hat trick Playing Friday Saturday and Sunday with the new front head
MrDrums2112
"Normal" Drummer
I’m playing in the pit for a local theater group this weekend - Bridges of Madison County. The music is really good and the small ensemble we have in the pit is outstanding (percussion, keys, guitar, cello, violin). It was a 10 show run - final three shows will be this coming weekend. Hopefully this bodes well for the rest of 2023.
With St Paddy’s on Friday this year it’s going to be a busy night for my Irish band. We’re playing the Zoo Bar 5-7 and McKinney’s street tent 8-10:30. If you’re in Lincoln, Nebraska and come out for some music and green beer, be sure to come up between sets and introduce yourself. I’d love to meet some fellow DFOs.
Here’s what the tent looked like last year. We couldn’t talk to each other on stage over the noise, but the crowd definitely got into the music when we started playing.
Here’s what the tent looked like last year. We couldn’t talk to each other on stage over the noise, but the crowd definitely got into the music when we started playing.
So here was our setup at the Zoo Bar and the tent at McKinney’s. Those No Nuts cymbal sleeves really did speed up my tear down and setup for the quick turnaround between shows.
