that is one of our instructors, playing the role of sound tech. buy yeah, you've never seen a percussionist play a tambourine before?
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Been playing the keys for a long time, do some bass too. Btw, if anyone is interested in a gig playing keys/bass for a church, has some experience with the gospel genre and is willing to try some new things, send me a message.
Since we're playing music clips here's one of my band, The Serfs from St. Pats last year. <iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/e3Jy_OPKzoU" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Yeah, I eventually realized that drummers are the most sought-after component for a band. It's supply and demand. Everybody wants to be a guitarist/vocalist. I'm sure it has a lot to do w/ access to equipment. And guitars are much easier to transport. If I had gotten into music at a young age, I probably would have picked up a guitar b/c it would be much closer to what I could afford. Yes, this definitely works in my favor. But I'm very picky and very specific w/ my musical taste. And I need to get better. Going to be very patient. edit: awesome clip, BTW! Which one are you?
I would imaging that if you were a bass player that could sing you'd never have problems getting work. In my experience, everyone wanted to be the guitar player or drummer and good singers were always a rare find.
I feel like I need to defend this amazing Musician, Employee, and Instructor for playing a percussion instrument during a live performance to a bunch of musicians on the Internet. I'm the program coordinator and the guy who introduces the band as well as harmonica player. how about the teenage performers, eh? we are very proud of their accomplishments...
I really enjoyed listening to the girl sing. And I thought the harmonica player was a little old, and a bit too good for the band. But NOW I get it. Well done, sir. The audience obviously loved it. Guitar player for ever...not terribly good but just enough to play locally, open mics and college radio stations. Now learning Jazz...
You take the time to help these kids learn to play and help them gain the confidence to get up there. REPPED
I create music that is so ambient that you are listening to it now in your head as you read these words...as you read these words...as you read these words...
If you want more gigs, practice with a metronome and work on keeping rock-solid time. I'm no Buddy Rich, but when I go out and about listening to bands around town, it amazes me how many drummers out there can't even keep good time. Pretty sad, considering that's really your main job in the band. They speed up before fills, speed up during fills, slow down during fast songs, etc. They just fall right into all the traps. Also, make sure you have a nice PHAT "2 and 4" on the snare (unless your playing jazz...). Fills don't matter if there's no groove. That's true for all musical genres. If you took a poll of good musicians and asked them what they want from their drummer, I'll bet those 2 things would be on top. Certainly over the ability to play hot double-bass fills every 4 bars. If you want to get lots of gigs, put yourself in the bass players mind and imagine what you would want from your drummer. Then do that.
a band is only as good as its drummer - ive seen subpar bands that rock b/c of a dynamic drummer...conversely, ive seen plenty of otherwise decent bands that are rendered lame by bad drumming. the other thing about drummers is that you have to play like you mean it - i know a few bands where their drummers have good timing and know how to play, but they dont really hit hard or do any kind of fills. its like they dont care - theres not excitement...its passionless. when your drummer lacks enthusiasm it brings down the whole band. as a drummer myself, i like seeing virtuosos show off their chops, as long as they are playing w/in the music...your priority is always to hold s*** down. ive never practiced w/ a metronome - i just play along to cd's i like - it definitely helps w/ timing, but its more fun than a metronome as you get to jam out and pretend you are john bonham or that kid from hanson or whomever you like. its also great for learning the moves of drummers you like.
That's exactly what I thought. It takes a lot of energy and dedication to get these kids to get in front of an audience, even if they're already experienced. REPumatated.
One thing that will help anyone making music is to record yourself as much as possible. It will take years to develop the ability to play and listen to yourself AND listen to the other people you play with and hear/grasp how what your playing fits with them. If you can record what you play it will help you out with this so very much. And play with anyone you can find at first, even if it's not exactly the style or kind of music your into playing. And if you can play with people who are better or more experienced than yourself.
