Need a Drummer's Point of View

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Good comments goin' on here, something is being left out that usually can break up a band, start fights, and DRAMA....girlfriends and wives....hell...just friends and peeps sitting at the band table can cause more problems than an egomaniac lead vocalist....but getting back to musicians, they are all ego heads, if they weren't they wouldn't have the "look at me" mentality to get up on a stage and play, each and every instrument and player has their own problems and inflict them on the band, case in point...I rercently started playing with a band, and I've been playing out for over 4 decades, so....we don't practice, I get to the gig, nothing to work woth except a guitar/singer who wants to start every song with his chords, shit I hate that, click it off drummer, but o'no, the singer gets louder, his guitar and vocals are both pushed up in the mains as the night goes on until there is a low bass rumble coming outta the monitor system, and did I tell ya there a bunch of drunks...except me and the "bass" player, were drinkin' water and watching the drama unfold...yep at the band table...and pretty soon (4th set) the lead guitarist is so drunk he can't hit a barred A chord, now I am sitting there behind my keys wondering why!?! Where does the partying end and the music start...guess not in this band....maybe the singer is hard of hearing, the more he drinks the louder he has to get to hear himself...or actually thinks the mess sounds better...2 weekends of it$ and I quit.

I started out on drums 62' switched to bass 68', started electric guitar 69' and been playing keys for ten years now, and I am a vocalist...when the drama unfolds I am outta there.
 
nothing says loserville more than an outta tune guitar player playing really freaking loud with the AM radio tone. Thats OK though, he is stoned and giving me some fish eyed stare while he is blowing the rhythm despite my best corralling efforts.

Keeping guitarists in time is like herding cats that have taken acid.
 
What kind of stupid thread is this? Who cares what the drummer thinks. Just sit back there and play the parts I've told you to play. And tell your stupid girlfriend to leave until we're finished and you need a ride home.
 
ez_willis said:
What kind of stupid thread is this? Who cares what the drummer thinks. Just sit back there and play the parts I've told you to play. And tell your stupid girlfriend to leave until we're finished and you need a ride home.
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that is so true on many levels
 
as far as singers not carrying shit i was in a band last year...... and i got lucky...... our singer carried so much most of us hardly had anything left to carry. AND he actually asked at a show to be turned DOWN because he thought he was too loud.... most amazing experience of my life. true story too.
 
BlackHawk2029 said:
as far as singers not carrying shit i was in a band last year...... and i got lucky...... our singer carried so much most of us hardly had anything left to carry. AND he actually asked at a show to be turned DOWN because he thought he was too loud.... most amazing experience of my life. true story too.
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Thats an urban legend. Go look it up on snopes.

It could never happen in real life......:rolleyes:
 
my biggest pet peeve is that guitarists, bassists, and even keyboardists forget that their instrument can be percussive too. palm muting, slapping, and really staccato leads can add a really cool sense of rhythm to certain areas of music. also, i hate when guitarists have one strumming pattern they use for a lot of their passages.
 
carterschops said:
my biggest pet peeve is that guitarists, bassists, and even keyboardists forget that their instrument can be percussive too. palm muting, slapping, and really staccato leads can add a really cool sense of rhythm to certain areas of music. also, i hate when guitarists have one strumming pattern they use for a lot of their passages.
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You're entitled to your opinion, you're just not allowed to voice it. You're a drummer for fuxsake. Sit back there and play the parts I've written for you.
 
ez - It seems clear that you have an issue with drummers:D Was your mother frightened by a drummer while you were still in the womb (perhaps a bad Wipe Out solo)????

I only ask because - I have a similer issue with clowns (those big shoes scare me half to death)!!!:eek:
 
mikeh said:
ez - It seems clear that you have an issue with drummers:D Was your mother frightened by a drummer while you were still in the womb (perhaps a bad Wipe Out solo)????
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Nah, I've been in a few bands that had drummers.

mikeh said:
I only ask because - I have a similer issue with clowns (those big shoes scare me half to death)!!!:eek:
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I have something like that with dolls. I hate those freaky little monsters.
 
How many lead guitarist does it take to change a light bulb?
Three- one to change it, two to stand around talking about how they could have done it better.

How many bassist does it take?
None- those guys are always in the dark, anyway.

What do you call someone who hangs out with musicians?
A drummer.

What does a rythm guitarist use for birth control?
His personality.

And my favorite...

What's the definition of perfect pitch?
You throw the banjo out the 2nd story window, it lands squarely on the accordian.
 
no urban legend. and either way.... haven't been that lucky since. i'm tellin you though, that kid carried two bass drums and an armful of cymbal stands ALONG WITH his favorite mic clutched between his teeth.... all at once out to the van, and then returned for a stack of toms. no joke.
 
I'm lucky if my singer will pick up a stick that manages to escape over the toms...
 
The only thing I've ever seen a singer try to pick up is......chicks.

Actually I think one singer I worked with did pick up crabs:eek:
 
What do I think?

Well,,,,,,I think music is there to fill the spaces between drum beats.....
 
I think you are all weak. If you're a drummer and your bandmates don't fear you and do whatever you say, you need to find a new instrument and some balls. :)
 
Greg_L said:
I think you are all weak. If you're a drummer and your bandmates don't fear you and do whatever you say, you need to find a new instrument and some balls. :)
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Why are you so fixated on my balls man? C'mon...don't hate the playa...lick his nurtz....
 
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