CanDman - non Fj topic

[CanDman]

You would know Kevin of the late great Jeff Porcaro, from my favourite group Toto. He had feeling and technique on the drums that simply blows me away. I've watched his you-tube training vids and they are fantastic.

Funny thing is I've been playing bass for around 4 years now, absolutely love it. My neighbours across the road had a pub band in Brisbane in the late 80s, and every Thursday night we get together in their music room to play, I'm getting better but my fingers are still a bit slow. You should visit on your trip Downunder and play with us one night!

Now we're talkin...that sounds perfect.....I'm in !! Give me a list of the types of tunes you like and I will familiarize myself...... Africa by Toto is a fav of mine.....the vocal harmonies are just awesome !!!!

So Ray....if I start a post in the Video section for musicians....will you post something? hmmmmmm? 

[Zwartie]

Neil Peary has got to be mentioned as one of the top percussionists of all time. Just the size and complexity of his kits is amazing however, John Bonham still gives me goosebumps listening to his thunder. His kid ain't half bad either

Peart not Peary ( damn apple)

And of course it's pronounced "Peert", not "Pert" as most people say it.

Zwartie

[CanDman]

 Does anyone know what town he is from....hmmmmmmm? and can anyone name the previous drummer Before ole Neil took over?


Jeopardy Theme


now............if I was to post a Rush song on CanD's Corner.....which one would you like me to play? could be any song you want......except Lakeside Park.......lol...... and no.....you can't say 2112 the whole album...that would take weeks...... .

[FJ_Hooligan]

Toronto and Ringo Starr?  What did I win?  :-)

[FJ111200]

Rush-Making Memories (Lyrics)

[rktmanfj]

now............if I was to post a Rush song on CanD's Corner.....which one would you like me to play? could be any song you want......except Lakeside Park.......lol...... and no.....you can't say 2112 the whole album...that would take weeks...... .

Yeah, that would be too much.

Just the 'A' side will do...     

[CanDman]

now............if I was to post a Rush song on CanD's Corner.....which one would you like me to play? could be any song you want......except Lakeside Park.......lol...... and no.....you can't say 2112 the whole album...that would take weeks...... .

Yeah, that would be too much.

Just the 'A' side will do...     

that's it ? You sure......? 

[CanDman]

Toronto and Ringo Starr?  What did I win?  :-)

Wrong Buzzer Sound Effect


....a trip to the back of the line.......

[CanDman]

            ANOTHER FAV OF MINE






     Phil Collins e Chester Thompson live in Wembley

[andyoutandabout]

Can't deny Phil is a top drummer, even if I find some of his songs a bit weak.
Meanwhile I bought a book and it gave this advice - learn to read music and find a tutor.
So I started reading drum music and it's not all that hard, but it is hard to read and play steady or with any speed except kinda slow.
As far as a tutor - well they are expensive things, but christmas is coming so you never know.
Andy

[Zwartie]

St. Catherines, of course - or more accurately, Port Dalhousie. And the "original" drummer was John Rutsey (RIP). Here's a nice clip of the band playing Working Man. My 12 year old son (named Alex) can play it pretty well on guitar - except for the crazy solo, but he's getting there...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB6sRQQBH6E

CanDman, if you're taking requests, might I suggest La Villa Strangiato?

Zwartie

Does anyone know what town he is from....hmmmmmmm? and can anyone name the previous drummer Before ole Neil took over?


Jeopardy Theme


now............if I was to post a Rush song on CanD's Corner.....which one would you like me to play? could be any song you want......except Lakeside Park.......lol...... and no.....you can't say 2112 the whole album...that would take weeks...... .

[CanDman]

Does anyone know what town he is from....hmmmmmmm? and can anyone name the previous drummer Before ole Neil took over?

St. Catherines, of course - or more accurately, Port Dalhousie. And the "original" drummer was John Rutsey (RIP). Here's a nice clip of the band playing Working Man. My 12 year old son (named Alex) can play it pretty well on guitar - except for the crazy solo, but he's getting there...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB6sRQQBH6E

CanDman, if you're taking requests, might I suggest La Villa Strangiato?

Zwartie

Ok Ben.......since you got the Quiz right (Neil Peart's home town of St. Catherines and the original drummer being the late John Rutsey)  plus you went to Alaska........I will do La Villa Strangiato....I do know it well but I will work at sandblasting some of the rust off first. Give me a week or two.....   

I will PM you when I post it

CanDman

[andyb]

Guys, I played drums for only about a dozen years.  Did a wedding, a party or five, etc.  Not quite as long as I played a piano, but I found it a lot easier to make music on drums, and horrible noises on a piano.  

Tama is great stuff, but bring your helicoil kit.  My experience was that they loved to pull the threads through when you tightened stuff down (kick drum spurs in particular!).  Always loved their pedals too... nylon straps and mild mods to increase spring tension means you can get really great control even at high speeds.  I used a set of very, very old Zildjians for most cymbals, but a newer set of hats of forgettable name and my china was whatever hunk of spun crap I could get for free and bash into a proper shape with a marching stick... usually sounding the best until they fell apart!  Sabian AAX is what I'd have gotten if the funds had been available.  Their 'stage' ride was brilliant, if a little light, and decidedly too small (21").  

But where's all the really great drummers in these examples?  I mean, plainly this won't be a style of music you guys listen to, but c'mon.... Just from the top of my head:

Raymond Herrera (Fear Factory)
Fear Factory - New Promise (with lyrics)
(Without the band)  
Fear Factory - New promise (drum video)

Chris Adler (Lamb of God)
Lamb Of God - Redneck - Chris Adler High Definition 1080p

Nevermind Dave Lombardo, Vinnie Paul....  



That said, playing jazz is as much fun to play as it is awful to listen to, big band stuff is even more fun (triple points for ska!), and the most fun I've ever had playing was with a country band, because the feel of country meshes so nicely with the feel of metal--i.e., get in front of the beat and PUSH!

C'mon guys, open your horizons a bit.  There's a bit of something to learn from all types of music that you can go back and apply to what you love, and in the process you get to meet and hear all sorts of strange and wonderful things!

Like a group of Canadians that want to play techno but seem to be afraid of computers...
Holy Fuck - Echo Sam



Edit:  Some of the guys I see listed in other posts are definitely very good drummers, but on the whole I'm pretty much down on the pop-y major key lovesong sorta music, as you perhaps have guessed!  A coworker was playing with my ipod and after looking pained whilst listening her way through my music via shuffle said, "You're obviously a drummer.  And a misanthrope."  Right on both counts, I think!

Haven't played in ages, sadly.  After a nasty crash in 2001, I've got some limits on the movement in my left shoulder that makes playing the sort of thing that I enjoy even harder than it was when I was trying to develop the chops to manage it in the first place

[fj johnnie]

Does anyone know what town he is from....hmmmmmmm? and can anyone name the previous drummer Before ole Neil took over?

St. Catherines, of course - or more accurately, Port Dalhousie. And the "original" drummer was John Rutsey (RIP). Here's a nice clip of the band playing Working Man. My 12 year old son (named Alex) can play it pretty well on guitar - except for the crazy solo, but he's getting there...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB6sRQQBH6E

CanDman, if you're taking requests, might I suggest La Villa Strangiato?

Zwartie

Ok Ben.......since you got the Quiz right (Neil Peart's home town of St. Catherines and the original drummer being the late John Rutsey)  plus you went to Alaska........I will do La Villa Strangiato....I do know it well but I will work at sandblasting some of the rust off first. Give me a week or two.....   

I will PM you when I post it

CanDman

Back of the line for both Zwartie and Candyman, it's St. Catharines, Hah hah. Spellcheck is wrong.

[CanDman]

 

Back of the line for you too Johnnie....you spelled CanDman wrong !!!!