drummer wanted

ferdi · 13-07-2003 1:22pm #1

where - dub, south side

who - bass/vocals and guitar approx. 18 yrs, playing 2+ yrs.

what - mellow rock

when - right now

why - why not?!

we're just after any drummer who can add to our developing sound. gigs and competitions in mind.

call: 087 7801198

mail: ferdi@dublin.com

sillisome fiend · 14-07-2003 8:48pm

Why does everyone want a drummer these days?! Wait til I get good....:rolleyes:

feylya · 14-07-2003 8:58pm

You would be amazed at how rare good drummers are these days. You occasionaly find really good drummers but they don't want to play certain music!

sillisome fiend · 14-07-2003 9:00pm

Yeah well...gonna have 2 wait 2 get good,no kit for a while only lessons....stupid parents :mad:

feylya · 14-07-2003 9:01pm

Don't mean to rain on your parade but you have to be naturally good to play drums. No amount of lessons will teach you good rythm. Just ask my old drummer. Could drum to save his life!

sillisome fiend · 14-07-2003 9:04pm

Yup I know,I'm just trying 2 be positive....thinking I will be good, probably won't, but better to pretend I will be!:)

feylya · 14-07-2003 9:06pm

Indeed. Ah fair play to ya mate. Hey, maybe you'll come drum for me in a couple of years eh? Always in need of a good drummer!

sillisome fiend · 14-07-2003 9:08pm

Will do! But no1 wants a girl drummer :rolleyes:

feylya · 14-07-2003 9:09pm

Lenny Kravitz does! Hey, as long as you can pound skin well enough, you can for me!

sillisome fiend · 14-07-2003 9:13pm

goodgood! First I have to convince parents I really want to keep playing so they'll buy me a kit!

feylya · 14-07-2003 9:17pm

That's always the hard part. Although if you work, a resonably good kit will set you back 2 weeks ages, about €450 or there abouts.

sillisome fiend · 14-07-2003 9:21pm

nah don't work but thinking about getting a job in september so I can buy myslef a kit then! I also have the problem of where to put the kit....

feylya · 14-07-2003 9:23pm

Garage or bedroom usually work well. You can also get practice pads that you put on the individual drums to deaden the sound so the parents won't be complaining about the noise!

sillisome fiend · 14-07-2003 9:31pm

Don't have a garage....bedrooms the smallest 1 in the house...without the bed a drum kit would fit,only other option is shed cos its pretty big!

feylya · 14-07-2003 9:35pm

Shed's not a bad idea. We better keep this to pm because we seem to have hijacked ferdi's thread. Apologies Ferdi.

ferdi · 15-07-2003 5:32pm

yeah, 14 replys and i still aint got a drummer.

DrummerBoy · 15-07-2003 9:03pm

Originally posted by feylya
Don't mean to rain on your parade but you have to be naturally good to play drums. No amount of lessons will teach you good rythm. Just ask my old drummer.

If ever there was a false statement made this would be it!!! Sure natural rhythm helps a whole lot. But you can learn a whole lot from a good teacher.

feylya · 15-07-2003 9:07pm

IMO, rythm cannot be taught, it has to be natural. Teachers can teach you a great deal about technique and how to improve your rythm but if you don't have it, you dont have it.

crowbar188 · 15-07-2003 9:31pm

i think its just a case of that people with natural rhythm will improve at a much faster rate than people with none, so it takes people with none much longer to be good and be able to play in time, in which case they might get frustrated alot and fed up and quit.

Dr. Loon · 16-07-2003 11:37am

Originally posted by feylya
IMO, rythm cannot be taught, it has to be natural. Teachers can teach you a great deal about technique and how to improve your rythm but if you don't have it, you dont have it.

I kind of agree with you here, and I'm a drummer.
If you don't have natural rhythm it doesn't mean you can't drum, but generally I find people who don't have a natural rhythm are poor drummers at best. Still, alot of these poor drummers can make it with big bands. I wouldn't call any of Oasis' drummers good, but they made it...

While drummers with natural ryhthm you appreciate much more.... Joh Bonham, Mike Portnoy, Dave Abruzzesse, **** even Phil Collins.

feylya · 16-07-2003 11:39am

It's like playing the guitar. Techniques and theory can be taught but if you don't have that core talent, you'll never be an amazing guitarist.

crowbar188 · 16-07-2003 1:45pm

dr.loon- i agree with most of what you said but oasis did have good drummers. i dont like oasis, in fact i hate them, but steve white is a great drummer. he has been on clinics with chad smith and is widely respected in the drumming community.

Dr. Loon · 17-07-2003 7:31am

Yeah alright.... my mistake. Oasis have never really required much from their drummers anyway, so there's not many interesting beats there IMO. But fair point.

Kell · 17-07-2003 12:27pm

Originally posted by crowbar188
but steve white is a great drummer. he has been on clinics with chad smith and is widely respected in the drumming community.

Err, dont you mean Alan White, Steve's younger brother?? Steve plays Premier, so WTF would he be on a drum clinic with Chad Smith for when Chad plays Pearl? Steve, to put it correctly, is an awesome drummer, but AFAIK plays for Paul Weller, not Oasis.

K-

Giblet · 17-07-2003 12:47pm

More to the fact that Oasis drummers could be replaced by monkeys.

Their first drummer was AWFUL.

"Hey man, isn't the drumbeat for supersonic great, lets do it again for more songs!"

crowbar188 · 17-07-2003 5:40pm

Err, dont you mean Alan White, Steve's younger brother?? Steve plays Premier, so WTF would he be on a drum clinic with Chad Smith for when Chad plays Pearl? Steve, to put it correctly, is an awesome drummer, but AFAIK plays for Paul Weller, not Oasis.

no i mean STEVE white.when oasis went on tour in america steve white played for them. and steve white was a drum set clinician,breaking all clinic attendance records in 2000 with chad smith during there legendary 'With Attitude' tour.

so there!!!

ferdi · 17-07-2003 6:19pm

wow, 25 replys and no drummer:o

Kell · 18-07-2003 8:39am

If I had my kit Ferdi I would come and play for ya. Anyone got an ould kit that they could rent to me?

ferdi · 21-07-2003 5:45pm

*bump*

ferdi · 24-07-2003 6:56pm

kieth, check your email.

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