Hollywood Jim
Platinum Member
I'm visiting Salt Lake City Utah right now. I went to two local open mic jams this week. There were three other young drummers at these two jams.
One was a Juilliard graduate, one was a self taught kid and the other was a high school drum line player. All three were very good drummers. I was amazed at how different jamming is here compared to Phoenix. Very different kind of music. More modern fusion type music here. Very few regular songs played here.
The drummers all played matched grip and they all provided a rim shot for every back beat they hit. I'm 65 years old and I play exclusively traditional grip. And I don't use rim shots for the back beat.
The drum line kid twirled his sticks while he played, just amazing. The Juilliard guy had some fantastic bass drum licks. I learned at lot from them. However all three lacked in the soloing department. But they all liked my solos.
At the end of my playing the second night two of them commented how great it was to hear some old school drumming. I think it was a compliment. But I'm not sure........
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One was a Juilliard graduate, one was a self taught kid and the other was a high school drum line player. All three were very good drummers. I was amazed at how different jamming is here compared to Phoenix. Very different kind of music. More modern fusion type music here. Very few regular songs played here.
The drummers all played matched grip and they all provided a rim shot for every back beat they hit. I'm 65 years old and I play exclusively traditional grip. And I don't use rim shots for the back beat.
The drum line kid twirled his sticks while he played, just amazing. The Juilliard guy had some fantastic bass drum licks. I learned at lot from them. However all three lacked in the soloing department. But they all liked my solos.
At the end of my playing the second night two of them commented how great it was to hear some old school drumming. I think it was a compliment. But I'm not sure........
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