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Watched a Hollies doc last nite which showed a lot of late sixties live footage..Great live band but it was the the drum sound which stood out, big, baggy and crisp.....oh and miced up with just two overheads and a bass drum mic. Im also pretty sure that's all they used in the studio as well...

Scrunched to the max. I don't do big blousy solos or many fills and use trad grip so Im tucked in real tight....Using ur whole arn to crash down with is energy wasted imo.

Neither infuenced me at all but they are both hugely interesting musicians. (As a kid Gadson and JR Robinson were my heros...Yep, I like straight solid and simple drumming.) Ringo was very creative and enabled some incredibly original melodic writing to rise to the top, playing for and enhancing...

Nothing! Im a Prima Donna A1 Diva and expect to be treated in the highest regard!...haha.

Out on a sort of limb here...but for me its hi-hat/ride control as a rythmn instrument. U hit the hats way more than any other piece of equipment...or as in jazz...the ride.

Not to be rude to any band from the 70's but at a medium sized summer fest few yrs back we were third in front of Boney M!..... Weird.

Spent a lifetime trying to figure this one. Some singers who are a bit off have charisma so it dont matter what they sound like...Boy George is a good eg of this....and there are others too but some people just sound outta tune and awful. Was in a band years ago, grt rocking tunes, good...

Well, Chinny - Chapp were the writers and Mickey Most the producer and they loved using session players....did they play? Do we know?

Paicy is a superb old school drummer and that swing is the magic sauce which is so difficult to figure. This modern way of playing sounds like smashing rocks to me.....

Totaly. I dislike drum solos, period...I dont understnd them, never have. Imo they kill the groove stone dead. Sppose it all strarted with Buddy Rich who was a showman....A drum solo without a showman playing it is pointless.

Nope, can barely play a fill, Im a metronome....quite like sloshing the hats, probably over do it really.

Im shallow as hell. I play trad cause it looks cool. Admittedly I find it easy and natural so Im lucky but I've still no interest in match.....it ain't cool and kinda looks like someone smashing rocks where to me trad looks like a an interesting musical technique....

Often Im so pumped I forget but I always have water with a dash of bi-carbonate in it to replace stuff. Oh and can I ask we all use re-usable bottles for our water plse...The planet'll and ur grandkids'll thank you. Cheers.

Personally trad just feels right, feels kinda accurate and I like not moving my arm much...Cant imagine playing jazz match style with all that arm movement.

Paiste 2002 18" crash. Dull as dishwater against my green label 505. Sold it (the 2002)