Recent content by Morrisman

Here in South Aus the recovery has begun, but most venues can only have 1/3 capacity, and punters must remain seated (no dancing). We've done a few shows for tips and have actually done quite well financially. The audiences are sympathetic and have been willing to support the bands. The pub...

I’d add blues shuffles as a seperate category. And perhaps 50’s rock n’ roll and Rockabilly - fast shuffles and train beats. Your categories are very broad. eg. Within the pop category you’ll get medium rock beats, slow ballads, 12/8 ballads, disco beats, shuffles, half-time shuffles, and more.

I used to have an old Pearl snare with an adjustment screw on the butt plate. It was really handy for centering the snare wires without having to fiddle with strings and screws. Someone else mentioned this earlier, and I agree with them. As for two strainers - I’ve only seen this on orchestral...

I’m glad this old thread has resurfaced, because I’ve been wondering the same thing lately, especially from watching clips of 70’s rock drummers. I don’t rimshot my backbeats, and I rebound the stick after each stroke, but some of these guys get a solid snare sound each stroke by leaving the...

You guys are having it tough on both sides of the country - keep safe.

Thick pingy rides and thin lively crashes. Except in the 50’s band where its all Armands - thin everything.

Do you guys know ‘Are you gonna be my girl’? Or is it just an Aussie thing? Anyway, lots of tambourine in that one.

Wishing you all the best from Australia - its winter/spring here now, cool and wet, but we have fresh memories of last Dec/January. Sounds like you’re prepared and ready to go though. Good luck!

Check the snare wires to see if there’s a sharp bit which could start a hole in the head.

These seem to sell in Australia for around $300, which equates to the $US200 someone mentioned. A brass shell or a Jupiter in good condition goes for a bit more. I thought the steel ones had a knurled centre bead, while brass had the parallel ridges, but I'm not an expert on these.

I presume you have a male singer? Our cover band has both male and female, and she sings most of the recent songs, while he's older and sings 'classics'. We do get a good response from Uptown Funk and Can't Stop the Feeling (J Timberlake). Also Chasing Cars and I'm Yours . We tried Memories by...

Excellent for brushes, and it doesn’t wear down over time like most coated heads.

We recently tried to use an old Zoom Q2HD as a webcam, but it wasn‘t compatible with our modern computers - kept dropping out and switching itself off. Test it for several minutes before you commit to using it for paid work.

That is so frustrating, especially when you knew there was a slight risk but were being thoughtful of others. Frustrating.

We have a year 9 boy at school who plays harp. He’s the only male harpist I’ve ever met. All the others are tall, thin women with long flowing hair. I have an Andreas Vollenweider album, but I’ve never seen him live.