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  1. Hollywood Jim

    How often do you blame the stage sound?

    Sometimes it happens and there is no solution. I recently had a gig where there was a tall drum riser. On a very large stage. All of the guitar players had their amps out in front of the drum riser pointing towards the audience. The back of their amps were blocked by the carpet covered drum...
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    Drummers with longest tenure in a working band

    I win !! I have been playing with my garage band since 1964. 60 years. We just played together again last weekend. Granted we never became famous and two if the six members have died. But we still get together and play every year for our annual party in Burbank, Ca. .
  3. Hollywood Jim

    I know I’m not playing this correctly, but --

    I have notified the international drumming authorities. If they follow through on this you will be contacted. If they don't contact you, rock on! .
  4. Hollywood Jim

    What’s one thing you wish you could improve about your drumming right now?

    Improving my short term musical memory. So that I can instantly recall song intros and tempos. I keep playing with bands that don't follow a set list. They call out a song one second before they want it to start. I do have a cheat sheet for the songs, but it takes me about 10 seconds to find...
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    Drum sound vs. genre

    Regarding drum sounds for specific kinds of music and specific sounding bands; it is heavily dependant on whether or not you are mic'ed up and/or you have a sound person adjusting the band sound and balance. For instance, tonight I'm playing a gig where they have a house sound tech. He puts...
  6. Hollywood Jim

    eric harland solo

    Interesting solo. It sounds like he has his toms tuned to the key of the song. .
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    Playing drums and music- a low barrier to entry compared to other occupations?

    The low barrier is mostly a natural talent thing. As a drummer, if you can keep a solid tempo OR you can follow along with the band’s tempo, you qualify as a drummer. Also, who you are friends with can get you into a band. So yes, the barrier is rather low if you want to join a local bar band...
  8. Hollywood Jim

    Cymgard ??

    I think they made cymbal mutes. I love my cymbal mutes. They work great !! .
  9. Hollywood Jim

    Shure 215 in-ears, am I missing something?

    Yes, no hearing protection back in the 60's and 70's. AND, even though the guitar amps were loud back in the day; the loudest instrument was always the snare drum. And guess which band member was always closest to the snare drum. .
  10. Hollywood Jim

    Keith Moon

    When drummer Keith Moon blew up his drum set on stage, the explosion left Pete Townshend deaf in one ear. And eventually contributed to his future hearing loss. I sould have said "may have contributed to Pete's hearing loss. .
  11. Hollywood Jim

    Shure 215 in-ears, am I missing something?

    I use a pair of cheaper in-ears. I run the sound through a small battery operated headphone amp. Works great. I can also run the sound through my 4 channel mixer that has an equalizer. That would be even better. .
  12. Hollywood Jim

    Faking the Buddy Rich thing....

    I copy Gene Krupa. It's easier and just as effective. The audience simply wants butt moving rhythm and a few drum solos. .
  13. Hollywood Jim

    Learning the language of drums

    Very interesting discussion. My father was a drummer. My mother was a singer. In our house music was always playing. And when there was no music playing my mother was singing. I remember as a toddler sitting in front of my father’s bass drum while he was playing. My back was against the drum...
  14. Hollywood Jim

    Snares at Live Venues Don't Sound Like the Tunings I Read About on Forums

    Well, it sounds like he is tuning his drum in a perfect place to tune his drum. Then it sound bad at a gig. So I'm thinking he needs to just reverse the process. And if he can tune his drum is a garage with loud music playing then it should sound good in a band in a dive bar. How many gigs...
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    Snares at Live Venues Don't Sound Like the Tunings I Read About on Forums

    #1 Tune your snare drum in the largest room you have. An empty garage is good. #2 Set up a large PA or a big stereo with large speakers. #3 Play the song “Jump” by Van Halen. Turn it all the way up #4 Tune up your snare drum while the song is playing. .
  16. Hollywood Jim

    I’m getting tired of the drama in music.

    I agree with you DrumDoug. Almost every band I was ever in fell apart because of the drama. In general musicians have big egos. If you are in a band where everyone gets along and they all have fun playing, you are very lucky. The last band I was in I was good friends with the singer. The...
  17. Hollywood Jim

    What band or bands that changed members became better or worse in your opinion?

    In over 70 years of playing, all of the bands I left got worse. .
  18. Hollywood Jim

    Sparkle Kits?

    Speaking of cymbals....... When will we be able to buy sparkle cymbals? .
  19. Hollywood Jim

    Coming up with fresh ideas

    Use the melody and the phrasing of the words to create the drum fills. I assume each song has different words, phrasing and a different melody. Listen to Keith Moon and how his drum fills matched the singing and the guitar parts. .
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