Thanks - yes it was the Genera head - I’m really liking it.Bo Criss! on the drums!. It's all good cause it IS good cause your good and that's good!. Ya dig brutha?. Good. Is that your Evans genera?.
Whether or not I was good at it, I remember singing along to the radio since I was a child - maybe from around 7 or so? I’m 58 now - not sure if I’ve gotten any better at itNice!
How long did it take to learn to simultaneously sing & drum?
That’s the Paiste Masters 24” Thin Ride - it’s my new favorite cymbal - much creamier than the old K Light Ride I had.That crash/ride? to your left during the vocal/drum break is a thing/sound of beauty!.
No way Bo...i was going to use the word creamy but didn't. Wow.That’s the Paiste Masters 24” Thin Ride - it’s my new favorite cymbal - much creamier than the old K Light Ride I had.
Moist.No way Bo...i was going to use the word creamy but didn't. Wow.
Not to hijack the thread, but interestingly, from the first time I ever tried it, just to see if I could, I've been able to sing and play drums simultaneously without practicing it. I just can. It's odd, right? Now the issue is, I have little to no singing talent. Seriously, can't carry a tune with headphones. (It's not an ear problem- I can clearly hear how bad it is- it's a vocal cord control problem.) So the ability to coordinate it isn't useful at all, unless I take singing lessons.Nice!
How long did it take to learn to simultaneously sing & drum?
Name this song: “…..s’cuse me while I kiss this guy….”I always thought the lyrics were " I wanna rock and roll all night... and part of every day".
Maybe you should get with a teacher if it’s something you really want to do?Not to hijack the thread, but interestingly, from the first time I ever tried it, just to see if I could, I've been able to sing and play drums simultaneously without practicing it. I just can. It's odd, right? Now the issue is, I have little to no singing talent. Seriously, can't carry a tune with headphones. (It's not an ear problem- I can clearly hear how bad it is- it's a vocal cord control problem.) So the ability to coordinate it isn't useful at all, unless I take singing lessons.
I can't even chew gum and play drums simultaneously.from the first time I ever tried it, just to see if I could, I've been able to sing and play drums simultaneously without practicing it.
And I would argue you shouldn’t!I can't even chew gum and play drums simultaneously.
Without getting into that argument, considering I’m trying to stay close to at least the 30-35 bands’ drummers were covering, I think I’m getting close. There are some I can replicate easier than others, but I’ll never be 90%. Like I notice I lift my hi hat hand out of the way on the backbeat when we do a Rolling Stones song, or I do a roll on the toms from low to high like Ringo would since he couldn’t go the other way. Stuff like that. I’m not sure I ever thought Peter Criss was “sloppy”, but I think if he wasn’t on those songs, maybe they wouldn’t have been what they became. It takes the whole band to make it - And I just try to honor what he sounded like because let’s face it: our cover band is exactly that. We are a live radio station and we’re not paid to make the songs “ours”. I did the same thing in the Devo band: give it to them the way they remember it. With this band I stretch a little and take some liberties, but only if it works (as I did on “The Boys are back in town). I tend to NOT screw with the groove or the song. I don’t want to be the reason people walk outYou played it way cleaner than the catman and played things he just didn’t do. I think kiss is one of those bands that just has that sloppy feel we have all since been taught not to do. Hard to replicate.
Peter Criss: 'Terrible' drummer?
I can recall a comment in that big Kiss biog from a few years back - can't remember the source, but I think it was an engineer rather than a band...forums.stevehoffman.tv
And furthermore - after reading some of those 2015 threads about whether or not Peter Criss was a bad drummer, or why would Gene and Paul pick such a guy to be in the band - I just don’t get the attitude. It’s always amusing listening to the Monday-morning quarterbacks talking about what would’ve been better. Well, those guys never know because they weren’t there. Smart people tend to deal with what’s in front of them and that’s what every successful music act has ever done - it’s all they could do.You played it way cleaner than the catman and played things he just didn’t do. I think kiss is one of those bands that just has that sloppy feel we have all since been taught not to do. Hard to replicate.
Peter Criss: 'Terrible' drummer?
I can recall a comment in that big Kiss biog from a few years back - can't remember the source, but I think it was an engineer rather than a band...forums.stevehoffman.tv
I like the way this guy puts it. Chris fit the band and was not a terrible drummer, but an extremely limited drummer. So when your start adding chops and tasty little licks to old Kiss songs it doesn’t fit