As some of my homies here know, thesedays I play pseudo reggae in a pseudo reggae band. I have a funk approach to most of the material because my reggae vocab has been pretty elementary and non existent ( Despite Sick Rick's valiant online assistance ).
However lately I've tried to work in some reggae authenticity into the tunes, which has meant a lot of rim playing. lots of cross stick, lots of rim shot, taps etc..lots of time on the edges.
Two questions.
1) I seem to have developed a stroke which strikes the only rim. It sounds like a crossstick on steroids. It seems like I've invented it. Have I? Anybody else do this/heard of this?
2) Ever since I've been attacking the rim of my Brass picollo, it has started to shed lugs after every playing session!!! This, for me is a first.. I thought i had a threading issue on one of the lugs but, its like 2 or 3 on the floor after every session..Do I need to take my snare to a drum doctor?
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However lately I've tried to work in some reggae authenticity into the tunes, which has meant a lot of rim playing. lots of cross stick, lots of rim shot, taps etc..lots of time on the edges.
Two questions.
1) I seem to have developed a stroke which strikes the only rim. It sounds like a crossstick on steroids. It seems like I've invented it. Have I? Anybody else do this/heard of this?
2) Ever since I've been attacking the rim of my Brass picollo, it has started to shed lugs after every playing session!!! This, for me is a first.. I thought i had a threading issue on one of the lugs but, its like 2 or 3 on the floor after every session..Do I need to take my snare to a drum doctor?
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