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Thats great news, the jams always need drummers - you can also do a solo version of Champagne Supernova with a few cymbals between your knees ;-).
Im going to have to up my game and learn kazoo!
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I'm not round though.
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youDrummer here too!
Not a singer though.. but I do have some Spandex so does that count?
I was secretly hoping to put in a song or three behind the kit at the jam - unless anything changes between now and then it would be my first band experience of drumming.
How long has everyone else been drumming and where have you got your experience - considering we're all putting ourselves forward as guitarists first, presumably in any band situation you'd tend towards playing guitar
I probably get in a couple of hours practice a week as well as playing drums on stuff when the kids don't have anyone that wants to. I've played a few jam sessions as well though. I'm absolutely not playing exact drum covers, but I can usually find a beat and a few fills that work with any song in standard 4/4
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youWouldn't call my self a good drummer - i can hold a rhythm, but as a guitarist sitting on a drum stool, i know not to play when trying to tune guitars and that double bass is not always appropriate.. So i guess that makes me pro?
Im pretty sure there will be enough opportunity if the Huddersfield one goes ahead - that's 2 days and an evening session to fill! Even a proficient drummer appreciates a break, so Im sure having a few people step in for two songs or so through the day is do-able (as long as youre not left handed !). I just jump on the kit as its been setup by the main drummer and make do.
I only ever want to cover a few songs at the jam sessions as it takes a bit of effort to get a proper version together, and the rhythm section has to be fairly competent to properly support the novice guitarists. At the woking jam, I did Tush and Champagne Supernova 'in the style of', but needed to learn the full version of Comfortably numb as theres a few key fills in there that lead the song into the next section so need doing properly.
Ive been playing an electronic kit (with weekly lessons) for three years - Im at about rockschool grade 3 level, and can read drum notation so can now play from sheet music which makes learning new songs much easier. Ive drummed a few songs at the last three fretboard jam sessions and have now bought a full acoustic kit and about to build a garden room to play it in - so hope that will make playing a full kit seem less unwieldy.
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Just waiting on weekend privileges to be agreed with Mrs McToot before ponying up. I'm likely to be a saturday day and evening attendee, heading back to the south on sunday morning, deaf and hungover...
@ttony - could you bear having me at 2 events so close together? I'll be good as gold and won't moan or whine
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Cant wait to start talking about songs. Have a few suggestions that I'll keep to myself for now.
@TTony, my payment should have gone through a while ago, when you get a mo can you check and update the list? Ta.
Combine that with the pleasure of hitting things, and I'm finding it a very rewarding instrument. I think being able to play another instrument helps make progress on drums, because a rhythmic and musical sense is already present. In theory.
My tutor started with notation from practically the first session so reading has been part of the learning process from day one which is a very useful skill indeed. As you say, makes learning a groove so much quicker.
Have you actually done the Rockschool grades or is that just an estimate of where you're at?
This was the date that we picked before we kicked off the original "would there be any interest ..." thread, in which enough people expressed interest to make it viable.
Though they're now clearly less able to attend, for various reasons ...
I shall await a weak moment and raise a delicate question at home ...
We originally started these jam sessions specifically to help people who don't play in front of people that often to do so, build confidence, and find that it's really not so scary. It's an incredibly helpful and supportive environment, lots of people there with all sorts of different experiences, but everyone goes away having had a great time.
£20 paid for now, and if I can make the full weekend I'll add the other 20 as soon as I know.
Does that help with making enough numbers up?