Attention RUSH fans.

[Texasmame]

Nice set! Dunno how you have room for your arcade collection and your drums... Wish we had basements in California...!

Heh. The arcade collection was on the finished side of the basement; drums unfinished.  Arcade/Atari collections were sold prior to my moving from NH.  No basements in Texas either. 

[Texasmame]

always wanted to be a drummer... to old to start now. Did brass in HS. Can't get my hands and feet to work independently no matter how much I try during airdrum sessions.

It's curious how often brass and percussion are mixed, sometimes played by the same person.

Texas: nice toms. Double-kick pedal?

Yes, DW double kick.  You can't really tell in the pics, but the hi-hat is a remote hi-hat (DW remote cable) , set in fairly close and low to me.  Just prefer it there - easier for crossovers. 

[Texasmame]

always wanted to be a drummer... to old to start now. Did brass in HS. Can't get my hands and feet to work independently no matter how much I try during airdrum sessions.

I'm pretty lucky in that drumming just comes naturally.  With few exceptions, if I can hear it, I can play it.  Maybe not right away, but after working on it a bit, I can usually get anything that is thrown at me, provided it's interesting to me (no Dream Theater for example).  

[shorthair]

Dream Schmeater, bah.  Yeah, I've heard of that kind of hi-hat, T. Sounds neat. How do you feel about the response of two mallets on one kick when doing triplets and stuff?

[Texasmame]

Dream Schmeater, bah.  Yeah, I've heard of that kind of hi-hat, T. Sounds neat. How do you feel about the response of two mallets on one kick when doing triplets and stuff?

Never had a problem with it.  Then again, I've never used two independant kicks.

[shorthair]

So what stuff do you play?

[ChadTower]

Never had a problem with it.  Then again, I've never used two independant kicks.

I do... in fact, I only do kicks.

[shorthair]

Funny, today, as I was riding my bike through a medical clinic sort of district, I smelled what distinctly seemed the aroma of crystal meth manufacture. Smelled fairly clean as such things go, too.

[sodapopinski]

Neil Peart is amazing, zeppelin considered him as a bonham replacement for a reason. hey Drumanbass, what about Nick Mason?

[DrumAnBass]

Doh! Totally should have had Nick Mason in my list. 

Not a very technical player but certainly inspirational and influential in the evolution of rock drums. Nick's memoir, "Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd" is a fascinating read! He admits to being envious of Keith Moon's wild drumming. If you ever get a chance to see it, Nick's playing in the film "Pink Floyd: Live in Pompeii" is excellent.

[shorthair]

As with any instrument, the drumming (or percussion, depending) has to fit the context. There are various degrees of success. Coroner's album Mental Vortex is an example of tasty drumming - double kick when necessary, surrounded by lightly syncopated, and even simple, beats - that complement and complete the pieces. Master of Puppets is close in this regard - whereas Justice blew, drum-wise.

[Texasmame]

So what stuff do you play?

You mean brand names on the equipment or tunes/groups?

[shorthair]

So what stuff do you play?

You mean brand names on the equipment or tunes/groups?

Tunes

[Texasmame]

Pretty much anything.  I usually only play tunes that are fun/challenging to play alone since I just play with myself. 

Subdivisions, Limelight, Time Stand Still, Red Barchetta, and Time and Motion all by Rush get regular plays.  I also like "Heartbreaker" by Pat Benetar and "Running in the Family" by Level 42.  Whatever pops into my head, really.

Sometimes I'll just solo/jam/practice with the bass foot hitting the downstroke and the hi-hat foot hitting the upstroke and my hands just playing whatever feels good on top of that. 

I can't, however, do "The Drum also Waltzes" part of Neil's solo, with the bass/hat/hat, bass/hat/hat thing going on.  I can do it when it's just my feet, but when I throw hands into it, I'm screwed.  

[shorthair]

You have to develop your limbs, polyphonically. This actually starts in hearing polyphonically. And, no Pantera, etc?!

[Texasmame]

I don't have a problem with limb Independence in general but that one thing does throw me pretty good.   

Pantera?  Umm, no.   

[shorthair]

What are you using a double-kick set of pedals for, then?

[Texasmame]

Heh.  Mostly just quick triplet fills.   

[shorthair]

For what?

[Texasmame]

Uh, for fun???   

[shorthair]

No, silly, in what music? Are you adding it to other bands' music you play?...etc...

[Texasmame]

Oh.   

Mostly for Rush stuff but, on occasion, I love to overplay the hell outta "Every Breath You Take" for example.   

[shorthair]

No metal makes a boy narrow. Alas. I for years wanted to do a heavy version of 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic', but never got around to it. Then, some (largely) online-promoting band did it...well, sorta...they're, like, new rock. It's still tasty but not as cool as mine would've been.

The other thing about Rush (and many other bands then and since) is their production, particularly of the drums, stayed kinda rock. I mean, some scooped mid (or even the other way, Carcass Heartwork) guitar would've been killer. Of course, that's partly where bands like Dillinger Escape Plan and such come in. Anyways, Neil's drum sounds, especially the kick, didn't have that solid, marching band kind of sound. Enter Pantera and Sepultura: both Vinnie's and Igor's kicks and toms were ---smurfin--- tough-sounding.

And both had some good kick syncopated stuff - a fave of mine is Igor's stuff on Arise. That album is epic, especially cos of his drumming.