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B-3 Hammond –a newer player and an old master.
As a drummer ….I love this instrument! Tony Monaco has some interesting comments following one telephone conversation he had with Jimmy Smith as a ki...
14 years agoIs it possible to become too possessed with the sound of your drums?
I was never a Beatles fan…however I think they wrote some very interesting music that has become classic…and has since been done by many o...
14 years agoIs it possible to become too possessed with the sound of your drums?
Back in the 80s I decided I needed a second drum set to leave where our big band rehearsed. I responded to an ad in a local news paper for a set of P...
14 years agoIs it possible to become too possessed with the sound of your drums?
I think the first snare drum I owned was a WFL badge white drum…grade school. My old drum teacher Jack Emerson taught us Sousa march charts. AMRAWCO c...
14 years agoIs it possible to become too possessed with the sound of your drums?
Mikey777, I found your comments very thought provoking. I don’t have experience in a recording studio, but based upon what you said, having the inve...
14 years agoIs it possible to become too possessed with the sound of your drums?
When I started this thread it was not intended to be about sound systems….but rather about the sometimes endless quest in tuning drums….and when is go...
14 years agoIs it possible to become too possessed with the sound of your drums?
Kevins-probably yes. I used to do a lot of different CD compilations...so things got messey. fishwaltz- Trust your instincts. Batterhead-Revox B-77...
14 years agoIs it possible to become too possessed with the sound of your drums?
Years ago I met a lady that had been married to a man that was absolutely possessed with the sound of his very high end sound equipment. Her very astu...
14 years agoWhere do accessories fit-- in establishing the value of vintage drums?
Different drums. In 1968 I travelled overland to India with a friend; I was studying at the Sorbonne University in Paris back then. Paris was on fir...
14 years agoWhere do accessories fit-- in establishing the value of vintage drums?
vintagemore2000, I absolutely love Buddy's comments (in the link)....I could not agree more with his thoughts. (And what do I know..) He sure could...
14 years agoWhere do accessories fit-- in establishing the value of vintage drums?
vintagemore2000 I suspect Max Roach was capable of playing both traditional and matched style. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvdU5R7ywQ4&feat...
14 years agoWhere do accessories fit-- in establishing the value of vintage drums?
A mix of both styles vintagemore2000. First classical ....the rest mixed.... I guess the mix has been around for a long time. HOWEVER...when they are...
14 years agoWhere do accessories fit-- in establishing the value of vintage drums?
vexorgtr, Years ago back in the 60s when I played in a concert band it was very apparent that the Timpani drums were played with the over hand techni...
14 years agoWhere do accessories fit-- in establishing the value of vintage drums?
When did the classical left stick holding technique get changed to overhand by some guys...and why? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CujyFrnsmGs&f...
14 years agoWhere do accessories fit-- in establishing the value of vintage drums?
Somewhat off topic...but I thought I would add it. (For they that may be interested....as this is a "vintage" drum forum.) It appears that modern dr...
14 years ago