Showing posts with label drummers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drummers. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

What Makes a Good Drummer

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A friend recently made a posting about what makes up a good drummer. The summary of her article: Good: Pays attention to the band in perfo...
Monday, December 3, 2012

Dave...on Drums

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Drummers/Bassists for The Breeders

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So, in the back of my mind I have it that some day I'll play in a Breeders tribute band, maybe as a one off. It started as an annoying c...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Drummers: Phil Collins

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As long as I can remember Phil Collins has been something of a punch line. I can't find a video of it, but I remember Rosie O'donnel...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

Bonzo

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I've never been a Led Zeppelin fan. I didn't dislike them...they just were never on my radar. A few years ago I could not have ident...
Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Clem Burke: Revisited

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I've tried not to repeat my series on drummers too often, but sometimes I explore someone and then drop them...or give them short strife...
Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Drummers: Moe Tucker

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Reading through the latest edition of Modern Drummer I happened across an article about Maureen “Moe” Tucker , the drummer for Velvet Underg...

Dane Drummers

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I don't know if I've mentioned this here before, but I've been doing a monthly column on local drummers at Dane101 called Dane ...
Monday, April 5, 2010

Everlong

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I keep hearing songs and thinking, "if I can learn to play THAT drum part...THEN I'll actually be decent." Then I either forge...
Monday, March 29, 2010

Drummers: Kiel Feher

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My new favorite drummer: Kiel Feher . I caught him at SXSW with Frank and Derol , but looks like he's just a hired gun for them. He and ...
Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Kim Thompson and Nikki Glaspie

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I hate when people make a big deal out of me being female and being a drummer. First off, it is awkward, because I don't consider myself...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Rick Allen

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Hard to believe I haven't touched on Rick Allen yet. He is the one-armed drummer in Def Leppard. Born 1963, started drums 1968, joined ...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Kate Schellenbach

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Whilst digging through Pixies to The Breeders bass fax I stumbled across the name Kate Schellenbach , who was apparently the original drumme...
Monday, January 4, 2010

David Lovering

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I've been learning Pixies songs on bass in a likely unsuccessful bid to join/start a Pixies tribute band. Prior to the idea coming up a ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Tad Hutchison

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One day in college I heard some tunes a friend was playing on his car stereo. They were infectious and tasty. Jangly yet rockin'. They w...
Monday, December 14, 2009

John Maher

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There's been too much musing and navel gazing and self promotion in this venue over the last week...back to the drums. On Saturday we op...
Monday, December 7, 2009

Bev Bevan

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After listening to Radar Love four or five times this morning on the "first snow" bus ride to work, I switched to ELO Out of the...
Monday, November 30, 2009

Nick Mason

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I've never been a Pink Floyd fan. I took no notice of them at all until my freshman year of college when my boyfriend was a PF fanatic. ...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Clem Burke and Heart of Glass

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On the ride home from PASIC I heard Blonde's Heart of Glass on the radio and thought I'd try to learn it when I got home, Clem Burke...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

PASIC

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So PASIC starts tomorrow. I'll arrive mid-day Thursday. Aside from walking around and looking at products, my plan is to attend the fol...