Comments on: Drum Solo: Rare Non-Wanky Variety http://maunet.com/sound-and-vision/drum-solo-rare-non-wanky-variety/ Not Blogging Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:47:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: KBJr http://maunet.com/sound-and-vision/drum-solo-rare-non-wanky-variety/comment-page-1/#comment-69 KBJr Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:13:42 +0000 http://maunet.com/?p=3192#comment-69 I haven't completely stopped thinking about this, and I've determined that what gets me about the 'modern' drum solo - meaning particularly those popular from the late 60s to mid 80s, I suppose - is the length of the solo. ("The drummer's having a wank, let's go get a beer.") Drum circle chants need to be long because they're a collective journey, but I think short displays of prowess, like this one from Gene Krupa, serve well whether drummer, guitarist, keyboardist, or etc.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSqltiTvbTc I haven’t completely stopped thinking about this, and I’ve determined that what gets me about the ‘modern’ drum solo – meaning particularly those popular from the late 60s to mid 80s, I suppose – is the length of the solo. (“The drummer’s having a wank, let’s go get a beer.”) Drum circle chants need to be long because they’re a collective journey, but I think short displays of prowess, like this one from Gene Krupa, serve well whether drummer, guitarist, keyboardist, or etc.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSqltiTvbTc

]]> By: miles http://maunet.com/sound-and-vision/drum-solo-rare-non-wanky-variety/comment-page-1/#comment-58 miles Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:19:37 +0000 http://maunet.com/?p=3192#comment-58 Gotta take the time to think about those. I'm sure I could add a few. Check out "Only In Dreams" by Weezer. There's a slow part where he pares everything down slowly, cutting the number of times he strikes the cymbal in half once per measure until he's down to just playing it on the 1 beat. Then, it's like he throws the machine in reverse, and plays the exact same thing only backwards and twice as fast. So the speed-up part of the song happens twice as fast as the slow-down did. It's a pretty subtle thing; I knew the song for years before I noticed it. Pat Wilson is a very good, understated drummer. Gotta take the time to think about those. I’m sure I could add a few. Check out “Only In Dreams” by Weezer. There’s a slow part where he pares everything down slowly, cutting the number of times he strikes the cymbal in half once per measure until he’s down to just playing it on the 1 beat. Then, it’s like he throws the machine in reverse, and plays the exact same thing only backwards and twice as fast. So the speed-up part of the song happens twice as fast as the slow-down did. It’s a pretty subtle thing; I knew the song for years before I noticed it. Pat Wilson is a very good, understated drummer.

]]> By: chairmanmau http://maunet.com/sound-and-vision/drum-solo-rare-non-wanky-variety/comment-page-1/#comment-57 chairmanmau Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:55:59 +0000 http://maunet.com/?p=3192#comment-57 Wanking is not a desireable practice, lest it's done quietly in the privacy of your own bedroom. Though you hit the nail on the head with Good Times, Bad Times, my most oft-cited example of monster drumming. Check out this link: http://bit.ly/8u4u9d Wanking is not a desireable practice, lest it’s done quietly in the privacy of your own bedroom. Though you hit the nail on the head with Good Times, Bad Times, my most oft-cited example of monster drumming. Check out this link: http://bit.ly/8u4u9d

]]> By: Miles http://maunet.com/sound-and-vision/drum-solo-rare-non-wanky-variety/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Miles Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:48:44 +0000 http://maunet.com/?p=3192#comment-56 What's wrong with wanking? Don't knock my favorite sport! Bonham is entirely listenable, solo or no solo. I do not get tired of him, ever. I walk around with his drum beats in my head, trying to figure out how to play them. Sometimes when I'm trying to go to sleep, I lie awake worrying about how to use my right foot on "Good Times, Bad Times." Bonham is the muse. What’s wrong with wanking? Don’t knock my favorite sport!

Bonham is entirely listenable, solo or no solo. I do not get tired of him, ever. I walk around with his drum beats in my head, trying to figure out how to play them. Sometimes when I’m trying to go to sleep, I lie awake worrying about how to use my right foot on “Good Times, Bad Times.” Bonham is the muse.

]]> By: KBJr http://maunet.com/sound-and-vision/drum-solo-rare-non-wanky-variety/comment-page-1/#comment-50 KBJr Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:14:51 +0000 http://maunet.com/?p=3192#comment-50 Soon hippie drum circles can be wanks too: http://is.gd/8RXIJ - pretty amazing video. And no one can transcend the wank, because a wank is a wank. Not even ol' Bonzo, IMHO. Soon hippie drum circles can be wanks too: http://is.gd/8RXIJ – pretty amazing video.

And no one can transcend the wank, because a wank is a wank. Not even ol’ Bonzo, IMHO.

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