[Dixielandjazz] Question !

[Patrick Cooke]

>>>In my book the drums are the engine room and heartbeat of the band. <<<

     True....I'm not a drummer, but when I'm called for a gig, usually the
first thing I want to know is who is playing drums?
     I would have been a drummer if it were not for all the claptrap they
have to schlep around.  If the drummer isn't good, the whole band is bad.
     Re: the easiest instrument?  Most are responding to easiest to
play.....few are responding to easiest to play well.
     I'm a bass player, (acoustic & electric, both conspicuously absent from
the list of choices).  I regard it as very easy to play, and have often
wondered why more people don't play it.  I also wonder why any of them play
it badly.
    Pat Cooke




----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Wood" <zenith at ans.com.au>
To: "Dixieland Jazz" <Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 7:44 PM
Subject: Fw: [Dixielandjazz] Question !


> Hi Listers,
> In my book the drums are the engine room and heartbeat of the band.  A
good
> steady drummer can make or break the rhythm section.  As we all know, the
> front line are only the icing on the cake.  I'm not even a drummer, and
come
> to think of it, not even a piano player, using piano as a percussion
> instrument.
> Cheers and beers,
> Tom Wood
> zenith at ans.com.au
> www.ans.com.au/~zenith
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <SIngram520 at aol.com>
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> <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 11:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Question !
>
>
> > Hey Stanley et al....
> >
> > What talent does it take to play the Drums....????
> >
> > Korkee the jazzin' dawg
> >
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