[Dixielandjazz] Question !

[Bryan Livett]

Hey Pat, in MY book the bass player is the "heartbeat" of the band, the
drummer merely provides colour and flourish...

Bryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Cooke" <patcooke at cox.net>
To: "Tom Wood" <zenith at ans.com.au>; "Dixieland Jazz"
<Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Question !


> >>>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 -----
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> > To: <sbrager at socal.rr.com>; <cellblk7 at attbi.com>;
> > <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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