[Dixielandjazz] DJML and gigs

[Larry Walton Entertainment]

Tom said : exception to that rule is of course Drummers and washboardist who
are
not considered REAL Musicians

Well now there's a concept.  I hate to say it but there are a lot of
drummers out there that just don't develop any skills and I think the
problem is getting worse.  There are a lot of one beat drummers out there.
I like swing as much as anyone else but that's all some drummers do.  It's
like a horn player that knows only one style.  There is a singer in town
that is pretty good but she sounds like a female Frank Sinatra.  She swings
everything and styles everything the same.

I know of only two drummers (there's probably more) in town that can play
Dixie and Swing and who know the difference.  Unfortunately they don't play
with me very often.

I like to hear real Latin beats as well as rock (new and old) and swing out
of a drummer.  And for heaven's sake if we are doing an arrangement at least
try to follow the chart.  There are guys that never seem to know where the
end of the tune is and play over or know when a break is coming.  Like they
weren't paying attention.  Then there's guys that never heard of phrasing on
a drum and want to turn on and off like a machine.

I respect a good drummer more than you know but there are so few around that
actually treat their instruments as instruments and actually play the drums
not just beat on them.

News for some --- all Latin's aren't Rumbas.
Larry Walton
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tcashwigg at aol.com>
To: <mike at michaelcryer.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] DJML and gigs


exception to that rule is of course Drummers and washboardist who are
not considered REAL Musicians and in the words of Rodney Dangerfield
"Get No RESPECT"

Oh Well, you don't have to respect me but you danged sure gotta pay me.
:))

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike C. <mike at michaelcryer.com>
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 11:13:41 -0600
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] DJML and gigs

    Doesn't practice also help you maintain and learn other parts of
musicianship? Everyone benefits from practice.

  > Practice is basically for those who need to hone their skills in the
 > hope of improving an inadequate technique and, to be sure, practice
does > offer this to some degree.



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