[Dixielandjazz] DJML and gigs
tcashwigg at aol.com
tcashwigg at aol.com
Mon Oct 3 15:52:23 PDT 2005
Hi Guys;
Hey Mike, for some reason your address is not working, I keep getting
an error message and a bounce back when I mail to you direct at the
above address...
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Walton Entertainment <larrys.bands at charter.net>
To: tcashwigg at aol.com; mike at michaelcryer.com;
dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 17:14:24 -0500
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] DJML and gigs
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.
Yep, and in a two beat band they are not usually guilty of rushing the
tempo, ,but rather referred to as half fast drummers :))
which requires an additional musician who also gets no respect a
Banjoist. :))
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.
They are too broke to Pay Attention Larry, they all work for Beer, :))
Then there's guys that never heard of phrasing on
a drum and want to turn on and off like a machine.
They are the same kind of guys who bought a set and never tuned them
once in twenty years either.
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.
Oh yeah that is true, in California they are all Salsa's and I don't
mean the stuff your dip your chips in that also sometimes comes from
NEW YORK CITY. :))
Cheers,
Tom Wiggins
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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