Drummers
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For some reason, I always pictured you being in your late 20’s Benj. hmm… Must have been your positive/open attitude (usually). — -rob O> /() ^^
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’ve seen many great drummers ruined by switching to bass. They altimately > become as good on bass as they were on drums. But my world has one less drummer > in it each time this happens. > "Ruined?" I beg your pardon! > I’ve played both bass and drums since the 50’s!!!! (try THAT one on > you young whippersnappers!) Started bass on upright but then > switched to bass guitar and never looked back. I’d say I’m > a somewhat better drummer than bass player, but I do both and love > it. Playing both bass and drums (IMHO) gives you a real leg up on > the groove. You do have this problem (especially playing with guys > who suck) of always thinking "I’d have played it THIS way!" but > it doesn’t screw me up that much. > I’m more amused when a guitarist picks up a bass. They end up sounding like a > guitarist playing bass. Can’t pinpoint the reason they sound differently then a > guy who’s played nothing but bass from the beginning. But they do sound > awkward. Know what I mean? > Yep I do! I once did the guitar thing but it was a complete bust for me. > I just gave up and sold the guitar to a friend. Hopefully that saved > my bass playing! 
> Last couple of years I’ve been into hand-drums. African djembe, congas > etc. This is also a real eye-opener as a lesson in the groove! It’s > a great thing for any bass player/drummer to spend a little time > getting acquainted with. > Benj > — > SPAM-GUARD! Remove "user.", if present, from address to email me.
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> For some reason, I always pictured you being in your late 20’s Benj. hmm… > Must have been your positive/open attitude (usually).
Positive/open attitude…Yeah, I suppose, except when it comes to the Fender/Zon debate! Benj
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> Since people are asking all manner of questions in order to elicit a show of > hands about a particular topic, I’ll throw one in too. (Originality has > never been my strong point.) > So, like myself, is anyone here also a drummer?
I’m a recent bass convert, i’ve played drums for 7 years and the bass for nearly six months I’m really enjoying breaking all the stereo types really. and bridging a little of the divide beween "drummers and real musicians" :) ~PsYcH..
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> Since people are asking all manner of questions in order to elicit a show of > hands about a particular topic, I’ll throw one in too. (Originality has > never been my strong point.) > So, like myself, is anyone here also a drummer?
Yessir. It’s my stronger instrument, but I’m playing bass in my current band and having a great time reacquaniting myself with it. — Todd H. http://www.toddh.net/music/
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I’ve seen many great drummers ruined by switching to bass. They altimately become as good on bass as they were on drums. But my world has one less drummer in it each time this happens. I’m more amused when a guitarist picks up a bass. They end up sounding like a guitarist playing bass. Can’t pinpoint the reason they sound differently then a guy who’s played nothing but bass from the beginning. But they do sound awkward. Know what I mean? Kevin Martin
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Played drums before switching to bass way back in (oh my god!) 1968. Stuck with bass since then, but after many years of dreaming about it, learned to play congas about 5 years ago. It took quite a while to get past the years of playing traditional anglo straight 4 and marching band rhythms before I could really feel a latin groove without forcing it. I definitely think that playing drums (even casually) helps to open up bassists rhythmically. Ric > Since people are asking all manner of questions in order to elicit a show of > hands about a particular topic, I’ll throw one in too. (Originality has > never been my strong point.) > So, like myself, is anyone here also a drummer? > — > http://johnno.casebook.org
– "How can I hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?" — Lisa Simpson Ric Williams
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> I’ve seen many great drummers ruined by switching to bass. They > altimately become as good on bass as they were on drums. But > my world has one less drummer in it each time this happens. > I’m more amused when a guitarist picks up a bass. They end up > sounding like a guitarist playing bass. Can’t pinpoint the reason > they sound differently then a guy who’s played nothing but bass > from the beginning. But they do sound awkward. Know what I mean?
Can’t say I do. I actually started on guitar years ago, but when I was taking lessons, I wasn’t really interested in guitar. I was very keen on drums and bass, and I ended up teaching myself to play both. I consider myself a better bass player than guitarist, although I very much like to play both. I never progressed very far with guitar. From memory, I was only starting with bar chords some time around about the time I discontinued. Somehow, and I cannot explain why, but I found an interest in guitar many years later, and was able to become much more proficient. I had been playing bass almost nearly all along. — http://johnno.casebook.org
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>I’ve seen many great drummers ruined by switching to bass.
As a bass player who dabbles in drums, I think that I try harder to forge a cohesive groove with the bass player than a drummer with no experience playing bass usually does. There are exceptions, of course, but all except the very finest drummers I’ve ever played with tend to get lost in their own little rhythmic space, much to the detriment of whatever song we are playing. Edward G. ‘It’s not a gang; it’s a club.’
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> Played drums before switching to bass way back in (oh my god!) 1968.
I started playing the bass back in (oh my god!) 2000 (still consider myself a drummer though). > Stuck with bass since then, but after many years of dreaming about it, > learned to play congas about 5 years ago.
Started learning to play the bongos about 2 years ago, considering moving on to congas. >It took quite a while to get past the years of playing traditional anglo
straight 4 and marching band > rhythms before I could really feel a latin groove without forcing it.
Definately not an easy switch… it has helped me develop my "ordinary" drumming a lot though. >I definitely think that playing drums (even casually) helps to open up > bassists rhythmically.
Exactly! /Hogge
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picked up the bass first around seven years ago and in that time also got into marching perc., i find those concepts really adaptable to bass in terms of like transfering the rudimental stuff over to like slappin and what not, drums also got me reading as well.
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hmmm, drum. me like drum. it go BANG BANG BANG!!!! like bass go BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!! neal ;>
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> I’ve seen many great drummers ruined by switching to bass. They altimately > become as good on bass as they were on drums. But my world has one less drummer > in it each time this happens.
"Ruined?" I beg your pardon! I’ve played both bass and drums since the 50’s!!!! (try THAT one on you young whippersnappers!) Started bass on upright but then switched to bass guitar and never looked back. I’d say I’m a somewhat better drummer than bass player, but I do both and love it. Playing both bass and drums (IMHO) gives you a real leg up on the groove. You do have this problem (especially playing with guys who suck) of always thinking "I’d have played it THIS way!" but it doesn’t screw me up that much. > I’m more amused when a guitarist picks up a bass. They end up sounding like a > guitarist playing bass. Can’t pinpoint the reason they sound differently then a > guy who’s played nothing but bass from the beginning. But they do sound > awkward. Know what I mean?
Yep I do! I once did the guitar thing but it was a complete bust for me. I just gave up and sold the guitar to a friend. Hopefully that saved my bass playing! Last couple of years I’ve been into hand-drums. African djembe, congas etc. This is also a real eye-opener as a lesson in the groove! It’s a great thing for any bass player/drummer to spend a little time getting acquainted with. Benj — SPAM-GUARD! Remove "user.", if present, from address to email me.
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Since people are asking all manner of questions in order to elicit a show of hands about a particular topic, I’ll throw one in too. (Originality has never been my strong point.) So, like myself, is anyone here also a drummer? — http://johnno.casebook.org
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i have been known to thrash the skins a bit. we’ve got a set of Vdrums at the studio, those are always fun to work with. just set up a double bass pedal on the acoustics last night and worked out the ankles a bit. also tried out the new warwick infinity 5 at a jam last night. really cut thru. i tend to think percussively while papping and slopping. ye olde ‘thumb=bass drum/finger=snare’ technique. works for claypool. do you find the skills overlap for you?
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Since people are asking all manner of questions in order to elicit a show of > hands about a particular topic, I’ll throw one in too. (Originality has > never been my strong point.) > So, like myself, is anyone here also a drummer? > — > http://johnno.casebook.org
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hi Johnno, I was a drummer, untill 4 years ago. The last 4 years I am really into bass-guitar, practice and play almost 3/4 hours a day. I own a bass since 1994. I still have from time to time a little problem with following the bass-drum instead of the music 
greetings daniel Johnno heeft geschreven in bericht :Since people are asking all manner of questions in order to elicit a show of :hands about a particular topic, I’ll throw one in too. (Originality has :never been my strong point.) : :So, like myself, is anyone here also a drummer? : :– :http://johnno.casebook.org : :
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> > Since people are asking all manner of questions in order to > elicit a show of hands about a particular topic, I’ll throw one > in too. (Originality has never been my strong point.) > So, like myself, is anyone here also a drummer? > i tend to think percussively while papping and slopping. ye > olde ‘thumb=bass drum/finger=snare’ technique. works for > claypool. > do you find the skills overlap for you?
I tend not to think as a drummer when I am playing bass. Conversely, I do not think as a bass player when playing drums, although there is room for overlap, as the two instruments fall within the same section. The skill of timing a drummer needs to have helps with other instruments. — http://johnno.casebook.org
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>So, like myself, is anyone here also a drummer?
I could play a drum gig in a pinch. I even own my own kit. But I would never market myself as a drummer without lots more practice than I currently devote to it. Edward G. ‘It’s not a gang; it’s a club.’
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My dad and older brother are drummers so I have a LOT of that in me. I can hack out a simple drum line, but what I notice most is my thinking is very percussive, and it shows in bassing, depending on the situation. — -rob O> /() ^^
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