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ThisMustBeHeaven
03-26-2006, 07:43 PM
I am playing in a drum-off at Sam Ash in a week. I need some opinions from all ya'll niggaz:

Should I try to sit there and try to groove for five minutes? or should I play some songs that I know by bands that have serious drum parts in them, like, the obvious, dream theater, or other stuff with a lot of double bass in order to be flashy?

Any thoughts...?
moogoogaipan
03-26-2006, 07:44 PM
groove my friend. Nobody cares what drum parts you know... that's irrelevant. Just groove it up.
Massik Kretal
03-26-2006, 07:44 PM
Groove, chops, and lovin is all ya need.
We_Love_Lime
03-26-2006, 07:45 PM
Hehe.. Don't play a song without the music ;), that would just be foolish...

I would groove for 5 minutues, but if Sam Ash is like Guitar Center, the only way you could win is by pullnig off a chop fest..:(
ThisMustBeHeaven
03-26-2006, 07:48 PM
Hehe.. Don't play a song without the music ;), that would just be foolish...

I would groove for 5 minutues, but if Sam Ash is like Guitar Center, the only way you could win is by pullnig off a chop fest..:(

That's my dillemma. I want to win, whether I can have fun and groove or not.
Futuro
03-26-2006, 07:50 PM
I would groove for 5 minutues, but if Sam Ash is like Guitar Center, the only way you could win is by pullnig off a chop fest..What?! No...No...your wrong.

I made it to the regionals. I did a chopfest, with minimalistic groove (My solo style) And a older guy who did some really basic grooves that felt good Moved on.

Im not saying anything against the guy. But they want people who do grooves, and have decent hands.
ThisMustBeHeaven
03-26-2006, 07:52 PM
What if I played an unoriginal groove, like from a song?
We_Love_Lime
03-26-2006, 07:53 PM
What?! No...No...your wrong.

I made it to the regionals. I did a chopfest, with minimalistic groove (My solo style) And a older guy who did some really basic grooves that felt good Moved on.

Im not saying anything against the guy. But they want people who do grooves, and have decent hands.

Than their not like guitar center ;)...

Dude do what you want, don't do it to win though. You could, But... Eh... Have fun, and if all the kids are immature voting ( or judges ) Than so what... Oh yeah judges hehe..

They'll probably know a thing or two about music... so groove is cool;).
Futuro
03-26-2006, 07:54 PM
Dude do what you want, don't do it to win though. You could, But... Eh... Have fun, and if all the kids are immature voting ( or judges ) Than so what... Oh yeah judges hehe.. Well put. Just play.
ThisMustBeHeaven
03-26-2006, 08:00 PM
If I played Honor thy father by dream theater, just the first minute, or maybe even the first minute of Dream Theater's 6 o'clock, it might just spell instantaneous victory.
MeaninglessPhoto
03-26-2006, 08:16 PM
Its easy. I won the week competition and the monthly competition. But just bring a **** load of your friends to cheer for you because the judges choose winner by applause.

But just groove a lot and do some cross overs and ****.
moogoogaipan
03-26-2006, 08:22 PM
But just groove a lot and do some cross overs and ****.
so this isn't a drum comp, but more of an entertainer comp?:smash:
MeaninglessPhoto
03-26-2006, 08:35 PM
Nah, it just gets the audience going.
moogoogaipan
03-26-2006, 08:36 PM
I know. Stupid audience and this uninformedness... makes me sick:thumb:
MeaninglessPhoto
03-26-2006, 08:47 PM
haha

I thought the whole thing about the sam ash competitions were stupid. When I did it, they told me to bring friends to cheer because judges (sam ash employees) judge by applause. So my thought was to do things with skill but also add looks to them. Thats why its easy to win.
Loyton
03-26-2006, 09:23 PM
Start slow, make love, then beat the hell out of those pagan skins like john bonham on crack.
ThisMustBeHeaven
03-26-2006, 10:26 PM
Its easy. I won the week competition and the monthly competition. But just bring a **** load of your friends to cheer for you because the judges choose winner by applause.

But just groove a lot and do some cross overs and ****.

what did you win in the monthly competition?
hippiedrummer
03-27-2006, 12:09 AM
i have never been in a drum off but i do preformin my schools drumline(currently third in the nation) and it has taken me a while to learn that you just gotta play for yourself and not the judges. I like to tell my section every time before we go on to just do hat feels right, groove, and f**k it hard. Hope i helped.
Double Bass Jim
03-27-2006, 12:10 AM
It's all in the what the judges feel like seeing. You could go up and shred like vince and you might lose.

Just play your best and assume your not going to win. It's just for fun anyway.
Josiah
03-27-2006, 01:19 AM
If it's anything like Guitar Center you'll need to be of an ethnic minority to win.
Futuro
03-27-2006, 01:52 AM
If it's anything like Guitar Center you'll need to be of an ethnic minority to win.
Haha as much as I don't want to say it, it is true. I was the only white guy who made it past the store finals :lol:
styler
03-27-2006, 09:37 AM
cut the "niggaz" crap and make up your own stuff. if you cant come up with your own crap. you probably arent ready to perform.
MeaninglessPhoto
03-27-2006, 10:43 AM
what did you win in the monthly competition?

In the month I won, I got a GP traveling/Jazz set. For a ****ty GP, it sounds really good and it tunes easy.
jalel
03-28-2006, 09:17 AM
If it's anything like Guitar Center you'll need to be of an ethnic minority to win.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FTW!!!

It's a shame that it has to be that way, but that's what happens when people strive too hard to be politically correct...
Everything_and_Nothing_3:15
03-28-2006, 06:52 PM
If it's anything like Guitar Center you'll need to be of an ethnic minority to win.
Wow, that's the best thing I've read all day, lol, its true though.