see, we're not lazy!!

[DrummerJonny]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7518888.stm

[tapioca]

Rock drumming in particular is very energetic, and to add to this, these guys are playing in a hot environment - you'll see them literally dripping with sweat.

well, this is what happens everytime I'm rehearsing with my band. last time my guitarist put on a pullover while I was sweating with my whole body.

[DrummerJonny]

yeaa...

i'm dreading practise today. its a boiling room...

luckily my band give 110% too, so we all end up sweating like pigs...

last week, i sweated so much that it looked like i pissed myself...

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Never a good look.

[DrummerJonny]

nahh...

its alright though...

except when we go to mcdonalds...

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Lol. Gettin all kinds o funny looks eh

[DrummerJonny]

yeaa

that and we're usually tanked up by then...

we have a habit of playing our set through once, redoing all the songs we ****ed up, then getting a couple of crates and drinking till we cant play...

[Talos]

U gice r koolz

[airtricycle]

you like metallica

[Talos]

i noes

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

yeaa

that and we're usually tanked up by then...

we have a habit of playing our set through once, redoing all the songs we ****ed up, then getting a couple of crates and drinking till we cant play...

Same here usually. But we play till its too late to play anymore then get beer

[DrummerJonny]

we have a studio booked, 7 til late

the latest late has been is 2am.

its surrounded by shops, restaurants and a music venue, plus its underground...

no noise troubles at all...

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Ah thats cool. We play in my guitarists garage so can only play till like 7 or so

[DrummerJonny]

funfun!

i sometimes wish we fnished earlier / changed days... tuesdays is live music night at our local club. we're usually too tired by the end...

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Yeah. I get shattered when we run thru our full set, mainly cause am puttin like 110% into to and tryin to nail all the showmanship stuff in practice so I know I can do it live(nothin worse than tryin to be a showman live n failing)

[DrummerJonny]

yeaa, some of my showman stuff isnt practical in the studio...

like the recent one of setting my sticks on fire as we finish our set, for an outdoor gig we did recently.

but i'm playing fast punk all night so its 110% or nothing...

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Yeah I know what you mean.

[Talos]

Your band got a MySpace or any recorded material Jonny?

[DrummerJonny]

http://www.myspace.com/theterrorcats

we've ditched the double bass now, but all the tracks are recorded with that.

we're also a wee bit faster. not much mind...

[Talos]

Sound, ill check you out in a bit.

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Dang my new band needs a double bass player lol.

Sounds good too

[GooseFilms.net]

Ha, definitely posted that on facebook. Great article. Great study too - it's true that musicians work their asses off, and not many people are hip to that. I attended a lecture by a doctor who deals specifically with musicians, who said that "Musicians are truly the top atheletes of micro muscles." Just rather than lifting weights or running like the wind, a drummer has extremely agile and coordinated limbs, and a trumpet player has the potential to inflate a bike tire with nothing but his lungs and face.

[DrummerJonny]

hahaha, just found this... i'm guessing this was the bit where i snapped my stick and threw it mid set...
http://a939.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/11/l_534611f9cadf96f5641c68378dc275c2.jpg


and one for the bass lovers...
http://a914.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/23/l_0accf28f029e3919966686b871055dd1.jpg
the tissue paper stopped a little problem with the stage called the mic shocks the **** out of you if you wear rubber shoes....

and one to prove i'm not gay....
http://a839.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/45/l_bd77780ecae5542650bd4ec85ad47176.jpg

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Pic dnt work

[DrummerJonny]

worx now...

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Sure does. Nice bass he got there.

And yeah mic shock is a pain in the bum

[Chrysostom]

HA! Drummers win.

[Retarded Chipple]

Gloucester Uni....no way!!!


Interesting article too....

[Chippy956]

hai gice

[Drum Phil]

we have a studio booked, 7 til late

the latest late has been is 2am.

its surrounded by shops, restaurants and a music venue, plus its underground...

no noise troubles at all...

The marina?

[Sponer]

well, this is what happens everytime I'm rehearsing with my band. last time my guitarist put on a pullover while I was sweating with my whole body.

Yea. With my old band's old practice space, we had no heat asides from a tiny-*** space heater, and most of the door and windows weren't air tight. So come winter time, we'd all come in with big heavy jackets and hats and whatnot. But the end of a practice, I usually ended up in a t-shirt.

Now, granted those practices were often hour long jams, followed by another hour long jam and finished off by running through some songs. But yea, for live shows that aren't that long, I'd still get just as hot if not more because I try to move around more and put on a decent show, as opposed to sitting like a rock. :p

[Cheungman]

I really don't think drumming is as physically demanding as the article places it. Proof: a lot of professional drummers are rather large.

[Sponer]

well, all professional football players are rather large.

but yea, a football player would probably try and kick my *** if i told him sitting on a throne and hitting things with sticks was as physically demanding and running around tackling people.

[Cheungman]

i think the football they are talking about is Soccer.

[DrummerJonny]

The marina?

nah, bendys in eastbourne.

although they painted it purple and called it the stables now...

i think the football they are talking about is Soccer.

correctimundo

[Drum Phil]

Weird, the marina has an underground studio as well.

[GooseFilms.net]

I really don't think drumming is as physically demanding as the article places it. Proof: a lot of professional drummers are rather large.

I mean, Hurley got stranded on an island for ****in ever, and he hasn't lost a freakin pound. You know? Right? Right.

[ace76543]

I really don't think drumming is as physically demanding as the article places it. Proof: a lot of professional drummers are rather large.

that's because drumming isn't a specialized workout designed to kill fat. think of the parst of your body you use to play drums. wrists, forearms, fingers, ankles, legs, etc. now, what usually gets fat? midsection. have you ever seen a drummer with huge flabby arms or fingers or anything? no.

[Aaron]

Wrong. You can't target areas of your body with weight loss. Just like your neck isn't the only part of your body that gets drunk if you drink alcohol, you don't just loose weight off your arms when you lift weight. It's all linked; sit up, you use all the muscles in your body in some way; play drums, you use all the parts of your body too. Think about all the major muscle groups and tell me one that you don't use in a 20 minute drumming session..

[Cheungman]

^ Like aaron said, you can't target fat burning. It's systematic. Yes i have seen drummers with flabby arms, they would be part of that large group i was talking about.