Alroytie.

I've always wanted to learn drums, but we don't have enough room in teh house and my mom doesn't want me making noise.

well it wasn't like date rape, jxd

he kind of agreed

Kind of? :p

[QUOTE=Permanent Solution]Drums are one of the only instruments where lessons are pretty critical.[/QUOTE]

Self-taught guitarists are usually bad at writing music.

I fail to see what you can learn about drumming from a formal teacher than couldn't be learned just be practicing and listening.

does "NO" count?

[QUOTE=BridgeToSolace]Self-taught guitarists are usually bad at writing music.

I fail to see what you can learn about drumming from a formal teacher than couldn't be learned just be practicing and listening.[/QUOTE]
:(

Um, technique? There's a serious lack of amazing drummers because most think they can get by without taking lessons. If more drummers took lessons, more drummers would be amazing.

ugh stop arguing about stupid ****

[QUOTE=Permanent Solution]:(

Um, technique? There's a serious lack of amazing drummers because most think they can get by without taking lessons. If more drummers took lessons, more drummers would be amazing.[/QUOTE]

What technique?

It seems to me that if a kid was a self-taught guitarist, at one point he would have said "Hey, only picking down is really slow, maybe if I pick up too I'll go faster!!!"

If that's what you mean anyway. I speak in guitar terms.

[QUOTE=BridgeToSolace]What technique?

It seems to me that if a kid was a self-taught guitarist, at one point he would have said "Hey, only picking down is really slow, maybe if I pick up too I'll go faster!!!"

If that's what you mean anyway. I speak in guitar terms.[/QUOTE]
How you hold a drumstick drastically affects not only speed but also how much you hurt yourself. Improper technique can give you carpal tunnel. Improper technique also leads to broken cymbals, sticks, and drumheads. Improper technique, if uncorrected, will limit your control drastically and make you a sloppy player.

i hold sticks like the old people do

But if something doesn't work, usually you wont keep doing it. If the way you hold your stick makes your wrists hurt...you probably wont continue to hold it that way.

So yeah, improper technique will hurt you in the long wrong. How many people actually stick with the improper technique long enough to hurt themselves?

My drummer hits his hand on something at least once a practice. Mostly because he plays open rather than with his hands crossed.

how you gonna act permalution?

[QUOTE=BridgeToSolace]But if something doesn't work, usually you wont keep doing it. If the way you hold your stick makes your wrists hurt...you probably wont continue to hold it that way.

So yeah, improper technique will hurt you in the long wrong. How many people actually stick with the improper technique long enough to hurt themselves?

My drummer hits his hand on something at least once a practice. Mostly because he plays open rather than with his hands crossed.[/QUOTE]
Actually, it only hurts if you play for a long time, and most people assume it's just fatigue.

Actually lots do. Improper technique just accelerates the process though because even great technique doesn't stop you from hurting yourself banging on stuff all day.

I tend to have more control open-handed actually.

So, how about that weather?

We asked to play crossed one time, and he ended up doing quarter notes on the snare and whole notes on the hi-hat.

Good times.

[QUOTE=BridgeToSolace]We asked to play crossed one time, and he ended up doing quarter notes on the snare and whole notes on the hi-hat.

Good times.[/QUOTE]
he can't do both?

ew, that's bad. he should be more flexible.

You guys killed the thread gg.

And YOU killed the thread, too, Nick.

/kills

omg jinx'd

Nick was just being too lazy to get into a conversation :rolleyes:

There's only one other person in here besides me. Who is it?

Me. Hows it going.

..Not bad..<_< >_>

Oh ****. I broke punks CT with my story.

..I broke your story with Punk's CT.

I'm so ill. It sucks.

[QUOTE=Firecracker]I suck till I'm ill.[/QUOTE]
...Cool...

<_< >_>

Wow, I'm so bored lol.

[quote=kif]Nick was just being too lazy to get into a conversation :rolleyes:[/quote]

YOU'LL BE EATIN' WOIMS THWU A STRAW, BOIDY

hahah my mom keeps making fun of me, cause while vacuming the whole house ( we have 56489 people commin over) I had kelly clarkson on full blast on my ipod and sang along quite loudly.

I only sing along to music that I know I can get away with singing along with. So usually that means something with bad vocals.

Vacuums are loud.

Guests are annoying.

[QUOTE=Lightning Strikes Twice]...Cool...

<_< >_>

Wow, I'm so bored lol.[/QUOTE]
You're really funny.
I hope you realise how completely side splittingly hilarious you are.
:smash:

/wanders in from work.

Pretty fun day considoring 2 of the people i usualy work with and get along great with where off.

Haha the kids I'm in a band with keep calling me. I keep not answering the telephone.

Good times.

[QUOTE=Permanent Solution]he can't do both?

ew, that's bad. he should be more flexible.[/QUOTE]

Eh, I think he can and he was just kidding.

My drummer can play about five different beats.

So diverse.

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Double post ftl.

Sup threaaaad.

Labor day party show today. Its gonna be raddddd.

Second last day of summer, and the weather is horrible.

[QUOTE=Pazz]Second last day of summer, and the weather is horrible.[/QUOTE]
I woke up with a cold today
so the maja is like, d00d you are going to bed at like 9 tonight.
CANT BE SICK FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

Going to bed early is obviously the remedy for everything.