MarkW Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 My last dalliance with jazz drumming was about 17 years ago, and as it didn't really do anything for me I left it alone and concentrated on other stuff instead. Recently, I decided it was time to have another crack at it, as it is a major gap in my musical knowledge (opera is another, but I'd sooner shoot myself in the testicles than listen to any of that). So, I found a teacher and had a couple of lessons. He gave me a load of Elvin Jones and left me to get stuck into it for a few weeks before reconvening to see how I'd progressed. That is due to happen next week, and he isn't going to be very impressed: the jazz did my head in, as I feared it would, and instead of working on my interlocking polyrhythms I've been practicing my Texas Shuffle. He's expecting a mature and nuanced interpretation of 'Bessie's Blues' by Coltrane. He's going to get 'Tush' by ZZ Top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Could you not atleast practiced TV dinners if your going zz top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fro Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Bloody hell Mark - how can you make a hash of hitting something with a stick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkW Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Bloody hell Mark - how can you make a hash of hitting something with a stick? That's nothing: I once took a photo of my wife holding a kestrel at a birds of prey centre. Guess which two things were missing from the photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Watching some old clips of Buddy Rich recently.....he was amazing! And this was when he was bloody old! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esWG6A6g-k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkW Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Watching some old clips of Buddy Rich recently.....he was amazing! And this was when he was bloody old! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esWG6A6g-k Yeah, that's not bad, but I heard he couldn't put a Rowntrees Fruit Pastille in his mouth without chewing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkW Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Could you not atleast practiced TV dinners if your going zz top They put a solid 90 seconds into writing that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Bloody hell Mark - how can you make a hash of hitting something with a stick? That's nothing: I once took a photo of my wife holding a kestrel at a birds of prey centre. Guess which two things were missing from the photo! What were you looking at instead?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikestrivens Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 So [mention]MarkW[/mention] are you going to play music to your rats now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkW Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 So @MarkW are you going to play music to your rats now? Why didn't I think of that! I am to the drums what Les Dawson was to the piano: they'll be hurling themselves onto the traps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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