Drumming

[Bruce]

It's harder than you might think.

I got myself Guitar Hero: World Tour. All the fun of the previous ones with added drums and mike to turn into a full band-like experience.

I've started on the drums and I will never denigrate them again. I rate myself as a relatively coordinated guy (golf carts aside) but doing more than one thing at a time to a beat is actually quite tough. It is also quite physically demanding. Three or four minutes of action start to seem like a long time towards the end.

Goughy and Jarro - I salute you!

[PeteyD]

Try playing a real guitar and singing ;)

[Jarro]

Try playing real drums and singing while drinking a bourbon ;)

[PeteyD]

Try playing real drums and singing while drinking a bourbon ;)

Drooling out both sides of your mouth?

[Jarro]

Only way to tell if the riser is level :mrgreen:

[goughy]

My longest gig about 7 hours. My longest continual bracket was 4 hours non stop. But that was for the Toowoomba base hospital nurses party at Fiber Maggies; there were about 5 guys and one she-man out of about 100. And when they got going we just didn't want to stop. No that was a workout!

I have also once fallen asleep while drumming, not losing the beat either. Base player woke me up. And once while sick at a gig I took off to the toilets, up chucked and then bolted back to my kit! That weirded them out.

[PeteyD]

Nothing about you weirds me out anymore spotty.

[Dazza]

The missus loves to have a bash. Got herself setup in the spare room with a Pearl Forum. Good for her, her old man added a few upgrades when he had it & gave it to her a few years back.

Friends have a Yamaha setup in their lounge room. Not much change out of $15k he said!

[Johnny Canuck]

As I former drummer, I saw this version of Guitar Hero for the first time this week and instantly wished my kids were a few years older so that I could justify the purchase to my wife. What a great game!

[Jarro]

My longest gig about 7 hours. My longest continual bracket was 4 hours non stop.

Sounds like a gig i once played for a bunch of bikers at a private bash at a property out the back of the gold coast hinterland.

They wanted us to play a blues jam for about 5 hours straight !!! We agreed, only because if we didn't we were afraid of what they might do to us ..... and all the time they would walk up to us on stage and give us drinks 8)

I had a bloke sitting behind me on the drum-riser just watching my feet :-s ... i'm guessing he was a wanna-be-drummer trying to get a free lesson :lol:

Was pretty disturbing though knowing he was there all night :smt087

[AndyP]

I had a bloke sitting behind me on the drum-riser just watching my feet :-s ... i'm guessing he was a wanna-be-drummer trying to get a free lesson :lol:

Was pretty disturbing though knowing he was there all night :smt087You do have nice calves though, jarro.

[oobsadd2]

The missus loves to have a bash. Got herself setup in the spare room with a Pearl Forum. Good for her, her old man added a few upgrades when he had it & gave it to her a few years back.

Friends have a Yamaha setup in their lounge room. Not much change out of $15k he said!

Excuse my ignorance, but whats a Pearl Forum, Im not very musical but stangely my kids are, My daughter plays cello quite well and starts High school next year which specialises in Brass and Percussion. She wants to pick something else up.

[PeteyD]

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[oobsadd2]

Thanks PeteyD,
This will expose me as a totally ignorant tosser.........but could I assume thats the origin of Pearl Jam the band or are we talking Pearl necklace material and its all a big play on words ???

[Johnny Canuck]

Thanks PeteyD,
This will expose me as a totally ignorant tosser.........but could I assume thats the origin of Pearl Jam the band or are we talking Pearl necklace material and its all a big play on words ???

Pearl Jam is rumoured to be named after Eddie's grandama who made a peyote jam.

Pearl Jam is also slang for semen, so your pearl necklace isn't that far off.