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  1. Originally Posted by Bob Dey I do Surfin' USA and California Girls. Both work without harmony, but Cal Girls has a high vocal part (which I sing an octave lower). phil and the guys in endless summer used to do a pretty decent job on beach boy stuff. They still do any gigs ,, i know they kinda packed it in a few years ago. that band was together over thirty years. Sorry guys inside baseball ,,, bob is from the zoo,, my old home town
  2. I can commiserate with the op. I have shoulder impingements in both shoulders from years of injury. Physical therapy was only mildly successful and avoiding shoulder surgery is a priority, especially since nothing is torn, however, they bother me every day...which is why I stopped playing drums for a number of years and went back to guitar, but I'm back to drums too..can't stay away. My kit is smaller and easier to reach, and I've worked at changing technique from the standard arm thrashing of a rock drummer to more wrist and elbow. That's been helpful. As far a guitars go, SG's are lighter and similar to an LP, however I never liked the neck diving the moment I let go of it...and the ones I had, had necks like baseball bats. Try a chambered LP or LP copy, or any one of a zillion bolt on models made of alder or basswood. if you can really consider getting your shoulders fixed. I had the same thing on my right shoulder and finally bit the bullet and had the surgery. It was life changing. I was able to resume riding my motorcycle 19 days after the surgery. Its a quick recovery. It will take you more time to get back to drumming though from my experience with the surgery. The good part was every day it got better rather than worse. If you keep letting it go you can do further damage to your shoulder and tendons. Even though i am a keyboard player ,,, there are things that are in commin with drums. Really pay close attention to the ergonomics of how you set your kit up. I find that as little as a quarter of an inch on keyboard hight will cause me discomfort due to repetitive motions.
  3. Yes...I had throat cancer and had to relearn to speak and sing, I am much better at it now than before! How is that for a change in lifestyle!? Back on topic... I have acid reflux and keep it controled with omeprazolone on a daily basis. I also changed me eating and drinking habits to make this less of an issue, no late meals, no acidic foods when possible, sparse drinking. I am actually in the middle of a fasting period right now, tomorrow it wil lbe 10 days with no solid foods, I am going for 30 days so it's just one third of the way there; next week I stop my acid reflux medication and hope that I will not need it again, at least untill I break the fast. I sang today, most doo wop centerd stuff with a guitar player as the only instrument, I never felt better and never received so many compliments on how good my voice sounded! I had total control over it, I felt incredible! Whisper sounds were clear, influctions where audible...I loved it! Good luck to you! Rod you may find that when you try to go off the omeprazolone , you will get some major heart burn. Its pretty common. One thing you do need to do if you are on that is to use a B12 supliment that is a cream that is absorbed into your blood stream. With very low acid in your gut ,, you wont get any B12 from food and very little from vitamins. Get plenty of sunshine too. The PPL's that you are on ,, require you do get your B12 from other places than food or pill form. It can really make you feel like shit when you get low on B12 and D. been there done that.
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