Members Voltan Posted August 7, 2015 Members Share Posted August 7, 2015 we finished up a gig and he said he needed to speak to me. he told me he loved playing guitar with my drumming but he feels that we're better served if i would start playing guitar and singing again. the vacation was nice while it lasted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Christhee68 Posted August 7, 2015 Members Share Posted August 7, 2015 To me that sounds like a compliment. It seems like he likes your singing and guitar playing. I know I would be bummed if I was playing guitar and singing with a guy and he says "Hey--maybe you stop singing and playing guitar and play drums instead." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted August 7, 2015 Author Members Share Posted August 7, 2015 hahaha, yeah, i get that... ive just been being lazy but i do love playing drums... it was nice having to just haul a djembe and a mic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted August 8, 2015 Members Share Posted August 8, 2015 do body beatsthen all you need is a mic… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted August 8, 2015 Members Share Posted August 8, 2015 I remember the days when all I brought to work was a Tenor Saxophone. Then I added alto and flute. Now I bring sax, wind synth, guitar, flute, sound modules, PA system mics stands and a zillion cables that tie themselves in knots when they are not being watched. My partner also plays guitar and synth so we schlep that too. When I'm moving the gear, I think about what I want to leave home. But when I'm gigging, I wish I brought the bass, piano and drums too. Maybe you can play guitar sometimes and drums at others. Insights and incites by Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted August 9, 2015 Moderators Share Posted August 9, 2015 Vol, I think what your partner is really asking for is more support from you musically.Just a djembe? Yeah, sorry, but, that sound gets old pretty fast and does not fill in well during solos, etc....and there was no excuse for you not to be singing and playing percussion! Vacation? If you want to call it that...Figure out hte songs where it worked perfectly, and only use it there, and go back and forth between the djembe and the guitar...that could actually make for an interesting mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted August 27, 2015 Author Members Share Posted August 27, 2015 Just a djembe, is a statement made without knowledge, my friend. I can fully understand this because I have encountered the same sentiment in the uninitiated. As an artist in various media I would argue that drums, especially hand drums like the djembe, can be every bit as expressive and musical as any other instrument. A properly played drum gives a sense of connection that translates into magic in the minds and hearts of your audience. All this aside, I understand his perspective and respect his opinions, yet find myself needing to make decisions on the directions I feel drawn which as of late, would not include playing clubs and bars at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted August 27, 2015 Author Members Share Posted August 27, 2015 Oh my! Poasting frum teh iPad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoppy Shimko Posted August 27, 2015 Members Share Posted August 27, 2015 you should start a djembe quartet. send me one of your band shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted August 28, 2015 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2015 like I said...find the songs where the djembe works well. I love percussion, playing with drummers and percussionists always makes me happy [if they are solid and creative]...but I think there are proper places for it, and places where it may not work as well as something else...and sometimes the incongruity can actually make a song stand out for a good reason...sometiems not. It really is about selectivity...IMHO, of course...YMMV...and I totally get what you are feeling about clubs and bars...being back into it two nights a week recently is souring me, again, reminding me why I pushed my band to go corporate over ten years ago...but I need the $, as little as it is, until I can file for SS in December...it sux being poor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted August 28, 2015 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2015 four djembes and a funeral... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted August 28, 2015 Author Members Share Posted August 28, 2015 Actually I'm doing a solo gig playing cymbals... ( I keep seeing the cartoon of the symphonic cymbal player informing the conductor). Seriously.. Ok it isn't a cymbal, technically it's a drum ( membranophone) according to proper classification, but we know them as gongs. And instead of doing a performance, per se, I'm performing more of a service in therapeutic sound. I was a music therapist for a couple of decades and I'm being drawn back into that world and quite probably in a research situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted August 28, 2015 Author Members Share Posted August 28, 2015 Dmack, I get what you're saying. There's a huge difference in impact of a duo or even a small band when two or more members are multi instrumental and I wasn't being fair to him in actuality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moogerfooger Posted August 28, 2015 Members Share Posted August 28, 2015 I was at an open mic on tuesday and i had two djembes players backing me up -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted August 28, 2015 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2015 music therapy can be a wonderfully rewarding occupation! Go for it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted September 8, 2015 Author Members Share Posted September 8, 2015 If you're ever near, mooger... And Dmack?, I just saw the comment....in another life I was a recreation therapist, at one point the director of recreation at a five hundred+ bed facility and being a musician and a music sensitive, I discovered I have a gift for working with what some consider "difficult" behavioral anomalies in people,( especially those with communication issues..). It was, in all candid honesty, {censored} remuneration for doing what is possibly the most important thing one human being can do for another, show a little bit of compassion , which from my twisted perspective is to offer opportunity for personal growth that can enhance the quality of life. I found myself in a system that cared more for the bottom line than the human condition. It doesn't matter that the clients you have are making progress and some are becoming functioning members of life again, there's obviously less paperwork involved when the status quo is maintained... It's probably pretty obvious why i don't haunt those circles today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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