Members kmart Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 Yep; pretty serious state program, recognized in state and beyond. Played bass drum my first couple years (began arranging our parts (5 different size/pitch drums) later), then auditioned for & got quads/co-section lead my senior year. I marched in the Gator Bowl parade and pre-game (as part of a World Record setting effort for largest massed band) one year, at Epcot, Sea World, a couple times at Chicago's Soldier Field, etc. Coordination needed for playing quads is why I jumped from hack to competent kit player so quickly at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members race81 Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 marched in high school.....only I carried a alto saxaphone. two years and I had enough of the ghey sweat suits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eyehearya Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 Yup, in HS. Tri-toms then lead snare. Played in front of about 100k people at a Cal Bear game one time for High School Band Day. My nipples were hard for a week. (TMI, I know) Edit: Ps: just googled stadium, actual normal attendance is 60k people, 70k on occasion pps: they were still hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lsits Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 Last chair in the drum section for one year in high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drumstix101 Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 Not with drums, but I did march at the '68 Democratic Convention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SYMBOLIC Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melvinspeed Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 I marched for two years in middle school. You had to march if you wanted to try out for jazz band which was the goal all along. High School rolled around... no more jazz band... no more marching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danrothmusic Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 My high school didn't have a marching band, but I've marched trombone for the last 4 years. I'm not doing it next year because of the time commitment, and I am not looking forward to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kmart Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 Originally Posted by Drumstix101 Not with drums, but I did march at the '68 Democratic Convention. Well, SOMETHING was being beaten with sticks then all the same in any case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kindbeats Posted March 18, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 Originally Posted by kmart Well, SOMETHING was being beaten with sticks then all the same in any case... ZING! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kindbeats Posted March 18, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 Today's Question: What is the first song you played on drums? Not sure exactly but I think it was probably "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. Definitely something off of Nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members race81 Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 don,t know the artist .But the song was bad,bad, Leroy Brown. Not only played it but would song it also!! Yep...kinda shows my age.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zildjian@consol Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 Hey Baby--Ted Nugent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drumstix101 Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 It's My Party - Leslie Gore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kmart Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 An original hardcore punk song my eventual first bandmates had demoed without drums. We had been talking music, they said they needed a drummer, I said I played (at that point, more than a bit of exaggeration; I had most of a kit, but had never actually played). They handed me their demo tape and said "Learn these; we'll come to your place in 2 weeks and record you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eyehearya Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 On kit in public?: Theme from MASH at 9th grade symphonic band show. Snare alone? Yankee Doodle? Twinkle Twinkle? something in 5th grade band class. (diggin the 'Q of the Day' !! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lsits Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 First song? It was probably "Rock and Roll Never Forgets" by Bob Seger or "The Long Run" by the Eagles. Learned them by playing along to the record. First song with a band was "Carol" by Chuck Berry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skinthrasher Posted March 19, 2011 Members Share Posted March 19, 2011 honky tonk women Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danrothmusic Posted March 19, 2011 Members Share Posted March 19, 2011 Originally Posted by Eyehearya Snare alone? Yankee Doodle? Twinkle Twinkle? something in 5th grade band class. I'm with this guy; whatever we played first in 5th grad band was the first song I played on drums (or a drum, really).As far as kit is concerned, I don't really know. It was either a song my sister and her friend wrote (they play guitar) or Smells like Teen Spirit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted March 19, 2011 Members Share Posted March 19, 2011 i'm almost positive it was pearl jam's "alive." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gremson Posted March 20, 2011 Members Share Posted March 20, 2011 I think it was AC/DC's Back In Black... Or Scorpions Rock You Like a Hurricane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BroadST Posted March 20, 2011 Members Share Posted March 20, 2011 Paranoid - Black Sabbath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slap happy drums Posted March 20, 2011 Members Share Posted March 20, 2011 1st attempt at a song was Night Train, and I did about as poor of a job as was possible w/o being bound,dizzy, and drunk. My first song I performed was Girl from Ipanema, it was at an Eagle, club I was in the 7th grade. Years later I played the same club with my band. The place was filled past capacity and the dancers had the floor literally bucking under their feet in time w/ my Bass drum, the riser was in turn bumping in time w/ my bass as well (though just behind) I thought it was awesome, the dancers mentioned the floor feeling like jello, and I guess the manager of the club was running around like a maniac freaking out thinking that the floor would give at any moment, anyway, it was a far cry from the scene at the Eagles Club scholarship dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kindbeats Posted March 21, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 21, 2011 Today's Question: Who are some of your favorite funky drummers? Clyde Stubblefield, Zigaboo Modeliste, Jabo Starks, Billy Martin, Mike Clark, Alan Schwartzberg, Stevie Wonder, and more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zildjian@consol Posted March 21, 2011 Members Share Posted March 21, 2011 Originally Posted by kindbeats Today's Question: Who are some of your favorite funky drummers?Clyde Stubblefield, Zigaboo Modeliste, Jabo Starks, Billy Martin, Mike Clark, Alan Schwartzberg, Stevie Wonder, and more! Zigaboo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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