Members Drumming4Him Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 What's your biggest non-drumming problem when (you guessed it) playing the drums? For me, it would be the need to flatuate. For some reason, I'm more susceptible to the releasing of intestinal gases when I'm behind the kit. It might be the "throne," I don't know. Well, you guys? -sm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 Couple theories. It's when you play. It's a Male Dominion thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FitchFY Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 Heh heh... I love farting when playing. I jump up a lot when I'm behind the kit, and it makes a prime time to let one go, much to the dismay of my band mates. However, I get lost in the music a little too much on occasion. We strive to be a visual band so people get a real rock concert, and every once in awhile I find myself staring at something and focusing. Whoopsy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Old Steve Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 I played a place one time where there was a TV in my line of sight and a playoff baseball game on TV. I had minor concentration issues that time. I have no flatulence issues. I let 'em go whenever I need to and am very proud of my ass gas. The only other problem I'll occasionally have is when I'm playing a slow and quiet groove. Sometimes I'll start sitting back and playing so mellowly that I'll actually loosen my grip to the point where the stick will just fall out of my hand. It's not like your typical stick drop where you hit something unexpectedly or your hands are sweaty and the stick is knocked loose....this is just a matter of OVER relaxing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drumming4Him Posted December 15, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 Yeaup, those slow, mellow grooves will get 'cha. I, too, find myself getting lost in space with random... thoughts: "What's for dinner..." Oops, I'm losing time. "When did that scratch get on my bass drum?" Ah, there goes that fill. Also, I've learned not to consume dairy products before drumming. -sm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JSimms Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 My biggest problem is head sweat. I'll be in the middle of a song and stinging sweat will sometimes pour into my eyes. I'll close my eyes and people think that I am really getting into, but in fact I am just trying to keep my eyeballs from being assaulted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aqualung211 Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 Gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kabaalk Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 I sweat a lot when I play. I can make ink blots on a gray shirt in about an hour of hard drumming. My old thrash band once jammed in my basement in the summer (was about 95 degrees indoors, more outdoors) for 5.5 hours straight. I think I drank about a gallon and a half of water. I was actually dripping on the floor, with not a dry spot on any of my clothing. I was about ready to pass out, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members portnoyfan84 Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 Sometimes when it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fiery Furnace Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 I just drop my sticks a lot. And sometimes I'll thinking so hard about what part comes next that I'll completely miss it. And if I can hear the lyrics I get distracted, but maybe that's cause my GF is the singer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cangrejito Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 Originally posted by Old Steve I let 'em go whenever I need to and am very proud of my ass gas. Well, that's nice of you to share.... One of the issues that comes to mind is that when I'm playing with my hair down, it sometimes get's tangled up with my drumsticks (my hair is very long, it goes below my bottom), so I've solved that with the obvious: tie my hair in a ponytail. The other issue I sometimes have is that I tend to sneeze a lot when I'm in a smoking-allowed enviroment...so sometimes I miss a beat there, but I've managed (since it happens A LOT) to disguise it by improvising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members coyote-1 Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 You'll know she's no longer your GF when she starts looking to add the DixieChicks' Ready To Run to the setlist. Originally posted by Fiery Furnace And if I can hear the lyrics I get distracted, but maybe that's cause my GF is the singer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aqualung211 Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 Originally posted by Cangrejito Well, that's nice of you to share.... One of the issues that comes to mind is that when I'm playing with my hair down, it sometimes get's tangled up with my drumsticks (my hair is very long, it goes below my bottom), so I've solved that with the obvious: tie my hair in a ponytail. The other issue I sometimes have is that I tend to sneeze a lot when I'm in a smoking-allowed enviroment...so sometimes I miss a beat there, but I've managed (since it happens A LOT) to disguise it by improvising The problem with the ponytail is that you can't do the Chuck Biscuits thing. He's pretty much the reason why i'm growing my hair out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cangrejito Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 Originally posted by aqualung211 The problem with the ponytail is that you can't do the Chuck Biscuits thing. He's pretty much the reason why i'm growing my hair out. What's the Chuck Biscuits thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aqualung211 Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 Originally posted by Cangrejito What's the Chuck Biscuits thing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEzMa5N-hdk Wait a mintute for the song to start really kicking. It's just so...rock & roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cangrejito Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 Originally posted by aqualung211 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEzMa5N-hdk Wait a mintute for the song to start really kicking. It's just so...rock & roll. Is it just me, or does that singer have a very heavy Jim Morrison feel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattACaster Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 Originally posted by aqualung211 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEzMa5N-hdk Wait a mintute for the song to start really kicking. It's just so...rock & roll. I'm not a fan of his, but I feel the need to contribute. EDIT: Perhaps a better example... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IztD79T-pA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ulank Posted December 15, 2006 Members Share Posted December 15, 2006 Originally posted by Kabaalk I sweat a lot when I play. I can make ink blots on a gray shirt in about an hour of hard drumming. My old thrash band once jammed in my basement in the summer (was about 95 degrees indoors, more outdoors) for 5.5 hours straight. I think I drank about a gallon and a half of water. I was actually dripping on the floor, with not a dry spot on any of my clothing. I was about ready to pass out, too. Yeah, I usually wear a wife beater when I play and by time I'm done "The Alien" has appeared on my torso. I get a nice couple sweat spots under my titties, a line down the center and a pool of sweat on my belly (and the top of jeans.) Sometimes the front of my boxer briefs get soaked too and it drives me nuts. I have to change em when we take a break or something (thankfully, we practice at my house). As a result of my drippiness, I usually bring spare shirts to gigs. They're almost as important as spare heads and sticks! Since I like to drink beer and/or carbonated water while playing, I'll often need to let out a belch. Problem is I have a mic in my face. Since it's practice, sometimes I'll just let it rip into the mic for the dudes to hear, but I'm really working on turning my head away so I don't get in a habit of doing that at shows. Semi-drumming related is simply the act of singing and drumming at the same time. I can have a song completely down drumwise, but once I add vocals, it's like I'm playing with wiffle bats. I eventually get it and do sing harmonies and some lead on at least half our songs, but sometimes it just takes way too much effort and concentration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drumming4Him Posted December 16, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Oh... I hate getting an itch (anywhere) while I'm drumming. Those are the worse. -sm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Originally posted by aqualung211 Gross. And yet another facet of the aging Lung manifests... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members manoeuver Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 boobs. especially when they're jumping around. boing boing boing boing (hic) boing phhhhhht. {censored}, musta dropped a beat in there somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aqualung211 Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Originally posted by MattACaster I'm not a fan of his, but I feel the need to contribute. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEzMa5N-hdk EDIT: Perhaps a better example... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEzMa5N-hdk WTF? Those are the exact same vid i posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattACaster Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Originally posted by aqualung211 WTF? Those are the exact same vid i posted. Apparently my copy and paste is {censored}ed up... I'll fix 'em right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattACaster Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Originally posted by MattACaster Apparently my copy and paste is {censored}ed up...I'll fix 'em right now. Fixed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aqualung211 Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Meh....Chuck Biscuits still owns that guy. and historically he's more important too....Danzig wasn't his only gig ya know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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