Drummers STEP UP!! At-Risk Teen Mentorship Program needs a drumset!!

Check out this link in Open Jam:

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=881439

and here, a news segment on our appearance:

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=956504

My band (The Girlfriend Experience) visited the Center during our brief Northwest Tour this weekend. We played our set for the kids, donated a guitar, and hung out and talked to the volunteers and kids. It's a great program and THEY NEED A DRUMSET!!

So, all you drummers, it's our mission to get them a drumset. I'm hoping some of you can contact Bob (Barney Gumbel) and send him some of your extra/unused gear so the kids can have a drumset.

If we can get enough of you guys to donate something - even if it's just drumsticks - I bet we can build a kit for them. Right now they have only a (cheap) snare drum, I don't even know if they have a stand for it. I figure we need the following:

Snare Drum

Kick drum

Rack toms

Floor tom(s)

Cymbals (including hi-hats)

Stands (including hi-hat)

Throne

Kick Pedal

If you have something you can send, respond and tell us what you'll be sending. If anyone lives in the Eugene OR area you can drop off your gear in person. Even if you just send a cymbal stand, you'll be helping out some at-risk kids and a really fantastic shelter.

So dig into your pile of unused gear and find something that can make a difference in someone's life.

Thanks,

Jeff Left

The Girlfriend Experience

And while your at it send me some free gear too:rolleyes:

Come on man that's just obnoxious. A good program needs gear and you have to mock them. all i have is a cheap snare drum...and you already have one of those. you might run over to a guitar center though, you can sometimes get a full set for like 30-40 bucks.

Ahh.... I think it is rediculous to ask for free {censored}. I want free {censored} too Lol... anyway... I will stay off this thead. More power to the people that can afford to donate stuff to a cause like this... if it is legit....

So in your definition, giving money to charity is just throwing out free {censored}? that strikes me as ridiculous...i don't mean to get in a fight here, you just have to occasionally recognize a good cause

Yes but research this cause and make sure ti si a good one first. There are so many scams out there. I would assume do somethign good for someone I know rather than some unknowns that may or may not apreciate it.

Scams look for money. Or where you keep money. Scams don't ordinarily give you real addresses and ask for things to be dropped off to them. This is as likely a scam as Goodwill Industries or the Salvation Army. But you never know. Locally, we had a big scandal in one of the major charities a few years ago. In the Pacific Northwest, there was a soccer mom who stole thousands from a youth soccer league while working as the league treasurer. This sounds legit to me.

Well, you can ask Tobio! - his band, The Girlfriend Experience played at the shelter a few weeks ago, met the volunteer musicians, took a tour of the shelter, and met a bunch of the teens that are in the program. Plus, on our website, there is all kinds of information that can be used to verify the legitimacy of the program - you can even call the supervisor of Looking Glass Station 7, the shelter that hosts the program, if you want. Her name is Kari, and her number is 541-689-0608.

I estimate I've spent over 1,000 hours volunteering for this - designing the program, setting it up, recruiting volunteers, teaching guitar myself, writing grants, etc... And, I haven't made a dime personally - and I don't need to since I have a full-time job as a DBA. If I wanted to scam people out of money, I'd find a much less labor-intensive way to do it!

Anyway, you can check out our site: www.musicmentorship.org.

b

Anyone want to donate a drumset to me? It aint to scam- I mean it lol

Well thats cool. Hope it all works out for ya.

Just an update that a co-worker of mine has decided to donate a set of drums. It's a Pearl rhythm traveler kit, and it is set up with the mesh practice heads and rubber practice cymbals. So, now we are in the market for a set of heads for this kit, a ride cymbal, crash cymbal, and hi-hats.

thanks!

b

I used to teach drums briefly for a very similar program in Florida. It was a great program and did wonders for the kids that were involved. I wish that I could help out but I barely have enough to keep my own drumset in repair and good enough condition to play live. Best of luck to you though and I hope that everything goes well with collecting a full kit for the students, these are great programs that really work wonders for troubled kids.

I have a 13" tom from a Pacific kit that I have no need of...though it looks like you just grabbed a kit. Lemme know anyway...

david

hey i think thats a great idea i will have a look round and if i have any thing i will tell you:)

Hey, I just remembered this thread! (Tobio! is one of my monikers )

If you have a *connection* at Guitar Center, they could probably donate a pre-pack of drumheads.

The Girlfriend Experience is going to be back in Eugene on Nov 5, and we're visiting the Youth Station again to play a show and visit with the kids. I can bring some cymbals - a set of hats (with a stand) and a crash and a ride.

Do you need a kick pedal? I know somebody here must have an old Speed King laying around the basement. And a couple cymbal stands . . . :cool:

Originally posted by JeffLeft Hey, I just remembered this thread! (Tobio! is one of my monikers ) If you have a *connection* at Guitar Center, they could probably donate a pre-pack of drumheads. The Girlfriend Experience is going to be back in Eugene on Nov 5, and we're visiting the Youth Station again to play a show and visit with the kids. I can bring some cymbals - a set of hats (with a stand) and a crash and a ride. Do you need a kick pedal? I know somebody here must have an old Speed King laying around the basement. And a couple cymbal stands . . . :cool:

Jeff - Thanks! Let me update you a bit on some recent donations. Another HC forumite donated $300, which we used to purchase an acoustic guitar with gigbag, 3 electric guitar gig bags, and a full set of used Sabian cymbals. We also used some other recently donated funds to replace the heads. So, the only thing we still need is a good, solid throne. The one we have with this kit is ultra-cheap and in bad shape. The bass pedal we have is low-quality, but it seems to work ok for now. It would probably be a good idea to have another one, if someone wants to donate one.

Thanks, and we are looking forward to seeing you Nov 5th!

b

Just an update that we received a small donation, which I used to purchase a decent throne this weekend. So, our drumset is now complete. Maybe we could even delete this thread...

Thanks again for your efforts Jeff (the drumming god from the Girlfriend Experience).