Calling all drummers in and around the Nashville area.  I propose a hang in the near future.  Meet somewhere (Mafiaoza's?) where we can get together and discuss what we're up to.  Whatcha think?

I've been trying to put together a Drummer Cafe hang for sometime here in Nashville. The problem is finding a venue that would allow me to do what I want to do. We can meet anywhere I guess, grab coffee, a drink, or a meal.

The other problem with Nashville is that everyone is so busy, which doesn't always mean $$$ lest you get the wrong idea. 

There used to be a pro drummers luncheon here in Nashville years ago, and they stopped right when I moved here almost 6 years ago.

Carl ... I think it's a good idea. If you want to organize that hang, I'm down with that. In the mean time be on the lookout for a venue where we could have a night where we can have a meeting ... like a guest speaker, maybe some performance(s), food, etc. I guess I'm wanting to have more of a club style meeting, but no membership is required.

I just coordinated a hang in L.A. for So. California members of Drumsmith.com, and it was pretty cool! We also welcomed some players who aren't really forum members, but it was nice for a lot of us to put faces with names. I met a lot of people for the first time that night.

How it worked: we were able to get a local shop to stay open a few Sundays ago (it also helps that one of the forum members is closely connected with the shop!) and brought a kit in so drummers wouldn't beat up the new kits on the floor. A few guitar players and a bass player were also invited and there was quite a jam going on.

We did it around dinnertime, and I brought pizza, Subway, snacks & drinks. The shop also agreed to let us do some trading among ourselves, and some drummers just brought some cool stuff to show off.

But if there was a difficult part, it was finding a night that everyone could make it. In fact, after several weeks of Q&A, it turned out that there was no such night. We picked a night with the fewest potential MIA's and agreed that would be best. As it turns out, the very person who proposed the hang wasn't able to make it.

But it was cool - pics at www.bermudaschwartz.com/ds

Bermuda

Im up for it.  Im just 40 min. away in Rutherford County.........

There are a bunch of people here from the tri-state area.

I think a fun hang for the NYers could be - hitting Birdland together.  Haven't been there,
and I'm planning on going soon.