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« Reply #20 on: October 03, 2003, 10:25 AM » |
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I perfectly understand mark's(563) post. just like his conga post, he's going for a non-traditional sound.
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« Reply #21 on: October 03, 2003, 11:17 AM » |
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If you played the two side by side, you would understand in a nanosecond. I have, do, and understand just fine actually. Sorry to keep this off topic, but a serious musician cares about finding a sound they like that works for them in the situations they work in. And that is not always the "traditional" way of doing things. Sometimes it is. But not always. We wont get into a list of "serious" players who play synthetic gear, let alone Remo. But rest assured they are out there. |
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« Reply #22 on: October 03, 2003, 11:21 AM » |
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I WIN! I WIN!!!!! *does the winner dance* I WAS RIGHT!!!!!!
heh, ummmm......heh heh
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« Reply #23 on: October 03, 2003, 12:17 PM » |
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« Reply #24 on: October 03, 2003, 07:35 PM » |
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well, I bought a toca djembe for 167.19, I stayed in the store for an hour, and played every djembe and conga they had. I ended up with this because it felt the best to me. I went with a couple friends, and one of them bought a penny whistle and fell in love with it. we talked about it and played alot and decided to form a world fusion band. we'll be working on some songs and we'll probably play the school's open mic night and if we feel good enough, we'll hook up with a bass player friend of his from his school and enter their battle of the bands. we'll probably get laughed out of both places but we like our music, so it's worth it.
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« Reply #25 on: October 03, 2003, 08:04 PM » |
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well, I bought a toca djembe Excellent. Decision made, new toy in hand. And it sounds like the new toy is inspiring new play. Thats a good sign. Enjoy it! |
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« Reply #26 on: October 03, 2003, 08:07 PM » |
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Excellent. Decision made, new toy in hand. And it sounds like the new toy is inspiring new play. Thats a good sign. Enjoy it!
it's awesome! I absolutely love it. I also played it with the keyboard player from the bulgarian band, and he loves it as well. he was just worried about it being loud enough, I happily suggested a pair of mics. |
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« Reply #27 on: October 04, 2003, 09:12 PM » |
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I've been working on my playing and my drum teacher changed my lessons over to djembe. I just started back today, he otught me how to play on the off beats and how to _not_ follow along, how to play something different but that still fits. didn't get to work with the new band today but probably tomorrow!
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« Reply #28 on: October 09, 2003, 02:04 PM » |
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About those V-Roland practice pads: mr.dna said that it tells you if you are messing up. how does it do that? is it programmed with a metronome or something? I was just wondering becase I was looking into buying one of those.
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« Reply #29 on: October 10, 2003, 01:03 PM » |
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I'm not even looking for that much. I just got a nice set of mountain rythym (a great canadian-based company)bongos last week, so I'm set for a while. The small djembe you were talking about, could it have been an ashiko? those are pretty nice, I almost bought one....
What I really want is a cheap old set for about a hundred or two that I can keep in my garage under a tarp and beat on when I get the urge - right now I play on the church set, so I can't really beat on anything cause it belongs to them, and we don't do hard rock much...
that is all...
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« Reply #30 on: October 11, 2003, 06:07 PM » |
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About those V-Roland practice pads: mr.dna said that it tells you if you are messing up. how does it do that? is it programmed with a metronome or something? I was just wondering becase I was looking into buying one of those.
In a nutshell, yes. There are a lot of features - if you can get to a store that has one and check it out, that would be a lot better than trying to describe what it does via text. You can use it with just a metronome going OR you can use it in the 'practice modes' - the practice modes are the ones that will bring out sloppiness in your chops by basically tracking what you're playing and how even it is. I recommend it (if you can afford it, it's not cheap) because it really does make you pay attention to your stick control - I recommend using the book of the same name along with it. |
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« Reply #31 on: October 12, 2003, 10:24 AM » |
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