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boxninja April 10 2008, 13:46:00 UTC
Oh, makes sense to me!

Have you started taping your fingers like a drummer yet?

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alaimacerc April 10 2008, 14:42:30 UTC
Why are all drummer jokes one-liners?

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coffee_lifeform April 10 2008, 14:44:04 UTC
Totally! I'm actually counting "oneandtwoandthreeandfour" to all the tracks on my mp3 player and trying to stay in time as I type, as timing's something I've been finding worryingly tricky. It's cool, though. Like suddenly seeing the world from a different angle. :)

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coffee_lifeform April 10 2008, 14:48:15 UTC
Oh, wait...I misread that as "tapping".

Two lessons and already my IQ is dropping...

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boxninja April 10 2008, 15:07:27 UTC
Ha! My experience with drummers was that they learnt to twirl their sticks before learning to keep time.

And I found my new favourite drummer jokes today...

Q: How can you make a drummer slow down?
A: Put a sheet of music in front of him her.

Q: How can you make that drummer stop?
A: Put notes on it!

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coffee_lifeform April 10 2008, 15:38:52 UTC
*sighs*

It's not my fault I can't read music!

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alaimacerc April 10 2008, 16:02:46 UTC
Yes, that's pretty much the gist of the "drummer jokes" joke. :) (Canonical punchline would be "so the bass player gets 'em".) Prolly don't want to be listening to lots of experimental math rock when in that mode, then?

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grumpyolddog April 10 2008, 17:06:40 UTC
Canonical punchline would be "so the bass player gets 'em".

Thanks :(

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alaimacerc April 11 2008, 12:21:36 UTC
Told to me by a couple of English musicians on a Ruinair flight to Germany, one of whom was a self-confessed bassist. :)

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boxninja April 11 2008, 13:56:23 UTC
Oh, from the BBC today:

...When a child utters the words "I want to play the drums", even the most musically-minded parent's heart must sink...

But, joking aside, when you're up to speed (ha!) we should hire out a studio for an evening and get Steve in on vocals -- he's kinda like a Simon Le Bon, really. They're sound-proofed and there's nothing like making a racket jamming for a good evening. Anyway, these places start at like £9 an hour -- so four hours is pretty cheap, really. Here's one here in Edinburgh.

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coffee_lifeform April 11 2008, 15:20:57 UTC
Steve can sing? Who knew?!

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nesf April 10 2008, 18:38:24 UTC
Have you ever listened to Cynic? They're a nice introduction to "wft" when you try to keep time with the drumming.

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