temporary the second, dammit man I was interrupted
...yeah okay so there is to be a second entry. But its just a carry on from the first so DON"T JUDGE ME.
okay...back to drummers. Thomas Lang. Hes the man. Well one of them- http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Thomas_Lang.html there he is. Good friend of mine. Okay thats a lie. But he is awesome. He doesn't tie down to one bad, he gets around. Lots of random things, Ozzy is in there, but yeah, go find out for yourself.
Heey, and Joey is in there too, hes also the man. Well one of them. http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Joey_Jordison.html if you are too lazy to search it out for yourself.
Who cares about what I do on the drums? huh? HUH? I do thats who. And i'm going to tell you (whoever you are). I know you don't care but you can jsut go make a snadwhich or something cos I love drums.
I've been playing drums for just over seven years now. I started off in a marching band when I was in primary school, what age this was- I do not know. But basically I started cos my brother did, or something like that. Then I discovered that my cousin had a drum set one day when I was around there. He sat me on it and said "what can you play?" I said "I don't know" and he said "Okay play this." Whatever 'this' was, I played it and it was true love from there. I begged and I pleaded and That christmas i recieved my very own (maxtone) bass drum, high-hat, snare, bass pedal and crash cymbal. Well, I loved it quite frankly. I started to teach myself. I bought a book on drumming called 'Rock Drumming' by Andy Griffiths (its still around here somewhere) and memorized it. Well, practially. That birthday I recieved (also maxtone) two mounted toms to put on the bass drum and a floor tom. I was even merrier and attacked the drums with renewed vigour. That next christmas I was given a ride cymbal then...I hate to admit that I sort of lost interest a bit. The next year I started high school at St Mary's Diocesan in Stratford. Here I started proper lessons in Rock Drumming with Jarrod Hooper. He was my teacher for two years until he left, and then Bill Hartigan stepped in. Mr Hartigan was a jazz drumemr, so he got me into the more technical parts of the instrument. It was about here that I, again, became fully addicted to my instrument. I was back in the drum shed (a converted junk-shed, and by converted I mean a space had been cleared for the kit), every weekend bashing my heart out.
Then, that wonderful cousin that introduced me to the drums- leant me his iron-cobra double-kick bass pedals. I discovered metal drumming then, and it has been added to my list of drum genres.
I still live on my drums and I am slowly building up my good ol' starter kit. So far, apart from the Tama kicks (that my cousin is never getting back), I have added a beauuuuutiful Tama snare stand (I still sleep with it at night. It beats a teddy bear, even if it is a little cold.), a pair of 101 paiste hi-hats and I'm currently searching the country for a 16" Rude crash/ride cymbal. Damnit but New Zealand doesn't seem to ahve heard of them. I will get it. I WILL!! Must have the rude...its been written on my hand since I fell in love with it and I chant it like a mantra. "rude crash, rude crash, 16" rude crash..."
But I'm okay. So wasn't that fun? enjoyed it did we? Incase you are curious, goodtrash came in when I was getting lessons from Mr Hartigan, and we started up in 2003. at the time Suz was getting classical guitar lessons from some guy Townsend and ameteur lessons from guitar-playing friends.
Well that took a while. Wait- jsut imagine this- http://dwdrums.com/showroom/images/finishply/Emerald-Onyx.jpg in pure green sparkle, with another mounted tom at the top, black hardware, paiste cymbals, make that a dark ride, dark hi-hats, 16" rude, noiseworks dark buzz china and rude splash. then imagine me behind it....oh yeah. that would be heaven.
no more from me now. I', going to go float in drum fantasy world...
okay...back to drummers. Thomas Lang. Hes the man. Well one of them- http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Thomas_Lang.html there he is. Good friend of mine. Okay thats a lie. But he is awesome. He doesn't tie down to one bad, he gets around. Lots of random things, Ozzy is in there, but yeah, go find out for yourself.
Heey, and Joey is in there too, hes also the man. Well one of them. http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Joey_Jordison.html if you are too lazy to search it out for yourself.
Who cares about what I do on the drums? huh? HUH? I do thats who. And i'm going to tell you (whoever you are). I know you don't care but you can jsut go make a snadwhich or something cos I love drums.
I've been playing drums for just over seven years now. I started off in a marching band when I was in primary school, what age this was- I do not know. But basically I started cos my brother did, or something like that. Then I discovered that my cousin had a drum set one day when I was around there. He sat me on it and said "what can you play?" I said "I don't know" and he said "Okay play this." Whatever 'this' was, I played it and it was true love from there. I begged and I pleaded and That christmas i recieved my very own (maxtone) bass drum, high-hat, snare, bass pedal and crash cymbal. Well, I loved it quite frankly. I started to teach myself. I bought a book on drumming called 'Rock Drumming' by Andy Griffiths (its still around here somewhere) and memorized it. Well, practially. That birthday I recieved (also maxtone) two mounted toms to put on the bass drum and a floor tom. I was even merrier and attacked the drums with renewed vigour. That next christmas I was given a ride cymbal then...I hate to admit that I sort of lost interest a bit. The next year I started high school at St Mary's Diocesan in Stratford. Here I started proper lessons in Rock Drumming with Jarrod Hooper. He was my teacher for two years until he left, and then Bill Hartigan stepped in. Mr Hartigan was a jazz drumemr, so he got me into the more technical parts of the instrument. It was about here that I, again, became fully addicted to my instrument. I was back in the drum shed (a converted junk-shed, and by converted I mean a space had been cleared for the kit), every weekend bashing my heart out.
Then, that wonderful cousin that introduced me to the drums- leant me his iron-cobra double-kick bass pedals. I discovered metal drumming then, and it has been added to my list of drum genres.
I still live on my drums and I am slowly building up my good ol' starter kit. So far, apart from the Tama kicks (that my cousin is never getting back), I have added a beauuuuutiful Tama snare stand (I still sleep with it at night. It beats a teddy bear, even if it is a little cold.), a pair of 101 paiste hi-hats and I'm currently searching the country for a 16" Rude crash/ride cymbal. Damnit but New Zealand doesn't seem to ahve heard of them. I will get it. I WILL!! Must have the rude...its been written on my hand since I fell in love with it and I chant it like a mantra. "rude crash, rude crash, 16" rude crash..."
But I'm okay. So wasn't that fun? enjoyed it did we? Incase you are curious, goodtrash came in when I was getting lessons from Mr Hartigan, and we started up in 2003. at the time Suz was getting classical guitar lessons from some guy Townsend and ameteur lessons from guitar-playing friends.
Well that took a while. Wait- jsut imagine this- http://dwdrums.com/showroom/images/finishply/Emerald-Onyx.jpg in pure green sparkle, with another mounted tom at the top, black hardware, paiste cymbals, make that a dark ride, dark hi-hats, 16" rude, noiseworks dark buzz china and rude splash. then imagine me behind it....oh yeah. that would be heaven.
no more from me now. I', going to go float in drum fantasy world...