Dad3353

It's early daze yet. Give AI a bit more time to factor in the 'live' mosh pit and measure the applause and we'll see how 'interactive' it can become. Maybe voting with an App during the performance as an interim measure..? You read it here first.

Simply for educative purposes, knowing that English is not your first language... There is a simple test for 'it's' v 'its'. Can it be replaced with 'it is' and still make sense..? If so, it's 'it's', otherwise it's 'its'.

Nah, they're so 'Yesterday'.

Jaco Pastorious and the “Bass of Doom.” ...

Definetly not a 'Top 40' chart topper, but I'd offer a bit of air time for this meritous solo piece, from the first record I ever bought...

It seems to be roughly the equivalent of seeing a play in a theatre, compared to a seeing a film in a cinema. One has 'live' actors (usually...), the other living or long-dead actors projected onto a screen. There will come a time in the near future when the 'live' theatre performance will become holographic, too; the differences become blurred, the screen becomes the thin air on the stage. It could well become available for domestic showing, too, so one could have a 'live' holographic concert streamed onto your coffee table. You read it here first.

I'm the same when choosing a camembert. Each one has to be opened, tested for springiness then put back. There are often over forty to test; shopping like this can't be done on t'web. (Disclaimer : I don't buy 1000€ cheeses...).

No. ...

Living poetry.

I'm not sure that I agree entirely with that.

But it could do.

I think there's a difference between 'learning' a song and 'playing' a song. I would agree that, when learning, a note-accurate version would be the initial goal. When playing it, however, I'd accord much more liberty to choose how to do so, either 'as is' or with personal variances. It becomes 'playing by rote', otherwise. Just sayin'.

Then there are the instrumentals that attracted lyricists. One striking example might be Mozart's Fourth Horn Concerto, adroitly adapted by Flanders and Swann to become 'Ill Wind' ...

It depends on the sting. Wasps..? Use vinegar. Bees..? Rub with bicarb (or maybe the other way round, I forget...).

On a stand one might be tempted to pick it up and play it. In the corner, it can be (and often is...) totally forgotten, so saving the strings from any harm. ... (Be aware that the original post from Barking was intended as a joke, rather than serious string-saving advice. Just sayin', I don't know the Latvian for 'tongue in cheek' ...)

It's the eye-liner that creates that effect.

It's Italian, and basically refers to the 'ideal' consistence of cooked pasta. Here, it's being used as a joke, comparing the boiling of strings to cooking spaghetti. Hope this helps. Edit : Ignore the fatuous posting from Frank, above; he's not taken his meds again.

Heel kneed more.

I'm far from expert in these matters (I'm a drummer, and I don't boil my sticks...), but I think that boiling strings has been largely debunked for a few decades now. Wiping the strings down after playing would be a better way of extending their life, or investing in longer-lasting strings, such as Elixir, if the initial cost can be born. If one is looking for the 'zing' of new strings, it just has to be accepted that it is really only available from new strings and that's that. The 'benefit' or extra 'zing' from boiled strings, if there is any at all, is very short indeed. I wouldn't bother, personally.

Helicopters..? Easy-peasy, chum. Paradiddles, though...

My issue with some (most..?) retractables was hitting the rim of the snare, which tended, over time, to crush, or even bend, the tube and they would no longer retract..! As I mentioned, I'm not a heavy hitter, but the cheaper brushes would end up as a metal shower at the most inconvenient times. I've not had a failure from fixed brushes, ever. Just lucky, perhaps.

Yes, wire. Is that not what you were expecting..? There are nylon-bristled brushes, too, such as ... Vater Nylon brushes ... ...or these, for a different 'feel' and sound... Vater Monster brushes... None of these will break or wear out in normal drumming use.

Meinl, from Thomann..? Don't go for retractables, and keep 'em (with all your sticks...) in a decent drumstick bag. I have ha the same pair from more than a couple of decades ago, with no issues (breakage, loss of bristles etc...). Disclaimer : I'm not a 'shed builder', especially with brush-work. Hot Rods are an option, too, if more 'oomph' is required, but they are always on the 'breakables' side, whatever the marque. If you're 'swirling' on the snare, be sure to use a textured head (Evans Genera Dry Coated are splendid...). Hope this helps.

I'm amazed at how many posters in this Forum have 'gold standard' hearing, despite the sometimes kilowatt rigs and shed-building drummers they apparently frequent, and the age groups of many. I'm pleased for them, naturally, and long may that last, but I'm still amazed.