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Sunday, May 31, 2009
A local band's drummer woes
Posted by Meagan Bemis on Sun, May 31, 2009 at 8:00 PM
I am dating a guitarist. Original, I know. The point is, though, that I have a unique inside vision to the woes
For example; drummers suck.
Out of the three drummers they've had in the year that the current members have made up the band, not one of them has been reliable. It's funny to me because my dad is a drummer (and a guitarist and pianist among other things) and I've never seen him as unreliable... but maybe that's because of his multi-talents. Guys that are just drummers, the one's who pride themselves on hitting the round noise-makers with sticks, are the most unreliable assholes I've ever encountered. I mean, yeah it takes a certain amount of talent to be able to bang the noise boxes hard enough and long enough to create a beat - but it isn't rocket science. You're not doing some great justice for the world. Drum machines sound just as good... and cause none of the problems.
In case you were wondering, I dated a drummer too. He had all of the aforementioned qualities... hence the term "dated."
Back to Dreadful Memories' drummer problems, though. So, the first drummer who is the brother of one of the guitarists in the band decided that he would flip out and choke another guitarist in the band, resulting in immediate termination due to the fact that his crazy ass might do it again. The second drummer, friend of one of the guitarists, was way too lazy to practice ever and actually came up with a story that involved him being in jail for underage drinking in order to avoid practice one day - which also resulted in a boot to his ass. The third and current drummer is already in another band, so Dreadful Memories doesn't really matter to him, he's only in it to help out the suffering band members. So, in the meantime they have been searching fruitlessly for another, more reliable and motivated drummer to join the band. Ha. They spoke with one over Myspace who was supposed to come "interview" with them, but he called a day before the interview to explain that "dire circumstances" are preventing him from showing up... It might just be me, but if I don't show up for an interview, I don't expect to get the job. DRUMMERS!
We knew it would be hard to start a band and become successful and maybe we've been jumping the gun a little bit for success, but they're anxious to get things rolling, and I have to say I wouldn't mind rolling either... (in the dough of fame-dom) but we just never expected to find such a personality trend in the drummers.
For the sake of being politically correct, however, I'm not saying that ALL drummers are awful scumbags, only that the one's we've experienced in the field have proven to be so. They're sometimes nice guys that get wrapped up in the drummer persona and the large-ego world of the supposed back-bone of a band... but that's where they need to stop and realize who and what they are becoming! I would whole-heartedly support a drummers-anonymous meeting, for those who enjoy drumming, but would like to avoid the lifestyle. Until that happy day, however, we'll just have to catch a young one and hope he or she isn't corrupted yet. Possible? Yes. Probable? You be the judge.
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This hits home, sadly. It's tough as most drummers don't write songs in bands. I think that leads to less of a sense of ownership in the project.
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"You’re not doing some great justice for the world. Drum machines sound just as good … and cause none of the problems." my eyes just rolled out of my head..
even though i do not like the sound of drum machines in general- check out big black and their drummer affectionally named "Roland" for amazing drum machine recordings and songs.
I have a hard time seeing live bands perform with drum machines. An avant-garde or electronic act is one thing, but a rock band should have a live drummer. Or if we're talking about bands like Melvins/Big Business, Kylesa, or certain Trail of Dead songs... two live drummers!
don't forget french punk pioneers metal urbain! awesome drum machine rock. check out PANIK by them on youtube and have a good time.
drummers aren't really part of the band. They keep the beat so that is why they are so replaceable sadly. Really great drummers write music and have drum solos
hahaha. How true these words ring!! If you have only went through 3 drummers- congradulations! We have went through 14 in 2 years. Our problems have ranged from the words you have spoke plus the problems of; can't count to 4 (I'm not exagerating here), one got attacked by the Mexican goat sucking demon in his sleep (we call him psychoboy now), one drummer drank so much at his tryout that he passed out in the driveway afterward; multiple drummers with drug and alcohol problems;one drummer that wanted to try out still lived at home and got grounded by his mom and couldn't try out... WTF??? lol; and the list goes on.... and on.... and on..... the current drummer we have is an awesome drummer but super flaky and we don't know how much longer he will be with us. The biggest problem we've found overall is commitment and focus. For example, we currently are very close to being signed by a record label the only thing needed is a full length cd - which is being paid for - and the drummer can't make the trip to go record it (2 whole days!! lol) because of some stupid problem that could be worked through easily. He was all excited about it and now 2 days until recording he thinks we should put it off another couple months... WTF??? So... we feel for your problems but overall if they are a drummer - don't expect much. And if you are a drummer and are offended by this post - prove us wrong and tryout for the band!!
After a listen of the material, one has to conclude that maybe the reason why no drummer will stick around, is due to the fact that drummers don't suck, but that this aptly named "dreadful" excuse for music does. "Rolling in the dough of fame-dom"? You can't be serious!! While you sit and whine about how poor Joel has to struggle to make ends meet, I have a hard time sympathizing when the world has REAL problems. It must be hard to be a mamma's boy snot nosed white middle class suburban kid from Florida. Just because you play a few chords on a guitar, you think you deserve to bash on drummers? Umm yeah, we all feel real soooo sorry for ya buddy. To the girlfirend, wannabe manager and writer: GET A CLUE!!!! Have fun pushing all your stuff around in a shopping cart when you finally wake up some day, albit too late, and say to yourself, "Hmmm...I wonder why I'm homeless????" Get over yourselves!!!
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