Hey James i took some of the advice you gave and this time i incressed my water in take,and the cramping was reduced to almost nothing.I also checked out some of the stretching from you tube and ill be giving them a try in the coming days.
thank you…
Hey James thanks for the reply.I do have a good stretch before i play,drums are quite a physical work out.
My main problem has been cramping in my hand,I did switch sticks awhile back to ones called pro max. They have a rubbery grip and the cramping…
Mike, I have played in some very busy cover bands. Three nights a week, 5 sets a night you need to have the endurance. I always made sure to do a good warm up and stretching routine. Usually this would be 15-20minutes before the first set. Equally a…
How long have you been playing the drums for? (What year did you start)
16 YEARS
What band(s) are you currently playing with? (Self Promotion welcome!)
REALITIES WITNESS
Do you have any other accounts we should know about? (Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, etc)
FACEBOOK
Tell us a little about yourself:
Well you must of guessed that iam a drummer. Iam from Niagara Falls ,ON, Canada. I've also been into recording for a bit now,Got a little studio in the basement,got my band in there now working on our first cd.Its going well.But unfortunately i still have to work for a living.
Mike,
My apologies for disappearing there for a while. Dropped off the map with some pretty serious back trouble back in January and am just getting mobile and playing again. My attitude was sucking there for a while so I figured I better lay low until I was back on track. Hope you found some answers to the bass question you had for me. I will do better at answering questions in the future.
Hey Mike, are you looking to add actual recorded bass guitar lines to song ideas that you are recording? Or are you meaning you don't have a bass guitar, but want something software based that you can use to add bass lines to work you are doing?
At 7:30am on September 13, 2008, Adrian Nadeau said…
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