General Drumset
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| Paiste? | How do you pronounce Paiste
How do you pronounce
'Paiste'?
- Kauko Paksula (c) 200
Taken from a posting on
Rec.music.makers.percussion Usenet Newsgroup
Paiste..." is a
family name from Estonia and this word (as many other words) is similar to
Finnish.
The word means 'Shine' -
Sunshine = auringon (sun) paiste (shine) in Finnish
The Paiste family had to go
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| DrumSticks | Drumsticks
Hey Paul,
Below is the Q & A piece. I would recommend encouraging drummers writing to you or me with their questions. I can send you their questions, name, and answers back which could go after my piece. What do you think?
Dan
Good idea & perfect for the FAQ too - P
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| Molecules | Molecules
Molecules™
...err...Well actually I don't know much about them either.. I
stumbled upon this advert on another site but googling shows no other traces of them. I have
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| Drummer Jokes | Drummer Jokes Page 1
OK, so
we know that we as drummers are the butt of every other musician jokes (but then
again so are bass players, guitarists
and that most humourous of figures the lead
singer.
Chick singers aren't quite so bad :)
Q &
A:
What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians?
A
drummer.
What did the drummer get on his IQ test?
Drool.
How can you
tell when
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| Drummer Jokes | Drummer Jokes Page 2
"Hey buddy, how late does the band
play?"
"Oh, about a half beat behind the drummer."
Why is a drum machine
better than a drummer?
Because it can keep good time and won't steal your
girlfriend.
What's the difference between a drum machine and a
drummer?
You only have to punch the information into the drum machine
once.
Why are bad drummers better than drum machi
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| Drummer Jokes | Drummer Jokes Page 3
Why are drummers always losing their
watches?
Everyone knows they have trouble keeping time.
What do you call
10 drummers in a drum circle?
A dope ring.
What is the difference between
a drummer and a savings bond?
One will mature and make money.
What do you
call a beautiful woman on a drummer's arm?
A tattoo.
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| Drummer Jokes | Drummer Jokes Page 4
Two drummers walk into a bar...
which is
funny because you would have figured the second one would have seen the first
guy
do it.
Why do drummers have one more brain cell than a horse?
So
that when marching in a parade, they can avoid the horse droppings on the
road.
Why are band intermissions limited to 20 minutes?
So you don't have
to retrain the drummers.
One friend to another:
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| Drummer Jokes | Drummer Jokes Page 5
What does it mean when a drummer is in your
bed gasping for breath and calling your name?
You didn't hold the pillow down
long enough.
What's the similarity between a drummer and a
philosopher?
They both perceive time as an abstract concept.
How do you
get a drummer to stop biting his nails?
Make him wear shoes.
What is the
dynamic range of a drum set?
On and off.
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| Drummer Jokes | Drummer Jokes Page 6
Drummers,
lightbulbs and one-liners
How many drummers does it take to change a light bulb?
- Five; One to
screw the bulb in, and four to talk about how much better Neil Peart coulda done
it.
- Just one; so long as the roadie gets the ladder, sets it up and puts the
bulb in the socket for him.
- "Why? Oh, wow! Is it like dark, man?"
- Only
one; but he
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| Drum Equipment |
Equipment
This article is based on common knowledge on this subject, it reflects
many issues that have been covered on the Shriners' Convention e-list, the RMMP
newsgroup as well as facts and pointers obtained from commercial sources,
internet research and the writer's own experience of playing, tweaking and
experimenting with drums.
What is a drum?
A drum
is any cylindrical object (shell) or object with an open top that has a membrane normally
called a head or skin
stretched across it, this is known as a membranophone. The drum is struck on
the membrane to produce a tone.
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| Kids Drum Sets Part 1 |
Kids Drum Sets Part 1
Advice for parents buying
cheap drum sets or kids drum sets
As we can see from the
popularity of the Young and Gifted
section of Dojo TV, Kids are really starting
to demand more and more from their equipment and, consequently, their poor
parents who have to pay for it.
This upsurge is
great for manufacturers and the drum industry who have created a whole new
marketplace for a whole new range of products. Some are genuine innovation, some
are simply repackaging.
is 'Kids', 'Junior' or
'student' merely a nice way of saying 'budget', 'cheapo' or 'flimsy'
With the rising commercial
importance of junior drummers, their impressionable minds exposed to
hero-endorser-worship through MTV and their uncanny ability for persistence; you
WILL inevitably end up buying junior a drumset and you really have no choice
about it.
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| Cheap Drum Sets |
cheap drum sets
"If thine neighbour offend thee....buy each of his children a drum"-Proverb
Caveat Papa
Ok so we
can all identify this one as a toy, right?
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| Purchasing a Drum Set |
Purchasing a Drum Set
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Purchasing a Drum Set
The point of this section is to give the consumer a guide as to where certain drum-makers' lines fall in the overall hierarchy of price and quality. It is not a which set is better than which. Some of these drumsets may not be available in all countries around the globe.
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