Out of touch.

[postman]

Our eldest daughter is taking guitar lessons.And as told yesterday i am very proud.Asked what her fav group was at the mo Breaking Benjamin.WHO ?
Last night when i went up she was plugged in to her ipod and playing along with whatever was on it.And very good she was too.Looking forward to her progress.
We are giving them both the best opportunities we can.
But i have no idea about these modern groups.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

don't worry, most decent modern bands sound like a rehash of stuff from 20+ years ago. there is very little stuff around that's new and exciting…

 

[Kestevan]

Eldest has just started playing guitar too

First thing she learned was Smoke on the Water...

Obviously the sign of a well brought-up intelligent 9 year old

 

[vernon]

Our eldest daughter is taking guitar lessons.And as told yesterday i am very proud.Asked what her fav group was at the mo Breaking Benjamin.WHO ?
Last night when i went up she was plugged in to her ipod and playing along with whatever was on it.And very good she was too.Looking forward to her progress.
We are giving them both the best opportunities we can.
But i have no idea about these modern groups.

Don't worry. My fifteen and nineteen year old offspring have no idea who Breaking Benjamin is either.

All three of them like Bellowhead though.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I remember when we used to laugh at Judges in the sixties.

"The Beatles?"

"A four piece beat combo, your honour"

 

[Mr Pig]

I remember when we used to laugh at Judges in the sixties.

Nowadays we just laugh at people who remember the sixties ;0)

My son is learning guitar too, he also plays 'smoke on the water'. Well the intro at least.

My wife was laughing at my other son earlier. He said "I wish Calvin would turn his amp down or play in time". Val said "You can't talk as you can't play your drums in time either and you can hear them at the end of the street!"

 

[Young Un]

Nowadays we just laugh at people who remember the sixties ;0)

My son is learning guitar too, he also plays 'smoke on the water'. Well the intro at least.

My wife was laughing at my other son earlier. He said "I wish Calvin would turn his amp down or play in time". Val said "You can't talk as you can't play your drums in time either and you can hear them at the end of the street!"

I find playing in time tricky on the drums with some songs - Cus I hit the drums pretty hard I almost drown out the stereo that I am listening to(stereo has two fairly large speakers - one on either side of the kick), and I have it on bass setting to help a little aswell. Its not a problem at my teachers kit though, as he has a huge sound system that like surrounds the drum kit.

 

[Mr Pig]

I hit the drums pretty hard I almost drown out the stereo that I am listening to

Tristan has to use headphones as my stereo will not go loud enough to compete with him. My speakers are also very large and loud, but not as loud as a drum kit played by a nutter! Do you wear ear protection? I hope so.

My son just finds timing tricky, full stop. He's OK with a basic beat but the complex stuff he likes to play is all over the place. I got him a decent metronome for Christmas, I hope that helps.

 

[tdr1nka]

I find playing in time tricky on the drums with some songs - Cus I hit the drums pretty hard I almost drown out the stereo that I am listening to(stereo has two fairly large speakers - one on either side of the kick), and I have it on bass setting to help a little aswell. Its not a problem at my teachers kit though, as he has a huge sound system that like surrounds the drum kit.

Put cushions in your bass drum to deaden the sound and tea towels over the snare & toms, many drummers do this for practicing in small spaces.

 

[Young Un]

Put cushions in your bass drum to deaden the sound and tea towels over the snare & toms, many drummers do this for practicing in small spaces.

have some pillows on the bass - Have a sound deadener on the ride. BUt I like to hear the proper sound of the kit - don't like playing with the sound deadening covers on. And I would wear ear phones but the ones I have don't have a long enough cord to reach from the cd player to my head - And nope I dont wear ear protection - should i?

 

[Maz]

I remember when we used to laugh at Judges in the sixties.

"The Beatles?"

"A four piece beat combo, your honour"

The judge probably didn't stop there, either:

"Combo?"

"A small musical ensemble, your honour"

"Ensemble?"

"Yes. A group of people, your honour"

"PEOPLE?"....

 

[tdr1nka]

Wear ear protection!!!!

My hearing is knackered after a youth spent always wearing headphones and my adulthood spent in studios and stood next to stacks of bass & guitar amps, oh yeah, and drums!

I understand how dampening really defeats the full sound of the kit, but to learn a pattern/song/fill well you don't necessarily have to play loud in order to get it right.
Once you've nailed it then whip off the dampening and go for it.

I had all this with the guitar, it just never felt right until my amp was set to 11.
Now many years later I cringe at what my neighbors must have gone thru while I dreamily believed that what I got in sound was advancing my technique.

Bloody guitarists eh?

 

[Mr Pig]

My guitarist son actually doesn't play his amp too loud at all, my other son is being ridiculous. He does play his drums loud though.

Playing drums without ear protection will without a shadow of a doubt damage your hearing.

 

[tdr1nka]

Young 'Un, one of these would help.

 

[vernon]

Fortunately my kids are at the age where they think my music taste is brilliant.

"Can you play Johnny Appleseed by Joe Strummer on the Guitar?" They sweetly ask their cousins and friends who then just look at them vacantly.

"What does Sedated mean?" they finally ask after listening to The Ramones "I don't want to be sedated" for the umpteenth time.

My eighteen year old son has been quietly seething away for the past three years because he genuinely thought that I'd bequeathed my extensive vinyl collection to a colleague. It's been one of the longest wind ups that I've ever managed to sustain against 'wind up merchant minor'. I think he's just wised up to the fact that he's been had - the rest of the family were in on the ruse.

Anyway there's some classics from the seventies and eighties:

MC5
Hatfield and the North
Ted Nugent
Budgie
Man
Badger
Johnathan Richman and the Modern lovers
Todd Rundgren
Alan Parsons Project
Nick Lowe

to name but a handful....