Comments | dave_rowntree: my journal must get out of read only mode

dave_rowntree

my journal must get out of read only mode

Mar 08, 2005 21:53

Lately I've been playing with my drum machine. I think it's blasphemy when you're a young drummer to possess such an item. It's like how you can't have a calculator when you're learning your math. Such an easy way out, and then you supposedly never learn. More than that, there's the pride of the mighty drummer. No people want to think that they can ( Read more... )

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alex_james March 9 2005, 04:12:46 UTC

You do bruise fairly easily now that I think of it.

I'd like to think you can't replace that human input, or the fun of it being an actual person who does something well, or we could all be replaced by technology at this point. Drum machines are great fun though, probably even more so when you're a drummer.

dave_rowntree March 9 2005, 06:03:19 UTC

It's mainly because I'm so bloody pale.

In the end, you've got to have someone to programme or operate the drum machine, and nothing really beats experimenting with different brands of drums. You can only get a certain amount of noises out of a little box, but with a drummer, you can slam pieces of wood down and call that music.

graham__coxon March 9 2005, 19:08:51 UTC

Do you remember that tour in 97 when we were all sick and you had to be pulled out of the hospital for a gig and Damon got sick on stage and every room we occupied smelled like germs and humidity? I dunno, your paragraph on sickness made me think of that.

Wait, you give into abuse? And all that time I just thought you were easily manipulated.

I get like that with my sister, too. Regressive. Only I have no cats to line up, so I just line up my guitars. I think Mojo just needs to get laid. She'll probably disappear and head round the pub soon.

dave_rowntree March 9 2005, 22:48:31 UTC

Ha ha. That was one wonderful time, wasn't it? I wish I remembered half of it.

See, you can still learn something new about me after all these years. It's really heartwarming.

I could line up my drums from shortest to tallest and then introduce them by name, but I think she might get a little frightened by that. Not that I haven't seemed completely off my rocker in front of her before, but still. Oh no, don't give her ideas. She came back with an STD last time if I recall her journal correctly.