drum_hobbyist
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The important thing was everyone left the meeting satisfied. Satisfaction in receiving and contributing... 8)
6th Soft's Drum Exchange / Meetup - 18th Aug 2007 (Sat) !
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jeepers
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THANKS FOR GREAT NEWS, JAMES! MAPEX MAPEX MAPEX :twisted:
hahah and once again, thanks bro fuman for drilling, bolting and nutting my china! my friend's actually, but still power la! heh. still got my 18" to come
thanks to all who shared, awesome-ness. especially alfie, dave and alvin! good stuff.. and whoa drummerbuah, the weckl 9s right? power power!
thanks to the committee as well for organising this 6th meet up!
had great fun during and after the meet up, will definitely be there for the next one!
hahah and once again, thanks bro fuman for drilling, bolting and nutting my china! my friend's actually, but still power la! heh. still got my 18" to come
thanks to all who shared, awesome-ness. especially alfie, dave and alvin! good stuff.. and whoa drummerbuah, the weckl 9s right? power power!
thanks to the committee as well for organising this 6th meet up!
had great fun during and after the meet up, will definitely be there for the next one!
snowflier
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oh yeh, as one of the newly minted committee members, i must say it was nice seeing more of the fairer sex at the meet up. too bad none actually went up to show something...oops..me included (reali shoulda showed how i get high from sniffin my sticks :smt005 )
anyway... so hope to see even more gals at future meet ups, then maybe it wun be as intimidating showing off their chops in front of so many fellas. more girl power ya??
but something i nid to bring up is, the idea of such meet ups is to share, regardless of race, religion, skin colour, gender, and level of drum knowledge and skill. therefore i have to remind all who attend the meet ups and contribute to this forum, that you need to be mindful of your language and tone, that you do not be disrespectful to the people who are different from you in terms of the above underlined (e.g. i'm chinese but i dun diss someone who's malay. or i've bin playing drums for 1yr but i dun roll my eyes when a drummer who's bin playing for 1mth takes the stage.)
on a lighter note once again, i tink i can safely say that this was a GREAT SUCCESS, thank you to all who made it this way. now is it just me or is 1 month beginning to feel like such a long time to wait til the next meet up?? :wink:
anyway... so hope to see even more gals at future meet ups, then maybe it wun be as intimidating showing off their chops in front of so many fellas. more girl power ya??
but something i nid to bring up is, the idea of such meet ups is to share, regardless of race, religion, skin colour, gender, and level of drum knowledge and skill. therefore i have to remind all who attend the meet ups and contribute to this forum, that you need to be mindful of your language and tone, that you do not be disrespectful to the people who are different from you in terms of the above underlined (e.g. i'm chinese but i dun diss someone who's malay. or i've bin playing drums for 1yr but i dun roll my eyes when a drummer who's bin playing for 1mth takes the stage.)
on a lighter note once again, i tink i can safely say that this was a GREAT SUCCESS, thank you to all who made it this way. now is it just me or is 1 month beginning to feel like such a long time to wait til the next meet up?? :wink:
RudimentalDrummer
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Ist - Thanks To all who had attended - It was a wonderful 6th Meetup !
2nd - A Big Thank You to Terry of Pro Musique(MAPEX Distributor) for 100% Sponsoring a MAPEX DRUM to us all in SOFT DRUM EXCHANGES. So if you want Mapex - You can all enquire Mapex Drums from either Drum Resources (Nigel) or Music Lab (Alvin).....
3rd - The 7th Meetup will be held on the 15th September 12 to 5pm....(Look out for our Thread soon) and Mr Tama Goh himself might be attending if he is Free on that Saturday - as he is now in Cambodia.
4th - Bro Weckl will be resigning from the Committee - cause he is too busy/committed to his studies....thanks for all his past effort.
2nd - A Big Thank You to Terry of Pro Musique(MAPEX Distributor) for 100% Sponsoring a MAPEX DRUM to us all in SOFT DRUM EXCHANGES. So if you want Mapex - You can all enquire Mapex Drums from either Drum Resources (Nigel) or Music Lab (Alvin).....
3rd - The 7th Meetup will be held on the 15th September 12 to 5pm....(Look out for our Thread soon) and Mr Tama Goh himself might be attending if he is Free on that Saturday - as he is now in Cambodia.
4th - Bro Weckl will be resigning from the Committee - cause he is too busy/committed to his studies....thanks for all his past effort.
BetterStartLate_ThenNever
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Hi snowflier,
I fully agreed with what you said
I am even less than 1 month in fact I have not practice on real drum more than twice (not counting playing on DD-55), certaintly never play in front of more 2 people (my own family members only), when ask to play, I did hesitated but then I did it not because I have anything to share, but simply in the spirit of participation. I am not aware of any negative remark afterward as it won't matter to me...I choose to hear only the positive ones....So ladies do come forward next time...I know any of you would be much better than me...one day as the community grow and more drummer get better, new comer like me can just sit-watch-and-learn till the point where I have something to share, reason is by then the 5 hours time slot might become too precious to be use for practicing (that is the case for me as new comer in this meet up), it does not justify having 10 minutes of 50 people's time watching us practicing without any take home lesson....same of you may agree or disagree with me in this..thats OK...this is just how I think..
Lastly,
Many thanks to brother Fuman for private lesson on drum tuning, when I get home from the meet up, I clean up my guess room,setup my drumset and tune each drum applying principal learned from Fuman...all till 1 AM sunday...could not wait to play on it and to find out the next issue that need to be addressed soon...the noise level....that's is my next focus that might take sometime...hopefully not too long....fingers getting itchy...touching the drums like plainman said is not good enough...only hitting them will help...
Great Meeting....Great and nice people.....that's what I keep in mind and bring home from this meet up....
I fully agreed with what you said
I am even less than 1 month in fact I have not practice on real drum more than twice (not counting playing on DD-55), certaintly never play in front of more 2 people (my own family members only), when ask to play, I did hesitated but then I did it not because I have anything to share, but simply in the spirit of participation. I am not aware of any negative remark afterward as it won't matter to me...I choose to hear only the positive ones....So ladies do come forward next time...I know any of you would be much better than me...one day as the community grow and more drummer get better, new comer like me can just sit-watch-and-learn till the point where I have something to share, reason is by then the 5 hours time slot might become too precious to be use for practicing (that is the case for me as new comer in this meet up), it does not justify having 10 minutes of 50 people's time watching us practicing without any take home lesson....same of you may agree or disagree with me in this..thats OK...this is just how I think..
Lastly,
Many thanks to brother Fuman for private lesson on drum tuning, when I get home from the meet up, I clean up my guess room,setup my drumset and tune each drum applying principal learned from Fuman...all till 1 AM sunday...could not wait to play on it and to find out the next issue that need to be addressed soon...the noise level....that's is my next focus that might take sometime...hopefully not too long....fingers getting itchy...touching the drums like plainman said is not good enough...only hitting them will help...
Great Meeting....Great and nice people.....that's what I keep in mind and bring home from this meet up....
Can people bring guitars next time? :twisted:
Like only 1 bassist and 1 guitarist for a one off thing in one of the next meet-ups. Just a suggestion.
Dont tell me to start a Guitarists meet-up because that would be crazy. Probably 500 people turn up and everyone come down to shred their solos. Crazy. :lol: :lol: :lol:
All you drummers rule man. I loved all your solos.
Like only 1 bassist and 1 guitarist for a one off thing in one of the next meet-ups. Just a suggestion.
Dont tell me to start a Guitarists meet-up because that would be crazy. Probably 500 people turn up and everyone come down to shred their solos. Crazy. :lol: :lol: :lol:
All you drummers rule man. I loved all your solos.
plainsman
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fellow brothas and sistas,
got totally wasted on a JB gig after the xchange, hence the late thank you! & recap post here :lol:
i thoroughly enjoyed myself being a part of this drum meetup.
this being a growing thing, has its ups and down. i hope we can all continue to keep the heart open and big.
i know some of you is quite BIG heart already, cos i can tell some little stuff that not so positive or not very nice but you guys can still keep the big picture.
everyone is learning and striving to improve, as do myself and the rest of the organising committee.
Pls join hands with us and continue to work through the little stuff that crop up every now and then.
If there is anything, pls do not hesitate to feedback to eric, myself or committee members, we must and we will continue to look for every possible way to improve this drum meetups.
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and yes, "ah (drummer) buah" is one of the guys i felt pretty good about ever since i met him at a meetup i organised early last year. both him and frummer to me represent a bit of that new wave of drummers that don't just listen and regurgitate, but think every time they encounter something new or receive a new education tip or idea.
the thing is, they take the responsibility of their learning and development into their own hands.
i know for sure some of us tried to find that "holy sensei in the mountain" in the hope he/she will enlighten and give us all the answers to our questions (sigh) but really you'll always stay mindful, questioning frame of mind. no one teacher has the answers/solution to all your problems.
i hope one of these days one of our soft kids become a monster and go all the way, that would be a really good thing.
that said, lets not praise ah buah to the skies, hehe... i'm sure he himself feel he can improve even more, lets all agree to 'poke' him a little, to challenge him outside his comfort zone (we must balance this of course) if he can tahan every meetup the scrutiny and come out of it stronger, i know in time to come ah buah will become a really good drummer, perhaps one day a very skillful professional and clinician (anything goes!!!! gogogo)
cheers and happy woodsheeding!!!!
got totally wasted on a JB gig after the xchange, hence the late thank you! & recap post here :lol:
i thoroughly enjoyed myself being a part of this drum meetup.
this being a growing thing, has its ups and down. i hope we can all continue to keep the heart open and big.
i know some of you is quite BIG heart already, cos i can tell some little stuff that not so positive or not very nice but you guys can still keep the big picture.
everyone is learning and striving to improve, as do myself and the rest of the organising committee.
Pls join hands with us and continue to work through the little stuff that crop up every now and then.
If there is anything, pls do not hesitate to feedback to eric, myself or committee members, we must and we will continue to look for every possible way to improve this drum meetups.
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and yes, "ah (drummer) buah" is one of the guys i felt pretty good about ever since i met him at a meetup i organised early last year. both him and frummer to me represent a bit of that new wave of drummers that don't just listen and regurgitate, but think every time they encounter something new or receive a new education tip or idea.
the thing is, they take the responsibility of their learning and development into their own hands.
i know for sure some of us tried to find that "holy sensei in the mountain" in the hope he/she will enlighten and give us all the answers to our questions (sigh) but really you'll always stay mindful, questioning frame of mind. no one teacher has the answers/solution to all your problems.
i hope one of these days one of our soft kids become a monster and go all the way, that would be a really good thing.
that said, lets not praise ah buah to the skies, hehe... i'm sure he himself feel he can improve even more, lets all agree to 'poke' him a little, to challenge him outside his comfort zone (we must balance this of course) if he can tahan every meetup the scrutiny and come out of it stronger, i know in time to come ah buah will become a really good drummer, perhaps one day a very skillful professional and clinician (anything goes!!!! gogogo)
cheers and happy woodsheeding!!!!
Hey guys
Really thought it was quite a cool thing this meet up. Honestly, at first i was a bit disappointed, but i had the totally wrong mindset (heh - sorry!). But i ended up feeling like 5 hours had passed so quickly.
I think that we all should come with an open mind (as alfe said), but more importantly, with the goal of building friendships, as opposed to taking it to be like some clinic thing. Haha, which i admit i was sort of looking towards before i came.
Really appreciate how the committee did their best to welcome everyone and make us (the newbies!) comfortable.
Just some suggestions
While it's great that everyone shares their thoughts and just something they think is cool, i think it's good to have a defined "section" every meet-up, like maybe a theme or something every month (like this is the "funk" month), or maybe a little mini-lesson series for the younger players among us? Something to cement the meetings a little if you get what i mean.
Do you think it'd be cool if like we could get like a jam track or something for everyone to take home, and then we could all come back with our takes of the track and the ideas behind it? i think that'd be pretty cool!
Oh yeah, and some BIG thank yous:
RD, for organising this who thing and for being so friendly! sorry i couldn't join you guys for coffee
mel, man thanks for being so friendly too!
bliss, for the snare talk
alfe, for showing us the right attitudes to have, especially setting the example urself by being so open-minded and not judgmental!
buah, for sharing your practice pad with me haha
everyone else, for being willing to share and making the meetup so great
Really thought it was quite a cool thing this meet up. Honestly, at first i was a bit disappointed, but i had the totally wrong mindset (heh - sorry!). But i ended up feeling like 5 hours had passed so quickly.
I think that we all should come with an open mind (as alfe said), but more importantly, with the goal of building friendships, as opposed to taking it to be like some clinic thing. Haha, which i admit i was sort of looking towards before i came.
Really appreciate how the committee did their best to welcome everyone and make us (the newbies!) comfortable.
Just some suggestions
While it's great that everyone shares their thoughts and just something they think is cool, i think it's good to have a defined "section" every meet-up, like maybe a theme or something every month (like this is the "funk" month), or maybe a little mini-lesson series for the younger players among us? Something to cement the meetings a little if you get what i mean.
Do you think it'd be cool if like we could get like a jam track or something for everyone to take home, and then we could all come back with our takes of the track and the ideas behind it? i think that'd be pretty cool!
Oh yeah, and some BIG thank yous:
RD, for organising this who thing and for being so friendly! sorry i couldn't join you guys for coffee
mel, man thanks for being so friendly too!
bliss, for the snare talk
alfe, for showing us the right attitudes to have, especially setting the example urself by being so open-minded and not judgmental!
buah, for sharing your practice pad with me haha
everyone else, for being willing to share and making the meetup so great
plainsman
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thanks nkf31 for the feedback and suggestions :wink:
anish (ExRocker) proposed a similar thing about having a 'theme' for every meetup, he suggested 'Groove' be the theme for next meetup in september as we have been doing more chops-heavy stuff so far.
I'm keen for that as well, what u all think?
other feedback from softies included:
(1) MUST have a bassist or two to come along and jam along wif a softie drummer, then after the jam we can all feedback and give suggestion how best to improve.
very relevant issue raised here is how can the drummer get feedback how to improve without hurting anyone's ego etc.
i think david (mcgwire) was the one who suggested this!
(2) should provide tabs of stuff covered in drum meetup.
there's a sticky for this, but hardly used.
hongliang (hi) 's crazy army and mozambique stuff was pretty thoroughly provided in a separate post, but i guess not many guys went to woodshed it. (its up to personal preference anyhow)
hope someone can go post up songo and cascara notes so the rest can practice it in spare time. MIDI/wave files of samples greatly welcome as well.
(3) nkf31's minus one tracks idea is great as well. but what are the issues for us sharing such tracks? (copyright etc.)
any more ideas/suggestions keep em flowing!!
anish (ExRocker) proposed a similar thing about having a 'theme' for every meetup, he suggested 'Groove' be the theme for next meetup in september as we have been doing more chops-heavy stuff so far.
I'm keen for that as well, what u all think?
other feedback from softies included:
(1) MUST have a bassist or two to come along and jam along wif a softie drummer, then after the jam we can all feedback and give suggestion how best to improve.
very relevant issue raised here is how can the drummer get feedback how to improve without hurting anyone's ego etc.
i think david (mcgwire) was the one who suggested this!
(2) should provide tabs of stuff covered in drum meetup.
there's a sticky for this, but hardly used.
hongliang (hi) 's crazy army and mozambique stuff was pretty thoroughly provided in a separate post, but i guess not many guys went to woodshed it. (its up to personal preference anyhow)
hope someone can go post up songo and cascara notes so the rest can practice it in spare time. MIDI/wave files of samples greatly welcome as well.
(3) nkf31's minus one tracks idea is great as well. but what are the issues for us sharing such tracks? (copyright etc.)
any more ideas/suggestions keep em flowing!!
waittttt for me too come back for the groove one!!!! i wanna goooooooooo, it's 6 degrees right now and i just walked 600m up a slope in the rain home. ahhhh the things i do for drums.
anyhow wait till dec then do the groove one can? i'm doing my final paper on the history of funk so i'd have abit of stuff to share
anyhow wait till dec then do the groove one can? i'm doing my final paper on the history of funk so i'd have abit of stuff to share
snowflier, I promise to make it on time for the next meet-up! Although, I won't be able to make it on Sept 15 as I need to help out for a friend's gig at Orchard Library at 3pm. Stuck right in the middle, not here not there! LOL.
I think nkf31 is right. Making new friends and forging a strong community is quite important too. But sometimes, like snowflier pointed out, we might not be mindful of what we blurted out, especially it's everyone first time to meet each other. Still new to each other mah. Just now, I "accidentally" harassed mel80's bassist too. OOPS! :smt043
I think everyone's has good intentions at the end of the day. I've met many great folks since the Thomas Lang clinic and from the meet-up as well. I'm even happier to know more fellow girls drummers too. Just want to say, you girls and boys are awesome. *punch fist*
I think nkf31 is right. Making new friends and forging a strong community is quite important too. But sometimes, like snowflier pointed out, we might not be mindful of what we blurted out, especially it's everyone first time to meet each other. Still new to each other mah. Just now, I "accidentally" harassed mel80's bassist too. OOPS! :smt043
I think everyone's has good intentions at the end of the day. I've met many great folks since the Thomas Lang clinic and from the meet-up as well. I'm even happier to know more fellow girls drummers too. Just want to say, you girls and boys are awesome. *punch fist*
plainsman
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yes frummer... u shld have come
yahh we got a free mapex kit... but it might be awhile before we get it, hopefully by next meetup got 2 drumkit, then can drum battle.... ah buah vs frummer... LOL!!!
bro bluuredd, don t worry... u'll have plenty to share, we give u 30 minutes for the next meetup when u back, u want more also welcome...hee, we can rotate themes and be back at GROOVE again when u cum back....hahahh 8)
yahh we got a free mapex kit... but it might be awhile before we get it, hopefully by next meetup got 2 drumkit, then can drum battle.... ah buah vs frummer... LOL!!!
bro bluuredd, don t worry... u'll have plenty to share, we give u 30 minutes for the next meetup when u back, u want more also welcome...hee, we can rotate themes and be back at GROOVE again when u cum back....hahahh 8)
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