http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/ Drumzilla's Lair - Drums, drumming, and the business of music. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:04:55 GMT Stephanie Ellison http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30998 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30998 Exactly, outside the box. However, keep in mind that you losing your hearing would be very different from my not having it in the first place (at least that I Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:22:24 GMT scshephard@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30997 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30997 Ya know, I do believe that Evelyn Glennie is deaf.? She is one of Europe's top (orchestra) percussionists. I've been wondering, how many of us would still Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:16:39 GMT mgrogg51 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30996 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30996 +That was Ludwig Van Beethoven. He went deaf after already being established as a great composer. At the premier of the symphony you talk about, at the end Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:28:23 GMT flintinterpreter http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30995 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30995 OH!!!!!!! ok, no I didn't know that you are Deaf. When I heard a person ask for help, not knowing that you are Deaf yourself. I thought about when a girl in Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:33:06 GMT paukenmeister http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30994 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30994 Jesse, I found the pictures on Jim's page in the "drummerworld" website (http://www.drummerworld.com). The grip in question is applicable to matched as well as Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:12:30 GMT Jesse Segovia http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30993 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30993 Are any of these pictures on-line? I'd love to see them. Before he found Freddie Gruber, Dave Weckl used to rave about Chapin - I don't know if he studied Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:48:54 GMT paukenmeister http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30992 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30992 But you can't take the band out of the geek! From Wednesday, June 24, to Friday, July 3, I had the distinct honor of working with the Hobart High School Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:43:43 GMT paukenmeister http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30991 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30991 Hi. After seeing pictures of Jim Chapin (RIP), I wanna try a different grip. For the longest time, I've had it pounded in to my head that the tip of the stick Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:22:58 GMT Stephanie Ellison http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30990 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30990 ... Thanks. I don't like it at all because it's boring. I've got to have variation in the song, and he likes to play fast. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:22:47 GMT Stephanie Ellison http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30989 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30989 ... Yes, and bone conduction doesn't work for me. Thanks, though. - - - Stephanie Ellison deafdrummer@... I get a little nervous when all the Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:57:15 GMT Gye Bennetts http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30988 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30988 Wanted to let everyone know that Part Two of my in-depth interview with former Yes/King Crimson/Earthworks drummer Bill Bruford is now playing at We Will Rock Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:21:54 GMT cv_511 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30987 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30987 Stephanie, Sounds like a fun project. One type of music you might want to get into is trance music like "dance trance" or "bass drive", which is a repetitive Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:50:37 GMT Gye Bennetts http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30986 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30986 Drumzilla's Lair - Drums, drumming, and the business of music.http://www.wewillrockyoublog.com/2009/07/01/interview-with-bill-bruford-part-one/ [Non-text Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:12:40 GMT win_daddy http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30985 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30985 As a drummer, you may be able to help his lack of timing by playing cues, (light fills) at the end of every phrase, or at regular intervals such as every 4 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:06:59 GMT win_daddy http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30984 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/message/30984 Stephanie- I've seen ads lately for hearing aids that work using 'bone conduction' where the amplified sound is played on a small transducer that presses on