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To: left that other site; Drumbo

“Our drummer broke his foot!

Please pray for bobby...he didn’t need this.”

I hope and pray that your drummer heals quickly.

However, his situation reminded me of this: ( Being a percussionist, I can relate to it! ) ;-)

From Craigslist:

Looking for someone special who would kill my drummer for $100.00. Do not fear any negative consequences for this act. Any self-respecting law enforcement agency would gladly turn the other cheek once they hear this guy “play”.

I am tired of hearing his 70s style fills put in the wrong spot and ending one half beat early or late depending on how much he’s had to drink.

I am tired of him standing up behind his drums between songs, ripping his shirt off and flexing his muscles at wedding receptions where we were hired to play Air Supply, Carpenters, and Ann Murray songs because “Chicks dig the pecs, dude!”

I am tired of him showing up 20 minutes late for rehearsals then pouting until someone helps him load in his drums, then taking 30 minutes to set them up and needing a smoke break every 15 minutes, then wanting to leave early because “This chick is so fine, I can’t say no, and she knows record people dude, so it’s for the band.”

I am totally done with him calling me up at midnight to play me some durned jazz-fusion album from 1981, crying and saying how we shouldn’t have sold out to “The Man” and asking if I know anyone who can get him some weed knowing full well I smoked twice in 1969 and never touched it after that.

I am sick of him passing gas on stage where the drum mics pick it up and thinking this stuff is funny. I am tired of kicking off slow ballads at well under 80 bpm only to have them morph into the methamphetimine version of “Flight of the Bumble Bee”, because that’s the tempo he “feels” it at.

I am tired of having to carry jumper cables to the gig because “I must have left the dome light on again, dude,” instead of admitting his 84 Oldsmobile is a worn out piece of junk.

I am tired of him asking when he’s gonna get a drum solo. I am tired of paying his tab at restaurants because “That chick must have stolen my wallet man, but it was worth it “cause she was a phreak”.

I will not move my amp again so he can put another new cymbal on the stage, because “When we learn some fusion I’ll need this sound”.........please somebody kill this freak.

I can’t do it because he’s my brother and mom would be so angry even though she thinks the band would probably sound better, too.

Besides, if you are good at killing drummers, you could probably make a lot of money in this town.


157 posted on 11/15/2014 12:31:25 PM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

And Don’t get me STARTED on the Bass Player!

LOL


158 posted on 11/15/2014 12:57:06 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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