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Duckboy
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Post by Duckboy Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:21 pm
white summer wrote: Duckboy wrote: that makes him a bad writer
and how many drummers write then songs for there band, i would guess not many
lots actually
phil collins
neil peart
dave grohl
cozy powell
this list goes on but i cant be bothered
okay give me the percent of songs written by drummers and im sure it will be very low
and i take i cant be botered as i cant think of anymore
and all these well known facts that you are always on about how many of them do anyone else know?
PublicImage
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Post by PublicImage Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:36 pm
There are lots of drummers who write music for their bands in jazz.
Duckboy
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Post by Duckboy Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:41 pm
PublicImage wrote: There are lots of drummers who write music for their bands in jazz.
that is true i cant believe i forgot a whole genre... all im saying though is in a conventional rock band the drummer rarely writes anything
PublicImage
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Post by PublicImage Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:44 pm
That's because they rarely need to know anything more than how to play a simple 4/4 beat.
Duckboy
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Post by Duckboy Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:45 pm
PublicImage wrote: That's because they rarely need to know anything more than how to play a simple 4/4 beat.
which is why Mason was a sufficient drummer
PublicImage
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Post by PublicImage Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:48 pm
Yes, he could even play in 7/4 and 3/4 when occasion served!
Duckboy
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Post by Duckboy Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:49 pm
moom
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Post by moom Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:54 pm
Duckboy wrote: and how many drummers write then songs for there band, i would guess not many
PC - after Gabriel's departure and up to We Can't Dance an probably present, co-wrote ~all songs of the 1981-1991 era, or writes a bunch solely.
DG - only wrote 1 song, Marigold, for Nirvana, but is the chief songwriter in later outings.
CP - co-wrote ~all songs for Rainbow in late 70s.
Hogtown
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Post by Hogtown Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:57 pm
Didn't Don Henley write some songs, and that fellow from the BAND, and that fellow from Triumph, and that fellow from Irpinia?
PublicImage
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Post by PublicImage Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:58 pm
He probably already knew that when he posted it, moomy. But thanks for your contribution anyway.
white summer
Post by white summer Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:53 am
The Band were one of the crappest bands of all time
my breakfast.
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Post by my breakfast. Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:20 pm
white summer wrote: The Band were one of the crappest bands of all time
And at the end of a sentence, children, we put a full stop. See? Like this. Punkt.
and how many drummers write then songs for there band, i would guess not many
