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Q: I've started rehearsing with a big band and while I'm finding it a lot of fun and a good challenge, I've been having a hard time keeping the time. The director counts it off and I feel like it immediately wants to slow down. The horns seem to play way behind the beat much of the time and it just feels uncomfortable no matter what I do. if I play with the bassist, it feels like the train is about to derail, it feels like he is following the horns/singer. Any suggestions?
by Ralph A Kolarik (Santa Rosa CA)April 20, 2012 1:29 PM
Excellent concert at CSU in Fort Collins, CO. Thanks for sharing your talent and working with the percussion students.
by Cory Carroll (United States)April 12, 2012 11:47 PM
Hi John, Glad to see you are doing so well. Didn't now you were going to be in the area. Please call or write ! Doug Walter, Head of Percussion University of Colorado at Boulder
by Doug Walter (Boulder CO)April 11, 2012 10:32 AM
Are you playing at The Village Vanguard Monday, 04/09/12? I'm a friend of Joel Fulgham's from Houston Texas and in town for a few days. It's entirely possible my wires got crossed but my wife and I made plans to hear and see you. We actually got our tickets in advance some time ago. Honestly, I thought we had our ducks lined up in a row.
by Cary Kuperman (The Wellington Hotel, Manhattan )April 8, 2012 10:57 PM
Hi - impossible question here - I want to get a new drum set (getting tired of teh pearls I've playing for 20 years). Tehre are so many good sets out there now - do you have a prefernece and why? Thanks and Regards Wil
by Wil Saint (USA - Connecticut)March 30, 2012 10:11 AM
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