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Originally Posted by sweetwater
Do drummers like Blue Man Group and Stomp performances, or is there an unbearable professional compromise going on of which the rest of us are unaware?
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I'm a drummer. I've only seen DVDs of these guys at Fry's, and I thought they were neat.
Cool gadgets; and group drumming doesn't need ultra-coordinated supermen, because you've got all these different brains controlling all these different arms and legs and instruments. All it takes is practice to get down the together-ness. Hours and hours of practice.
Although, drummers may prefer more technically-oriented group performances, like the
Hip Pickles:
I read a recent article about the Blue Man Group in Modern Drummer. They talked about recruiting new Blue Men, and the options were either to #1 recruit someone with theater experience who could be taught to drum, or #2 to recruit someone with drumming experience who could be taught to act. Both types of recruits have been successful, in that type of "performance art" act.
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Now, I have a question:
Why is the amount that an audio amplifier boosts a signal refered to as "
Volume"
???
The "
Volume" of what? This doesn't make sense with what the term "
Volume" means in other contexts.