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Grex > Music2 > #17: Alternative Drum Corps... anybody interested in creating one? | |
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mcnally
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response 25 of 87:
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Aug 15 17:11 UTC 1997 |
(drum & bugle, perhaps?)
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lumen
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response 26 of 87:
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Aug 16 08:23 UTC 1997 |
Drum & bugle. I most likely would have played contra if I had ever been a
member of one (the Mauraders are the best known here, HQ being in Longview,
WA)
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orinoco
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response 27 of 87:
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Nov 30 03:44 UTC 1997 |
Well, it's been a while since this thread's been active, but...
The other day, at the Bruise Gallery, I saw a drum made from a length of wide
pipe, a metal ring, and a skin head. I've been contemplating making a similar
deal out of scrap metal and suchlike, perhaps using a piece of innertube or
something similar for a head. I'll keep you all posted on how that turns out,
if I actually get off my ass and do it.
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lumen
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response 28 of 87:
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Nov 30 09:24 UTC 1997 |
rad.
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orinoco
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response 29 of 87:
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Nov 30 18:06 UTC 1997 |
Well, I'm still firmly on my ass, but hopefully I'll get out Monday and get
some supplies...
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teflon
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response 30 of 87:
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Dec 2 02:08 UTC 1997 |
Try again tommorrow... <Smile!>
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orinoco
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response 31 of 87:
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Dec 3 00:20 UTC 1997 |
I stopped by the scrap shop down near the Broadway bridge, but unfortunately
they wre five seconds from closing when seppuku and I got there. Some
intriguing stuff, though - we'll try again some other time.
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diznave
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response 32 of 87:
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Dec 3 18:03 UTC 1997 |
Dan, thanks for re-opening this item. I really *love* drums (aesthetically)
and drumming. Scott, if you still check this post, I think your idea is
wonderful. I can't tell you the number of times I've been in the middle of
a drum circle at a Dead show, or Phish show, or Rainbow gathering, etc., and
thought to myself, "You know, Davey boy, drumming sure is wonderful, and I'm
really enjoying myself, but this rythym we're playing is a very slight
variation of the same rythym I keep hearing over and over." Granted, drum
circles like these consist largely of people who are momentarily thrown
together for some sort of event, and likely will not run into each other
again. I wish I had a way of contacting people in my area, who are also
interested in getting together the kind of informal 'drum corp' that scott
discussed.
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teflon
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response 33 of 87:
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Dec 3 19:38 UTC 1997 |
who is seppuku?
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orinoco
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response 34 of 87:
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Dec 4 02:32 UTC 1997 |
Seppuku is KK.
Diznave - you're in Florida, no?
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scott
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response 35 of 87:
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Dec 4 17:12 UTC 1997 |
Scrap shop? What do they carry?
Yeah, I'd still like to do this, but arranging the time is tricky.
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scott
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response 36 of 87:
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Dec 4 17:23 UTC 1997 |
Oh, what the heck, gotta start somewhere.
Who's available this Friday evening to doof around with this idea?
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orinoco
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response 37 of 87:
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Dec 5 21:19 UTC 1997 |
This Friday being today? I think I might be able to put in an appearance,
if I find out a time and place within an hour or two, but really I think a
bit more notice would be nice so we could get a sizable group together.
The scrap shop in question is over near the Gandy Dancer and the hospital,
although I don't recall its name or adress. They've got all sorts of sheets,
pipes, etc., along with some more entertaining pieces like a few circuit
boards from dead computers and an old and defunct keg.
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scott
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response 38 of 87:
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Dec 5 22:46 UTC 1997 |
Too little notice, I guess.
How about next Friday, the 12th?
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orinoco
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response 39 of 87:
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Dec 6 14:25 UTC 1997 |
I should be able to make it, if I can persuade the parents that you're not
a serial killer looking for victims - they're silly that way. :)
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teflon
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response 40 of 87:
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Dec 10 01:58 UTC 1997 |
um, Dan, aren't you forgeting that party Friday? Or is it Saturday?
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diznave
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response 41 of 87:
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Dec 10 04:34 UTC 1997 |
Dan, yes I am (re# 34). Do you happen to know some drum circle people in my
area? ;->
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orinoco
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response 42 of 87:
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Dec 10 22:38 UTC 1997 |
No, I was just refreshing my useless memory. And the 13th is Saturday,
Cricket.
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teflon
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response 43 of 87:
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Dec 15 19:27 UTC 1997 |
details, details. If it was MY choice, we would have partied BOTH days.
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scott
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response 44 of 87:
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Feb 9 01:04 UTC 1998 |
Well, I'm getting inspired about this again.
I have two things in mind: An esoteric drumming (and perhaps other
things) corps that can do some tricking & impressive things... and a
guerrilla entertainment gang that runs in, does some quick entertaining,
and then runs back out. So combined... I have this sick little fantasy
of coordinating an underground street entertainment strike force,
entirely low tech. We'd coordinate by using the sidewalk chalk to list
times & locations for "strike forces". There might be a listing like
"1pm at State & Liberty, on the traffic island, facing west", and the
troops would infiltrate the crowd there at about 12:57. A whistle
(heck, why not a bugle) signal causes a sudden rush, instruments and
noisemakers are yanked out of shopping bags, and the "Dumb Corps" does
something like King Crimson's "Thrak" in tight a tightly rehearsed
arrangement. It finishes, and the guerrillas suddenly split in all
directions and vanish into the crowd. 30 minutes later in Nickle's
Arcade, east end... :)
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raven
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response 45 of 87:
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Feb 9 01:30 UTC 1998 |
Wow that sounds really awesome. I'm very much interested. This town needs
something that's talented yet unorthadox to shake it out of it's lethargy.
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orinoco
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response 46 of 87:
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Feb 9 03:38 UTC 1998 |
<grin>
Yeah, Scott and I had a decent conversation about this during the intermission
of a show that also included an Elvis impersonator, so the sanity of the idea
is definitely in question. I like it. :)
The instrumenty dingamawhatsis that I've been working on for time immemorial
is almost finished, but it's far from portable, and far from loud.
One idea that struck me since the discussion is that of a large staff/walking
stick with noisemakers attatched - bells or clappers or clangy things that
would go off when the stick's owner moved.
This definitely sounds like fun
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cyklone
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response 47 of 87:
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Feb 9 13:06 UTC 1998 |
Sounds intersting Scott, keep posting further ideas/developments.
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teflon
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response 48 of 87:
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Feb 10 00:01 UTC 1998 |
Re: 45 I don't know that I'd really call Ann Arbor Lethargic... Perhaps
living here too long has made some of us a bit blase about the plac know that
I can name quite a a few places that are quite a bit sleepier then this
place...
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raven
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response 49 of 87:
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Feb 10 01:58 UTC 1998 |
Speak for yourself compared to say San Francisoco this town is lethargic.
We can change that though, let's keep the discussion about this performence
troup going.
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