Chud Fusk wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:19 pm

Ryan Zepaltas wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:48 pm

Wood Goblin wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:27 pm The correct answer is to have about 20 toms, and then to play rudimentary beats and almost no fills.

What the?

holy chit meng

I really want to know how this got made. Like the full backstory behind the solo record deal, and the conceptualization of the video, how much it cost to make and how much money was lost. I don't remember this at all from 80s MTV and I watched all of it. Fascinating.

Ryan Zepaltas wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:52 pm

Chud Fusk wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:19 pm

Ryan Zepaltas wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:48 pm

What the?

holy chit meng

I really want to know how this got made. Like the full backstory behind the solo record deal, and the conceptualization of the video, how much it cost to make and how much money was lost. I don't remember this at all from 80s MTV and I watched all of it. Fascinating.

Holy shit. Yeah. I want to know all of that too. WHYYYYYY?!!!!!

According to Wikipedia that video cost $500K.

It should also be noted that Luis had the Guinness record for an 114 piece drum kit.

Are those the dinosaurs from that stupid TV show or just other rando dinosaurs??

penningtron wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:06 am Are those the dinosaurs from that stupid TV show or just other rando dinosaurs??

The video came out about 5 years before Dinosaurs and was nominated for a Grammy.

I'm really going down a rabbit hole now...

Ridiculous drummer but a handsome guy and a very nice voice. He should have been a frontman. Too bad he remains forever trapped within the monstrous kit he created.

I play drums “just for fun” and have been playing with the ubiquitous two mounted toms, one floor tom set up alluded to above for pretty much my whole life playing rock music.

However, I voted “sky’s the limit”. Percussion is fun.

twelvepoint wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 12:21 pm Ridiculous drummer but a handsome guy and a very nice voice. He should have been a frontman. Too bad he remains forever trapped within the monstrous kit he created.

wikipedia wrote:ardenas followed "Runaway" with the self-penned "Hungry for Your Love", which featured Phyllis Diller and Cardenas's pet tiger Bundi in the video

Putting Phyllis Diller aside for a moment, I think we can start drawing a correlation between pet tigers and tom abuse.

Seriously though, other than Latin, funk, or other groove based music, I don't see excess tuned drums contributing to the musicality of rock music, and unless you're triggering shit you can only beat two at a time anyways.

Steve Morris needed all those toms to play “Atrocity Exhibition.” Sky’s the limit.

If I drummed, it would be one up, one down, both huge.

Any number is fine as long as they are tuned in a way that fits well with whatever else is happening.