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Playing drums and singing at the same time
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:11 am
by Saturday_Archive
Georgia Hubley from Yo La Tengo does both things pretty well...
the main problem with playing drums + singing is that it´s really boring to watch imho.
Playing drums and singing at the same time
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:31 pm
by placeholder_Archive
trilonaut wrote:...this band "uninvited" from memphis, they all sang kinda equally, often at the same time -- not harmony, more like three jello biafras or something...but the best is ruins! yoshida's voice is awesome crazy!
Uninvited are a reasonably good Memphis band, and it is strange to see them mentioned on this board. I don't know why. Stranger still is that I saw them support Ruins here a couple of years ago. Ruins were just so damned great. So. Damned. Great.
That is all.
Playing drums and singing at the same time
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 2:16 pm
by davesec_Archive
singing and drumming in odd timing is kind of hard. aside from that i'm pretty comfortable and can sing independent of my playing.
Playing drums and singing at the same time
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:08 pm
by kinglog_Archive
The old Xerobot drummer had a good thing going with drumming, singing, etc:
http://www.trin-tran.com/
Playing drums and singing at the same time
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:44 am
by dre_Archive
I used to do it in my old band. I never did leads but I did a ton of backups that were pretty much independent from the rhythms I was playing.
Oh we kicked out our drummer in my new band (I normally play guitar/sing), so I had to play a show on short notice on drums and er, yeah THAT sucked. I was all over the place whenever the throat kicked in. But I think normally (i.e. with practice) I can pull it off.
I have a wireless headset. Let the Madonna jokes ensue.
Playing drums and singing at the same time
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:28 pm
by Swat_Archive
'Death From Above 1979' seem to do it fairly well.
There was a band from Victoria (BC, Canada) called 'Pigment Vehicle' that blew my mind. Crazy, mathy stuff... and the drums were always set up at the front of the stage... sideways, so when he turned his head to sing, he'd be lookin' at you.
Playing drums and singing at the same time
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:49 pm
by gaetano_Archive
i play the drums standing up and i sing at once.
i find it fun and i don't have problems with tempo. it's just really tiring.
also after a show my left leg feels sore: i play the bass drum with my right foot and the weight of my body rests solely on my left leg.
phisically gruelling, but lots of fun.
Playing drums and singing at the same time
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:46 pm
by danmohr_Archive
I have some "vocal" duties in addition to my drumming duties. While the whole "vocal" thing makes me somewhat uncomfortable, somebody's got to do it. My band likes to refer to our vocals as "vocals" and we try to divide up said "vocal" duties since we all hate doing it - though not as much as we hate the idea of being yet another instumental band.
The "vocal" thing is not really hard (as in complex), but the yellin' really takes away the wind that fuels the drummin'. Maybe this is why Don Henley sings like such a "preening fag".
Dan