the links & miscellany of m.kelley » gig notes http://mkelley.net useless knowledge since 2000 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:00:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Gig Notes: Keel Family Function http://mkelley.net/2009/04/06/gig-notes-keel-family-function/ http://mkelley.net/2009/04/06/gig-notes-keel-family-function/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:48:04 +0000 m.kelley http://mkelley.net/?p=88008788

We did two sets this weekend at the Keel Family Function; a Friday night electric set and a Saturday acoustic set. Friday was one of our best sets, I personally think we played. A couple of flubs but nothing major. Saturday’s acoustic set was about an hour behind but we pulled it off eventually.

Notes for for the drum stuff…..For Friday – I tried out my new 20″ china in place of my 20″ Paiste 2002 effects crash. I think I’m going back to the 20″ Paiste after trying it out again at the acoustic set. I still need to find a replacement for my newly cracked 2002 Medium, I have a 20″ replacement on my kit for LSP and might wind up using it for everything. But again, good gigs, just need to tweak some of my cymbalage.

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no nuts, originally uploaded by iomike.

Last night, I played my first gig with Nothing & The Nobodies. We’re probably more in the vein of a jam band than a typical rock band. Lots of classic rock stuff, etc. Played as a three piece w/ two people I’ve been in bands with for almost half of my life.

Now, as a drummer, I’m not really a “basher”. I play in a jazzy traditional grip, sometimes play fairly quiet in my other band Gypsy Muse, etc. Last night, I literally beat the nuts off a new snare drum. Never had that happen before. Testing out a prototype fiberglass snare, and yep when I picked it up after the gig, heard ‘em rattling around.

As far as gig notes, I tried out the snare and a new 22″ ride cymbal that I’ve been “aging” for a couple of weeks. The “aging” process is to speed up adding patina to the b20 bronze cymbal. This one is a bit too heavy and will be replaced by the thinner 24″ Paiste prototype.

I’m not gonna use that snare in this context again. I’ll stick w/ what I normally use. This one has always been a tricky snare: loud as metal but with a similar attack as a wood snare. It’s not a favorite.

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