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[weaktwos]

I suppose I should get up and face the day. My friend, Babydoc is coming over around 3-ish and we're heading to Fry's to look at some external hard drives for her. She suffered a hard drive crash and has not been feeling very safe, since.

I'm feeling abundantly lazy, at the moment. My drum kit needs to be lugged inside, since I didn't want to carry it in at 2 in the morning last night.

Let the record reflect that the music room at my friends' home is on the top of a detached garage. With narrow and steep stairs. I got a work out last night taking it upstairs, assembling it, and then dismantling it and delicately taking it downstairs to my car. The bass drum was the best.

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they're round aren't they?

[myasma.livejournal.com]

You could have just rolled them down the stairs! Oh what fun that would have been!

Re: they're round aren't they?

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

indeed! I'm sure it would have been appreciated by all!

And this is why....

[cotharyus.livejournal.com]

In the chaos between the second and third bands I was in, I became more and more thrilled at being the lead singer for the third band. I went from a big kit (double bass, 5 toms, two snares, three roto's and seven cymbals including the highhat) to having to keep up with a mic. And the mic was a wireless headset, so no stand, no long cords. But trust me, I feel your pain.

Re: And this is why....

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

What have you done with your kit since?

And what are roto's? I have not encountered that term, yet.

Re: And this is why....

[cotharyus.livejournal.com]

My kit was sold to the drummer in the third band, years ago. 10+ years ago. He had been the lead singer in the second band, but he was a natural on the drums, and I had a better voice. So with a new bassist, a new lead guitarist and out trusty R-man, we were ready to rock.

Rotos - Rototoms. They're very compact flat hex shaped 80's drums. Mike P. of Dream Theater still uses them quite extensively. I think they're very neat, but they can also have a very dated sound if not used properly, or if you rely on them too much.