Drummers wanted for Bagpipe Band (Chesterton, IN)

Looking for existing drummers or those who want to learn Scottish style drumming and interested in playing with bagpipes.
See http://pipersanddrummers.com for band details.

 

Country Gospel Band Needs Drummer and Rhythm Player (Starke County)

From Craigslist:

thenewvisionband.com. A christian country band called "The New Vision Band" is in need of drummer and acoustic rhythm guitar player one of these people need the ability to sing tenor. We play for donations and if your a good musician and a Christian contact us. You can find out more about us on are website thenewvisionband.com

thenewvisionband.com
bandmix.com/the-new-vision-band

Drummer needed in South Bend, Indiana

From Craigslist:

We are Ronus. we are an original Thrash Metal band. We are in need of a drummer. we are ready to gig with the right person. serious inquiries only. the ability to play double bass is a priority. If you think you can keep up contact us at jmwaldron78@yahoo.com. or Ronus@rock.com. We are also on my space. www.myspace/ronusband.com. Also myspace/rocker_4_lif_78.com

Polish Those Cymbals!

Over the years, I’ve learned some definite do’s and don’ts where cymbal polishing is concerned. These tips will save you time and frustration.

I suppose if you really want to go crazy you can use a powered buffer, but I recommend you still use the following as a guideline.

Product: You can use just about any cymbal cleaner available at music stores, but I use basic BRASSO ® brand brass cleaner, which you can pick up at any local market or drug store. It’s less expensive then cymbal cleaner and does a great job.

THE DO’S

1. Of course read the cleaning product directions
2. Suit Up! It’s going to get dirty quick. Wearing household cleaning gloves and work clothes is a must. The stuff that comes off in the cleaning process is nasty, and will make your skin smell and feel really funky.
3. Do this job outside or in the garage. Cloths used in the cleaning process will get very dirty and create a strong odor. Your work area will also get dirty, so prep a large flat work surface area and cover it with plastic, cardboard or butcher paper.
4. Apply the cleaner with a dry cloth or paper towel. Apply in small sections and with the grain of the cymbal. I reiterate, SMALL SECTIONS WITH THE GRAIN OF THE CYMBAL. I work on each section of the cymbal like it’s in pieces of a pie. This will save you time! Bigger sections are not better. You’ll spend more time having to go back over your work.
5. Keep the cleaning product wet when applying. Immediately after applied, get a clean soft cloth or paper towel and rub very hard to remove the product and tarnish. This is KEY to doing the job right – put lots of elbow grease into it!
6. Overlap your sections to avoid creating lines of demarcation
7. A second or third application is optional, but I have found in some cases it doesn’t improve the shine.

THE DON’TS

1. DO NOT LET THE PRODUCT DRY! I can’t emphasize this enough. As soon as you apply it on the pie shaped section, get a new dry cloth and start rubbing it off. This is the key to speed and ease
2. Don’t apply the product to the whole cymbal at once. The process will take a great deal longer and you’ll waste lots of time trying to get the dry product off once it has dried.
3. Don’t do this task when you are tired. It takes a lot of arm strength, and if you have a lot of cymbals it will be a lot of hard work.

Using these tips, you’re polished cymbals will make your whole kit shine. That shine is what is called "the symbol of a shining cymbal."

Before and After:

MP3 Players found to cause hearing loss

Not exactly drummer news, but definitely interesting for anyone who loves music. Reuters reports:

Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned Monday.

The scientists' study, requested by the European Commission, attacked the concept of "leisure noise," saying children and teenagers should be protected from increasingly high sound levels -- with loud mobile phones also coming in for criticism.

"There has been increasing concern about exposure from the new generation of personal music players which can reproduce sounds at very high volumes without loss of quality," the Commission, the EU's executive arm, said in a statement.

"Risk for hearing damage depends on sound level and exposure time," it said. More and more young people were exposed to the significant threat that leisure noise posed to hearing, it said.

Commission experts estimate that between 50 and 100 million people listen to portable music players on a daily basis.

If they listened for only five hours a week at more than 89 decibels, they would already exceed EU limits for noise allowed in the workplace, they said. But if they listened for longer periods, they risked permanent hearing loss after five years.

I guess us drummers are screwed if they think MP3 players are too loud. . . .