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      Griener reacted to toddbishop's post in the thread The Bass Player And The Drummer with Like Like.
      That kind of wears me out, honestly. It's not like he's wrong, you just can't be going in with a checklist of "ya gotta watch out...
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      Update as of 07/27/2025: The only items currently in stock are: Gripped Thai Sticks Gripped Fatty Thai Sticks 3/8" Timbale Sticks...
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      Griener replied to the thread Snare & stand match up.
      I think the A&F snare stand also fits perfectly with my Slingerland Radio King set (together with Tama Classic cymbal stands and the...
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      Griener reacted to toddbishop's post in the thread Broad Advice for Students… with Like Like.
      I like something Tom Grant said to me once-- it was a complaint about another drummer-- "Try to sound like you've heard a jazz record."...
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      Griener reacted to Chris Whitten's post in the thread Career ceilings with Like Like.
      Really... it never occurred to me. I started playing classical percussion at 11, I went to music college at 16 and all I ever wanted to...
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      Griener reacted to Chris Whitten's post in the thread Career ceilings with Like Like.
      Agreed. Most musicians I met starting out wanted to play music everyday, and hopefully be paid to do it. It's a different person who...
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      Griener reacted to toddbishop's post in the thread Career ceilings with Like Like.
      I don't know what 'big time' means to you, but how many believe that? Are you dealing with a lot of professionally bound young...
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      Griener reacted to Chris Whitten's post in the thread Career ceilings with Like Like.
      The problem with these statements is it is a two way street. I play for the love of playing. So I do it professionally so I don't have...
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      I took lessons from Pete LaRoca Sims, and we talked a lot about sound. He showed me his Regal Tip sticks with nylon tips and said he...
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      Griener reacted to toddbishop's post in the thread Mel Lewis' Swish cymbal with Love Love.
      Man talk about a war horse. Oh right he just made two more of them, I got some video of them before they got chonked-- they sounded...
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      Griener replied to the thread Mel Lewis' Swish cymbal.
      This is Dizzy’s: And this is mine: I couldn't be happier with how that cymbal turned out! I’ve also heard that Cymbal & Gong received...
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      Griener reacted to fabiodrummy's post in the thread Idris Muhammad with Like Like.
      Please, dear drummers., listen to his drumming style.!! -dvd-1036,a,-JOE LOVANO ,sax ''Duo'' ,+, IDRIS MUHAMMAD ,dr.. Jam Live Jazz...
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      Griener reacted to toddbishop's post in the thread Idris Muhammad with Like Like.
      He's great, caught him with Ahmad Jamal ~2002ish. Great jazz drummer, great funk drummer, I've done a bunch of stuff on him.
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      Griener replied to the thread Freestyle advice?.
      There is a great book by John Stevens, drummer and one of the founding figures of European free improvised music, with exercises he used...
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      Griener reacted to toddbishop's post in the thread Freestyle advice? with Like Like.
      Some ideas to play off of, after everybody runs out of things to play in the first three minutes: -- Playing out of time, think about...
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