"How to get Jeff Rath's attention"

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:34 pm

Their loss.....

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:47 pm

Dane - You got mail, or, call me at home.

gray · Post by **gray** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:52 pm

Ageism in music drives me nuts. The drummer in my rock band is 50, I'm 33 and the rest of the guys are in their mid to late 20's and nobody cares. We play, we hang out, we get along fine. To us, there is no age, only music.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:56 pm

Dane, the same happened to me a couple of years ago. That is a pretty messed up attitude.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:06 pm

I just talked with a guy who had a freakin Michael Jackson song on his set list ... no way I am going to play that **** ...

I usually end up playing music with younger guys ...

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:51 am

'"I can't believe how hard it is to find a good drummer in SoCal!!!"'

Same problem here in Cleveland! Obviously it is drummers everywhere.

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:53 am

You'll find the right band, Jeff. You haven't been in Denver too long, yet.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:51 am

I never had a problem finding a drummer when in lived in the Bronx. Are all the drummers in the NYC area? LOL
I have a couple of drummers friends back in NY. I wish that at least one of them would move to SoCal.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:47 am

Actually Steve Cooper is a good drummer ... he just doesn't tell anybody ...

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:16 am

"How to get Jeff Rath's Attention"
hehehe, just say some disparaging things about 5 string basses!

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:14 am

"Same problem here in Cleveland! Obviously it is drummers everywhere."

Oberlin is the same way . . . we have plenty of great drummers . . . but they're all conservatory students who only play from jazz charts . . . try getting them to play "Rock and Roll" or "Who Are You?" and watch the eyes stare blankly . . .

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:40 pm

""How to get Jeff Rath's Attention"
hehehe, just say some disparaging things about 5 string basses!"

All you have to do is say "5 string bass" that gets my attention

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:47 am

I figured as much Jeff, do you really not play 4 stringers anymore? Myself, I'm too much of a old timer to fiddle with them newfangled contraptions, I'd get tangled up in all the strings!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:15 pm

Jeff, thanks for the compliment, I'm a tad rusty these days but would love to get out and pound on stuff sometime soon

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:24 pm

Steve ... you were better than some of the drummers we had in Minutes to midnight ...

Gene ... any stringed instrument that does not have a low B just seems weird to me ...