Shotts and Dykehead are one of the best (and my favourite) pipe bands. I was taken to their practice before the Highland Games and it was as if only one drummer was playing, that tight.
World Champions on a number of occasions...you're born in to the band! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotts_and_Dykehead_Caledonia_Pipe_Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9WIq0tTlqc On Monday, April 18, 2016 at 2:36:24 PM UTC+1, bobby cormier wrote: > > my dad's a great & innovative drummer. several different drum lines from > different bands played music my father had written from one decade or > another up 'till one written a few months ago for a particularly talented > father & young son duet. he was much maligned in the mid '60s for writing > less traditional pieces & arrangements. i remember hearing some of the > comments. but he was listening to bebop jazz & pop & used some of those > rhythms. it's really silly, but some people can get SO upset about art. now > they're giving him awards,plaques & medals. it was fun (tho i'd also done > this a few times before) talking to the scottish drummers. we play in a > more "open" sticking style, as do the swiss. they play in a more "closed" > buzz-roll style. which is fascinating to watch & talk about since it's not > what i'm most used to playing. if any of the pipe bands that you know > people in have anything on you tube, send me a link here or on fb. > > On Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 4:46:12 PM UTC-4, Jurgenhaim wrote: >> >> Bobby, I have a load of friends who drum in pipe bands...really >> complicated timing and really disciplined! Your dad must have been a great >> drummer! >> >> On Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 5:07:00 PM UTC+1, bobby cormier wrote: >>> >>> i always think of how a bunch of us were discussing getting together on >>> new year's eve in nyc & watching the ball drop in times square from the >>> vantage point of an ideally situated apartment of a relative of his. then, >>> before it happened, mike had left the building so to speak. i was really >>> excited about that; to meet a lot of you & have some real fun. i still >>> think of it especially toward the end of the year. >>> >>> gordon: i went to a convention last night in connecticut that had to do >>> with drumming & saw some scottish pipe bands. it was ALOT of fun & i didn't >>> get home 'til after midnight. my dad picked up a lifetime achievement >>> award because he's spent his life instructing & writing music for marching >>> drum lines. >>> >>> On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 7:53:04 AM UTC-4, Add Some...Lee M. >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Our Mike...that is? What WOULD he say about all that's going on with >>>> everything from Love [and his stinky little book] to Trump [and HIS stinky >>>> little campaign]. From [our] stars dropping like flies to Brian touring >>>> Pet Sounds on the occasion of its 50th year. >>>> >>>> We're here because on Michael Lenz. Thanks Mike. >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
