Not too worried, I wasn't incredibly desperate to play - I was still recovering from a hard Thursday night!
Anyway, just my observation from a first UDS. On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 4:14 AM, Jamu Kakar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Benjamin, > > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Benjamin Humphrey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'd just like to chime in with some quick feedback - I was a bit > > disappointed that myself and around three or four other people never got > a > > chance to play. I brought my drumsticks all the way from New Zealand only > to > > be yelled at for not scrolling the lyrics at one stage. > > Admittedly I never got around to attending a practice during the week at > La > > Hulpe because I was really busy, but perhaps less hogging of the > equipment > > and a more "ubuntu" type approach to the affair might work? > > Well, we didn't really have practises with drums because a drum set > wasn't available until the Friday night. I'm surprised that you > didn't get a chance to play drums... I played on about 80% of the > songs and would have happily shared rhythm duties, but no one came > to ask if they could sit in. Had I known you were interested, I > would have come to find you to make sure you had a chance to sit in. > > I'm not saying that "hogging" doesn't happen, but I've seen the case > several times where people complain that they don't get to play but > also don't take the initiative to go and say, "Hey, do you mind if I > sit in?" > > I love to play, but I'm *always* happy to share the drum throne. I > just need to know that someone else is interested. > > Thanks, > J. > -- Benjamin Humphrey interesting.co.nz
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