Looper's Delight Archive Top (Search)
Date Index
Thread Index
Author Index
Looper's Delight Home
Mailing List Info

[Date Prev][Date Next]   [Thread Prev][Thread Next]   [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index]

Re: EDP switches for drummers



In the life story of Leanardo Davinci it is believed that he lost the use 
of his
right hand in mid life and all the rest of the incrdible things he drew 
with his
left hand. not sure how good he was with his feet tho'


Mark Hamburg wrote:

> on 11/8/02 6:33 PM, Jon Wagner at jondrums@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > ha!  You forget that a kit drummer uses 4 limbs independently to make
> > sounds, so sparing 1 limb isn't as big a deal as it is for a guitar 
>player.
> > It takes some practice to learn certain patterns with only one hand, 
>but it
> > is possible for most types of music. So, yes, I CAN play like that.  
>Now the
> > question that is still in the air: Can I play well, like that?
>
> Didn't Def Leppard's drummer have only one arm? (Augh! My mind is filled
> with useless trivia!)
>
> Mark