Drummers and Drum Majors

FERG · Post by **FERG** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:31 am

Anyone here from the drum section of the band?(or drum majors)
does the band still do all the same moves from back in the day?

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:35 am

How does a new dep get involved in the band???

eloisec · Post by **eloisec** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:59 am

talk to the Bandmaster

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:24 pm

DavebytheSea wrote:How does a new dep get involved in the band???

what's he play?

And to answer the orignal question - I wasn't at the front of the band - more at the back... but to my knowledge the moves have ot changed that much...

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:39 pm

Well he plays (after a fashion!) the piano and violin - neither very useful in this connection!. But he likes his music and will have to stop lessons when he gets to Housey because of financial constraints - he bashes around on his kid brother's drum kit, and I think he rather fancies having a go on the drums. Is it possible?

Thanks Elouise - obvious answer that! Trouble is, for one who has not yet found his way around, the bandmaster's whereabouts may be something of a mystery and there may not be time for a full-scale hunt during induction week! I expect he will suss it out ok, I was just trying toi get some of the reconnaissance done first.

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:57 pm

Bandmasters room is on the ground floor of the music school at the back (I think!)

I'm sure he could get drum lessons - I've no idea how long it would take to get up to standard in the band though...

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:00 pm

Thanks GP

tobeconfirmed · Post by **tobeconfirmed** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:47 pm

DavebytheSea wrote:Well he plays (after a fashion!) the piano and violin - neither very useful in this connection!. But he likes his music and will have to stop lessons when he gets to Housey because of financial constraints

I'm pretty sure that if you're past grade 5 standard (i.e. have passed grade 5) on a instrument, you get free tuition. That's exactly what happened to me anyway.

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:58 pm

tbs wrote:
DavebytheSea wrote:Well he plays (after a fashion!) the piano and violin - neither very useful in this connection!. But he likes his music and will have to stop lessons when he gets to Housey because of financial constraints
I'm pretty sure that if you're past grade 5 standard (i.e. have passed grade 5) on a instrument, you get free tuition. That's exactly what happened to me anyway.

Same with me - but that may have changed?

FERG · Post by **FERG** » Wed May 25, 2005 2:05 pm

well is the new dep coming into CH next year?ill be a Dep next year so i could get him to come or whatever.So i take it there arent any drummers on the forum then........

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Wed May 25, 2005 2:07 pm

Thanks both. Well that's what we thought! Unfortunately, while he is just about grade V on both instruments, they seem suddenly to have pushed the goal posts to grade VI - that he is not!! He is very upset that we are going to stop his lessons tho!

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Wed May 25, 2005 2:09 pm

Thanks Ferg. Yes he is - in Peele A (see limerick in limerick thread). Are you in the band? I think I will drop you an IM.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Wed May 25, 2005 2:10 pm

I thought that brass / wind tuition was free anyway (given that by learning these instruments you were likely to end up in the band). I hope this hasn't changed.......

I also took piano lessons for a while - these had to be paid for.

Don't know about strings, though.....Given my experiences sitting in the brass section of the orchestra in the '70s, I would have willingly paid people NOT to try to play them.

FERG · Post by **FERG** » Wed May 25, 2005 2:15 pm

i am in Peele A too and will be 3rd drummer next year,and am extremely likely to be band captain on my grecians

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Wed May 25, 2005 3:08 pm

Richard Ruck wrote:I thought that brass / wind tuition was free anyway (given that by learning these instruments you were likely to end up in the band). I hope this hasn't changed.......

I also took piano lessons for a while - these had to be paid for.

Don't know about strings, though.....Given my experiences sitting in the brass section of the orchestra in the '70s, I would have willingly paid people NOT to try to play them.

Afaik, all music lessons have to be paid for until Grade VI - I thought that some students got them free though...