What I learned at the Guitar Center Drum-Off

[zimbop]

I made it to most of the local Guitar Center Drum-Off competitions, including the finals. Aside from the fun and games, I learned some important stuff from the Drum-off. Here's the main lessons, just for fun:

1. If you don't have a double bass pedal you haven't lived.
2. Grooves have no place in a drum-off, metal solos ONLY.
3. If you get out of rhythm, or completely suck to begin with, just lean in and bang harder.
4. If the drum heads aren't ruined for the next guy then you aren't going to win.
5. Wearing gloves for drumming is an inverse indicator of skill.
6. If you're the really hot mom of one of the contestants, stand in front of me the whole time. :-Q
7. Actually a corollary to #6, I'm OLD.

:-)

Anybody else go to one of these?

[hayden]

Haha, no... sounds funny though! Our local stores have competition deals from time to time, packed with metal heads, I wonder what the reactions would be to a jazzy rudimental solo??

[zimbop]

I wonder what the reactions would be to a jazzy rudimental solo??

Last year's winner was like that. Quite nice really.