{"id":749,"date":"2004-08-26T22:44:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-26T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=749"},"modified":"2012-01-26T01:37:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T01:37:50","slug":"749","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/749\/","title":{"rendered":"Flats in Dagenham! Flats in Dagenham! Kate Bush!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you’re wondering what the above is about let me explain – the first is the written sound of the mighty drum roll intro to the 1980s stadium-thumper, ‘In a Big Country’ by Scots bagpipe-alike band, Big Country.<\/p>\n

The second is a representation of a snare drum being hit, quickly followed by a cymbal (the ‘Bush’ bit).<\/p>\n

I know, you’re baffled. It’s an old drummer’s joke, and the reason I’m dredging up these appalling nuggets of drummer ‘humour’ is that today I got to play on a drum kit again.<\/p>\n

Some of you may know that I had a moderate level of musical semi-obscurity during my other life as a drummer, playing for the likes of the Monochome Set, Dream Academy and having albums remixed by hotshot producers like The Orb.<\/p>\n

Despite securing several major record deals, my time in the music industry was a frustrating one, brought about by the necessity of constant contact with record company arseholes, egotists, brown nosers and fuckwits leaving me with a whole rack of unreleased singles, albums, masters, 48-tracks etc. all sitting at home, never to see the light of day.<\/p>\n

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\nI spent considerable time bashing the fuck out of these skins. Joy!<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, I digress. Today I was taking photos for a south London music studio, and seeing a battered old drum kit in a soundproofed room, I had to have a go.<\/p>\n

And I had fun.<\/p>\n

The good news is that it seemed that I hadn’t forgotten anything, and felt right at home laying down a few ‘funky drummers’, reggae riffs and nifty hi-hat triplets. The bad news is that the ease in which I hit my old standard of playing began to suggest that perhaps I wasn’t that good in the first place!<\/p>\n

And the even worse news (for people living in my vicinity) is that now I’m seriously thinking about investing in a small kit… I want a drum kit again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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