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hairylarry

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28 June 2010

Hi,

This is an introductory note to Michael and all the percussionists out there.

I play drums but I am mainly on guitar, harmonica, and now piano again. I'm a composition major and I took three terms of percussion 30 years ago. Now I'm back in school taking Jazz Improv, Composition, and Marimbas.

I bought a Musser xylophone on ebay and I love it. In one of my past lives I was a carpenter so give me a hammer and something to hit and I'm happy.

Thanks,

Hairy Larry
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com

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drummer5359

16,058 posts (6 today)
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28 June 2010

Hey Hairy Larry, Welcome to the party. We have our share of people here who play multiple instruments. It's a friendly place, dive in. -Mike - Member since January 6, 2007 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U.S.A. "We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing." "My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am."
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servantrek

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28 June 2010

Welcome Larry I'm Billy from Alabama Billy Member since Feb. 15 2008 A Jester,unemployed,is nobodies Fool And the Lord said "LET THERE BE DRUMMERS..." and all the creatures big and small started tapping their feet. Hezikiah 13.2
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devoted2gretsch

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28 June 2010

Hey Larry. I play mallet stuff as well. Lots of fun! If you want a hammer and something to hit, you should consider becoming the worlds prodigy chime player! Member since at least October 2005!
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hairylarry

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29 June 2010

Hi all,

Thanks for making me welcome. I love all the drum humor. I'm too old to be a prodigy. But I do still work on my percussionist attitude.

Piano isn't a string instrument. Piano is a percussion instrument. Ask any piano repairman. When you press a key a hammer hits the strings.

Watch a Thelonius Monk video to see what I'm talking about in action. He's so physical the way he strikes the keys.

So here's my kit. Sixties vintage orange Kent drums with a wooden Ludwig snare from the same era. And I love my West German Camber ride cymbal.

I bought the drums in an antique store 25 years ago
for $35. All of the hardware and the cymbals were acquired one piece at a time. I'm not cheap, I'm just broke. I'm not a great drummer but I have had some great drummers play my kit and they made it walk and talk.

Thanks,

Hairy Larry

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