I once beat out Dale Fischer for the longest time running of playing the roles only for "Wipeout"! He had done it for 20 minutes, and the schools, grammar and high school were a buzz about it. Neil Warren, my friend who always would come over to hear me play anything for years, (accordion to guitar, to drums to organ and piano, said I should do, to help get my name around town more in music, for Dale was like Ginger Baker at that time.

I was timed at just over 25 minutes. We were allowed to use any part of the drum set, stands included. Rims, Whatever. I did about two minutes on cymbals, and found the bell area to be helpful for good bounce, (less energy used). When I got stiff, I would let the fingers do all the movement while playing the bell area of the cymbals. I heard Dale do his 20 minutes, a week earlier, and he didn't touch them. He used the rims sometimes, which I found causing me to stiffen up, so I didn't use them for the contest.

Dale searched me out, (I was a freshman, he a Senior), which showed great class. I knew he was still better than me in overall drumming, so I asked if he owuld show me some things. He did. Said a technique he uses is to put the ends of the sticks together and play around the drum set without having them slip off of each other. He said to do slow, soft playing of the snare, then gradually build up to be fast, hard playing of the snare. That was tough to do! (For long periods). Not sure why he did that though. ???

Anyway, I was 14 when I established myself as a musician, being mentioned along with Dale Fischer. That, and getting an organ got me into the best band in South Jersey at that time, "All Rights Reserved".

So, if challenged musically to do something that may seem silly. Do it if ou can! Much fun came from that instant two-town notoriety.

Actually a Member Since 1996 or 97 (Number One Hundred Something).
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