Drummers are top athletes

Subject: Drummers are top athletes
From: GUEST,Gerry
Date: 22 Jul 08 - 08:00 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7518888.stm and elsewhere - just do a websearch for drummer athlete. It starts,

"Playing the drums for a rock band requires the stamina of a Premiership footballer, research suggests."

Subject: RE: Drummers are top athletes
From: Ernest
Date: 23 Jul 08 - 01:58 AM

So science found the proof that drummers are NOT musicians.....

;0)
Ernest

Subject: RE: Drummers are top athletes
From: banjoman
Date: 23 Jul 08 - 06:24 AM

Definition of a musician quoted from Basingclog Morris some years ago
" Anyone who isn't dancing and still has the srength to bash hell out of a base drum"
Thats the reason I quit as a musician

Subject: RE: Drummers are top athletes
From: Sugwash
Date: 23 Jul 08 - 06:49 AM

I like drummers, they take the heat off banjoists... alas, not for long. I have noted that they seem to sweat a lot and thus require an inordinate amount of beer to 'rehydrate'.

Subject: RE: Drummers are top athletes
From: PoppaGator
Date: 23 Jul 08 - 05:56 PM

My kid brother Paul is an R&B/RnR drummer, and an excellent one. I know quite well how physically demanding the job can be.

Of course, the aerobic-exercise factor, the need for physical strength and endurance, etc., etc., is pretty much the same for any drummer who's working regularly, regardless of whether he's any good at all or not...

Subject: RE: Drummers are top athletes
From: Don Firth
Date: 23 Jul 08 - 07:59 PM

And then, there's playing DRUMS.

There was a troupe of these folks playing one afternoon near the flag pavilion at one of the Northwest Folklife Festivals a few years back.

They really work up a sweat. And you don't just hear them, you feel them!

At least 4.5 on the Richter Scale.   CLICKY.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Drummers are top athletes
From: Bobert
Date: 23 Jul 08 - 08:01 PM

So I guess that why it's always the drummer who dies at age 40???

Subject: RE: Drummers are top athletes
From: Mooh
Date: 23 Jul 08 - 10:55 PM

Having played bass in a rocking R'n'B rhythm section with a couple of drummers who have music degrees and lots of experience, I've seen too many sweaty load outs. Many times we had both of these guys at the same time, one on kit, the other on various hand drums. Great sound, especially with a horn section. There's good reason for these guys to wear shorts and muscle shirts, regardless of band dress codes, they're cooking all night long.

Peace, Mooh.