School of Rock, this is not.
Despite my paltry skills as a musician, it seems that I may be playing drum set for a show coming up this week in Kenosha. Tremper High School, my alma mater, is putting on the show and they find themselves suddenly in need of the rock that only the Buddha can produce. That, and I assume their regular drummer cancelled at the last minute.
I “audition” tomorrow for the director. I quote that because I think they’re pretty desperate, but I want to give the kid an out if he thinks I suck, which I might. Wish me luck, anyway.
Good luck dude! If you want to impress them, do that “tom thing”.
Comment by Bjorn — 1/17/2004 @ 1:53 am
Strangely, I was asked basically to do that. The director stressed to me that he knew nothing about drums and then kept bringing up that he’d like me to do a timpani roll. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that unless I were John Bonham, I likely wouldn’t have a timpani in my drumset.
I ended up not using the toms at all, settling on a “high-hat thing.” Thanks for the luck! The show went very well.
Comment by steelbuddha — 1/22/2004 @ 8:38 am