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Hi folks, so obviously I am quite new to the site, and I met someone last night who shall remain un-named, but he said posting this question would start an interesting thread, I have no real idea why but here we go! Who is the bigger C**t, Sexytunk/Doby or Motleyal? Tomas

Charlene, I am not a Keyboard player, or do I know one! But, had to say you are HOT HOT HOT, if your single and looking for a bloke, PM me. he he BTW, if I was a local man i'd surely have to say, "you'd get it" But since I'm not, i'll stick with being at least half way polite! Tomas

Em no not really.lol. I'm much more of a jazzer, or jizzer, whatever way you wanna look at it. lol. Although, if you can play some of the technical parts Mr Portnoy plays, be well worth a listen.

What do you call a dog with no tongue? Smelly Bollocks!

At present no, not that I know of anyway. However next time I'm in Aberdeen I'd be more than happy to meet up and have a jam, I spend most days bored as fuck up there. I'm sure there will be a wad of double BD patterns you can blow me away with. Also, go get Stanton Moore's New Orleans Grooves book, it's awsome for praticing with. Sure thats what it's called. Tomas

Yeh I realized that man, I may be Polish but I'm not a total dumb ass! ha ha Tomas

Dude, I've not long got my degree through Drumtech, I've been made an arse of by players like Thomas Lang and Stanton Moore, I can assure you nothing you'll ever show me will make me take up knitting lol Tomas

WOW, how good am I at starting threads! ha ha Tomas

Right this is the fist gag I've ever told on here, so if this isn't allowed or is too crude I'm sorry if anyone doesn't like it, but I'm sure the Moderators will remove it quick enough. What do Anal Sex and Spinach have in common? If you are forced into them as a child, you probably won't like them as an adult. Tomas

I think having a good tutor is vital in learning good technique and playing matureness. After all if you have one bad habit that isn't spotted and you carry it on it can effect your whole playing. I think it also depends what you want from the drum kit, if you happy to play 3/4 or 4/4 grooves and standard fills at reasonable BPM's, you probably don't need a tutor to get away with doing that. But if you want to push the instruments a little further, having a good tutor, a good practicing technique and committment is all important. It's also important to not constantly repeat what is practiced, if you keep working on material you already know cause it sounds good, that is not practicing. It's all about pushing limits and testing your ability. Tomas

Don't know if I can entirely agree with this statement. I think the big problem with being self taught as a drummer is that you don't learn how to practice, if you can't practice properly you cant learn or improve past a certain level, stunning creativity.

Why are you being so aggressive about it, if you can find a single thread where I have stated I think I am better tahn others cause I don't eat meat you can have my GF for a week, I think you'll find I won't! I raised this thread to try and highlight the pain some animals endure at slaughter, it was others that turned this into either a veige debate, or a moral debate, NOT ME! Just for reference was an article in the EE yesterday in regards to a local slaughter house being fined for causing unnecessary suffering in animals. Think that makes my initial point a valid one! Tomas

If you don't sell it, give me a shout, may be interested, am in need of a heavier Ride.

I kind of hoped that if we made it known that we won't settle for animals being abused, that maybe slaughter houses etc would take more notice and take care that the animals were treated more humanely. I'm not saying that a post on AMF will change the World, but every little helps yeh? I certainly wasn't patronizing or laying any guilt trips! I wear leather, my dogs eat meat, both of which cause distress to animals somewhere down the line I'm sure, so I'm not saying I'm excempt from the whole process. But, if I was told there was someway I could directly stop cruelty to these animals up to the slaughter, I certainly would. Tomas

One of my biggest pet hates is when I go into a Coffee shop or somewhere similar, and the newspapers that have been provided have the pages turned against the spine. By the time I have gotten that pages back in order I've finished my bloody drink!

I haven't once been confrontational in this thread, nor have I been judgemental. You are obviously tryng to wind me up to get me into a childish arguement, that is on every other page of this site, but it's not going to work. I am looking at this from the non-vegetarian point of view, and you just don't seem to get that,at no point have I had a pop at anyone who eats meat, and I have no right to. And I'm totally aware that everyone knows where beef comes from, but I was wanting to try and raise a little awareness to how brutal some slaughters are.

This thread has totally come off topic, but I can understand why! I never started this debate as a Vegie v Non-Vegie debate, it was purely to try and open some eyes to cruelty which I have recently discovered in regards to Animal Slaughter. I am Vegetarian, not because I am against animals being a food supply, but because I dislike meat, I would never preach as that is unfair to those who enjoy eating meat, but I do believe the animals we kill deserve some respect in death. But some of the attitudes, views and analogies within this thread have been not only disrespectful and ridiculous, but also pretty immature. It has become apparent that it is not possible to have a serious debate on this site (This is where Im sure I get told by all the regular posters to fuck off if Im not happy), but it seems if a sensible post is started, it isnt long before it is ruined by pre-teen comments and punch lines. If someone wants to judge me because I dont eat meat, or because I believe animal cruelty is wrong, then that says more about them as a person than me!

Not really, did a bit of research over the weekend and was surprised at what I found, that is all And I don't think I ever mentioned anyone being or becoming Vegans, I am fully aware that this would be a ridiculous Ideology to have. But, I don't see why we can't use our advanced knowledge to save other living creatures suffering pain in order for us to survive

No this is how Cow's (not sure about other animals) are slaughtered in the UK, the Video I watched was taken from a UK based slaughter house. I'm led to believe that in ritualistic slaughters the animals are not even stunned. But I think that is a totally different discussion. Tomas

I have been checking out a few Web sites in regards to how I can help stop suffering in animals which are breeded to be slaughtered for Meat. Having watched a Cow being slaughtered the process absolutely disgust me. Basically I thought Cow's etc were given a quick death, naivly thinking they were given a bullet through the brain or something similar. But to my shock the animals are strung upside down, stunned by electric shock then have the Jugular slit with a Knife! In a video I watched the Cow wasn't even stunned properly, and ended up kicking and trying to free itself from the chain while bleeding slowly and painfully to death! It was absolutey shocking to watch. Now I am a strict Vegetarian, but I'm not naive enough to expect everyone to become one and therefore save the torture of these poor animals. But surely in this day and age we can find a more humane way of slaughtering our animals. And before anyone says it, the arguement that it makes the beef more succulant or whatever, cuts no ice with me. Tomas

Sorry I don't know much about the band, I just thought they had were or had been around a long time. My point was more that I really like Colin Fraser as a drummer.

As I think this thread was posted by a drummer thought I'd take the chance to say, that in my experience of using them, and having discussed the issue with many other drummers, most drummers prefer a decent double monitor drum fill. I think the key is to have them turned off when trying to get a decent FOH sound, then trying to get a good monitor sound very quickly. The double monitor gives a better balance than having one ear blasted, and I've always found that after a few minutes your ears sensitise to the volume, so after that time it is very hard to work on good settings.

Yes, and you. It's been interesting LOL Tomas

Well I apologise if I came accross as arrogant, maybe you can forgive me as English is my second language. I'm not going to start shouting how good I think I am, cause at the end of the day it is up to others what they think of my playing! But at the same time I really enjoy and have confidence in what i do, I don't need others to pat me on the back. Tomas

I didn't mean to get in any arguments dude. I'm not sure how long I'll be back in town, and I have no band to play with at present and don't intend being here too long so I won't be playing in public in Aberdeen anytime soon. And I haven't once said I am anything special. But i do have a piece of paper thats states my playing is of a certain standard. As a matter of interest are you playing anytime soon? Do you play? Just so I can pass judgement as you've tried to do to me? Tomas