Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

brown8700 said:
> Vern:
> You're a troublemaker.

Guilty as charged, your honor! :D

> I'll bet you're the guy in fifth grade that
> shot spitballs at the tacher and pointed your finger at the geeky kid
> with glasses when the teacher turned (insert emoticon here).

no no no... I *was* the geeky kid with glasses!!!

> Hey, there's no offense taken here. I'm in the camp that says e-drums
> are drums. Absolutely.

Glad to hear we had not p*ssed u off! :) I really like intellectual
debates such as this where different opinions and the underlying thought
processes are paraded out for everyone to learn from or critique. Can be
very enlightening. Note: -Enlightening- is good. Inflammatory... not
good!  :)

> My argument was only whether or not students should be taught on an e-
> kit. To which I continue to say NO.

As was pointed out in a previous post, high school kids are routinely
taught to play snare by having them practice on a little rubber practice
pad, much like a gum-rubber Yamaha pad? It would seem there is a place
for e-drums in the learning process. :)

Of course, I have to admit there is certainly something to be said for
the experience of playing an acoustic set. Not anything really quite like
banging away on a big acoustic kit on stage in front of a crowd. Mega
fun! :D

::sigh:: them were the days... My brother reminisces about football games
he was in, I wax nostalgic about some of the the shows I played in my
younger days... ;)

[[[Now where did I put that copy of Springsteen's "Glory Days"...?]]]

Vern

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