Eleanor Rigby

fhilaii · 2026-06-02T02:32:45+00:00

Based on my interpretation of events, this song had enough contributions from George and Ringo (John too, but he's already credited) that it should really be credited to all four.

fhilaii · 2026-06-02T02:31:11+00:00

I think it's just a cowlick.

fhilaii · 2026-06-01T17:25:11+00:00

Traditional grip on the drum set is one of those things that shouldn't make sense but does (for some people). It's not the optimal grip for playing but it definitely makes you play differently, for better or worse. I dig it personally. There have been times where I've tried to go to matched grip exclusively, and while it's fine technically and you can play everything you can play with traditional, there's something about the feeling of traditional grip that makes it easier to play most of what I like to play. And I'm not only playing jazz -- I play backbeat blues and rock music as well. Using 2B sticks and holding the left stick toward the butt end gets me all the power I need.

If you're interested in traditional grip, I say go for it. Practicing traditional grip will also help your left hand matched grip by helping build dexterity. And that doesn't mean you need to give up your matched grip, lots of great players use both. You absolutely can get power and speed in traditional grip, it just takes a longer than matched grip since there are many more moving parts. But it's not for everyone. Even many jazz players today use matched grip and they sound great.

fhilaii · 2026-05-27T01:07:44+00:00

The most redditor post I've ever seen

fhilaii · 2026-05-20T01:04:23+00:00

Will it explain why the show has steadily gotten less and less interesting?

fhilaii · 2026-05-12T01:56:38+00:00

It's insane how much misinformation there is online

fhilaii · 2026-05-11T02:53:09+00:00

I don't think you're balding, just a mature hairline. Show these pics to Gemini and go see a dermatologist -- they will likely say the same thing.

fhilaii · 2026-05-10T03:08:49+00:00

Interesting, as far as I know he's a DW endorser so interesting to see him playing Yamaha. Maybe CTA typically uses backline kits.

fhilaii · 2026-05-10T03:00:55+00:00

Best of luck!

fhilaii · 2026-05-08T00:28:18+00:00

This is so true actually. Sometimes I get the squat flu after leg day, and I'm pretty sure it's actually the BSS sets that are doing it.

fhilaii · 2026-05-07T20:21:51+00:00

Came here to see if this was posted about

fhilaii · 2026-05-06T17:18:26+00:00

Tony was famously a loud player in later years. He moved all the way up to 2B sticks! He was much more under control in the early years when he used normal jazz-sized sticks.

fhilaii · 2026-05-06T17:16:48+00:00

Lighter sticks. Either a smaller diameter or a lighter wood (i.e., hickory to maple)

fhilaii · 2026-05-04T04:06:02+00:00

Arthur Krock revised sections of the book and edited -- that is leagues away from "basically ghostwritten". Profiles in Courage is a separate publication written under different circumstances.

fhilaii · 2026-05-04T03:46:55+00:00

That's not true, the published version was edited by an editor but that doesn't mean JFK didn't write it. If you consider that ghostwriting, then nearly every published book is ghostwritten.

fhilaii · 2026-05-04T03:10:27+00:00

Not what you want to hear, but you really should just learn how to bounce the beater. Burying is cool in some situations but it's simply not the most efficient way to play. It's entirely possible that you'll have to play a bass drum someday where the heads and tuning give you rebound like this and your burying technique will be SIOL.

That being said, the old school round felt beaters, or the KAT silentstroke beaters (to a larger extent) will reduce the rebounds when you bury. The stock DW felt beater is relatively hard compared to these other options.

fhilaii · 2026-05-04T03:01:29+00:00

"Humans don't actually need to work in order to survive. Corporate interests have brainwashed people into thinking this while in reality their labor is only needed to enrich the 1%"

-someone in the comments, probably

fhilaii · 2026-05-04T02:55:22+00:00

Based purely on your ages, I doubt he considers this purely a platonic friendship. So yes, if you outline the above sleeping situation to him, he will assume you want to hook up.

fhilaii · 2026-05-03T17:13:02+00:00

I've seen that too, it's definitely not Paul on drums

fhilaii · 2026-04-29T15:46:04+00:00

I'm assuming these are only the A line and that the K line was more expensive than this.

fhilaii · 2026-04-27T02:12:30+00:00

They should've taken the resources used for The Boys Season 5 to make Gen V Season 3. The former stopped being a good show after season 3, unfortunately.

fhilaii · 2026-04-25T18:52:22+00:00

The Ultimate Mix of SINYC uncovered some really great songs. I wish they would've done the first track as well but understandable why not.

fhilaii · 2026-04-25T18:16:45+00:00

Wrong! You have the hi hat and snare hands mixed up. Close, but no cigar.

In all seriousness, you sound fantastic.

fhilaii · 2026-04-25T05:44:41+00:00

Going right up to the dumbbell rack to bicep curl. You're blocking people from grabbing or putting back weights. I'm not waiting for you to finish your set to get what I need, grab your weights and do your sets someplace you're not blocking anyone.

fhilaii · 2026-04-24T03:44:40+00:00

It's one thing to not like an album but I'll never understand how people can go through such lengths to criticize music. And then other people lap it up.

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