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Articles about drumming (0-50 of 324)
- Drumming Tips
By: Joel Rendall | - Learning and mastering drums is a tough ask. Learning drums could be quite frustrating in the beginning and thus many people quit in early stages. Becoming a good drummer requires tremendous determination, perseverance and last but definitely not the least it demands a lot of practice. This article shares with you a few drumming tips that will help you achieve the expertise in drums.
Patience Is The Key!
For becoming a successful drummer you are required to have lot of pat ...
Tags: Drum Beats, Jazz Drumming, Rock Drumming, Free Drum Beats
- A New Approach To Team Building - Drumming
By: Kristine Reeves | - Drumming as it seems on the foremost is a very fun-filled and energetic activity and one of the best melodic instrumentation that gets you to tap your feet with its musical rhythm and sound. And when practiced as a corporate team building activity, it sure is one of the greatest manners of beating the stress, imperativeness and anxiousness that is featured by the corporate members, their subsidiaries and different employees. But the question is if it really plays an outstanding function and i ...
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- Selected Impressive Punk Drummers Of The Past Decade.-00-631
By: NickyWalker | - At the start of the list is a rather recent drummer, a number of people may dispute that he's not truly a punk drummer and more of a heavy metal one but I differ, it's right that he's fond to slow it down and do his death metal fills but at heart he's genuinely a punk rocker-
Steve Jocz -AKA "Stevo"Born 23/07/1981. Jocz is most recognized for his work in the Canadian pop punk band Sum 41. A fantastically fast and awkward drummer, he's able to switch the ambiance of a song right away. Only ...
Tags: drumming, drummers, punk, NOFX, Sum 41, Green Day, The Vandals, Blink 182, Erik Sandin, Steve Jocz
- Understanding Dynamics And Creating The Perfect Grove On Drums
By: mollyabrams | - Creating a great drum groove is not an easy job and should involve understanding the dynamics behind drums. In my opinion, the greater the dynamic range you can create within a groove, the better that particular groove will sound. There's absolutely nothing wrong with playing every note of a groove all at the same volume if that's the sound you happen to be going for. If you were to play all the notes of a groove at the same volume, you would be producing a strong and powerful sound, but also on ...
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- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part Seven
By: Ronald Black | - There are some other things you should pick up that will be essential to your drumming education. I've listed these accessories in order of importance. A metronome! It's about time! A metronome is a mechanical or electronic device that keeps perfect time. The electronic kind, preferably one with a headphone jack, is best for a drummer. Learning to work with a metronome is crucial for any drummer, because it allows the drummer to gauge his or her sense of time against the perfect time of the metr ...
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- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part Six
By: Ronald Black | - There are some even more rare cases like myself in which drummers play a left handed but right footed setup. In that case, the drum set is set up completely for a right handed person, but the ride cymbal is moved over to the left side of the kit instead of the right, over near the floor tom. To play drums in this way requires slightly different playing techniques than just a full right or left handed setup. If you're left handed, you might want to check out a left handed, right footed setup and ...
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- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part Five
By: Ronald Black | - On a regular right handed kit setup, the ride cymbal should be placed above the floor tom on the right side of your kit. Because the ride cymbal is made to be played on its top and not its edge, like the crash cymbal, it should not be placed up as high as the crash cymbal. Be careful not to place it low enough so that it knocks against the top of your floor tom, either. Be a little Goldilocks again, ind find just the right height for you.
Now it's time to go have some porridge bec ...
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- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part Four
By: Ronald Black | - At the top of the cymbal stand, you'll see what's called the cymbal tilter. The tilter may or may not be in a folded up position when you first go to set it up. You'll know it's in the folded up position if you're looking at it and you can't picture a cymbal being attached to it. In this case, simply unscrew the hand screw that you'll find on the side of the tilter just enough so you can move the tilter up and down. Put the tilter in a more or less horizontal position, and use the same hand scre ...
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- Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Your Drum Lessons
By: Ashley Appling | - In most cases drum lessons are an afterthought. Either you start on your own, or you reach a plateau, or wall of progression in your drumming ability. This is typically when the drum lesson search begins. Usually the local music store is where it starts. This is either the beginner that has just bought his first drum set, or a self-proclaimed intermediate looking for some help to overcome some hurdles he or she has encountered.
In this process it is important to know what ...
Tags: Drum Lessons, Custom drum kits, Learn to play drums, Drumming, Snare Drum, Play Drums
- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part Three
By: Ronald Black | - If you have assembled your Hi Hat cymbals correctly, your two hi hat cymbals would now be on top of each other on the hi hat stand, looking like a sandwich. If you step on the hi hat pedal, you'll see the rod going up and down uselessly. Step on the pedal just a little bit, and then tighten the hand screw on the outside of the clutch. Then, when you lift up your foot and the rod goes up, it will take the clutch and the top hi hat cymbal up along with it. The amount of space between the hi hat cy ...
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- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part Two
By: Ronald Black | - Depending on the type of hi hat stand you have, the rod might have a hinge in it, causing I t to flop over while still connected, rather than being straight upright. Next, look for a thick, hollow tube with what looks like a small plate on one end with a felt disc stacked on top of it. Take this hollow tube with the plate side facing up and put it over the long rod, so that the long rod is inside the hollow tube. If your long rod has a hinge, you'll need to hold it upright as you put the hollow ...
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- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part One
By: Ronald Black | - The snare is a shallow drum with crooked, wiggly wires attached to one of the heads. These crooked wires are called snares, and they are what give this drum both its name and its distinctive sound. The head that has the snares lying against it is a special extra thin head and should never be hit with your sticks. It should be treated as carefully as an egg. The snare drum uses a special stand to hold it, called, you guessed it, a snare stand. There are generally two different kinds of snare stan ...
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- How To Develop Precision Speed On The Drum Kit
By: Ashley Appling | - When I encounter most young drummers today, the most prominent question seems to be, "How can I develop speed around the drum kit?" I always follow that up with, "What is your purpose for playing fast?" Often that leaves a pause, with an uncertain answer that leaves them wondering, "What is the reason I want to play fast on the drum kit?" Usually it is selfish in nature. For example, "I want my friends to see how fast I can play", or "I want to play fast like this particular drummer", etc... ...
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- Tips On How To Play The Drums
By: Ashley Appling | - In trying to describe to someone what makes a great drummer, it always comes down to, "Do they really know how to play drums?" Do they understand that drumming is more of an art form, and takes a tremendous amount of time and dedication to the craft before one can say, "I know how to play drums."
In my experience as a professional drummer, it has been an ongoing pursuit of skill refinement, and fine-tuning each and every aspect of my technique. In drumming, you have to be able t ...
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- Setting Up And Tuning Your Drums Guide For The Youngest Drummers Out There Part Three
By: Ronald Black | - Tuning drums starts with a drum key. I actually have one on my keychain so I'll almost never be without one. Unless I lose my keys, but that will never happen, right? You need this little tool to turn the rods that tighten or loosen the drumhead on the drum. This is called tuning the drum, which you will learn to do shortly. The second use for a key is to tighten various things on the hardware or stands. If you go to tighten something that's too small to grab with your fingers, you'll probably n ...
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- Use Native American Drums For Perfect Southwest Design
By: Nelson Montana | - Native American drums are without a doubt the most used American Indian instruments among Indian and non Native people alike. Drums for many generations have always been at the center of American Indian lifestyle, forming what is now the conduit of religion and spirituality as well as special days where a pow wow drum is at the center.
Indian leaders in North America history have all used drums in various ways to interact with a higher power known to most as the Great Spirit. To N ...
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- Setting Up And Tuning Your Drums Guide For The Youngest Drummers Out There Part Two
By: Ronald Black | - Lets examine a drum, if you look closely at the rim, you'll notice that the rim has holes in it. The rods, long pieces of metal with threads on one end and another end that your drum key fits onto, fit through the hole and down the outside of the drum and into the threaded hole at the top of the lug. The lugs are the pieces attached to the outside of the shell of each drum. The drum key is used to tighten or loosen the rods on the drum to change the pitch. It's best to get a general pitch that's ...
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- Setting Up And Tuning Your Drums Guide For The Youngest Drummers Out There Part One
By: Ronald Black | - Once you find the spot in your house or garage where you're going to set up your kit, take some time to locate or go out and buy a rug to put down on that spot where your kit is going to be. The best kind of rug to use will have rubber on the bottom and rug on the top. Next time you walk into a restaurant, check out the rug that you're supposed to wipe your feet on when you walk in. You do wipe your feet, don't you? Of course you do. Not the welcome mat that's outside, but the rug that's just in ...
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- Marching Music Education History And Standardization Of Military Marching Bands
By: Ronald Black | - The object of this article is to give you a solid beginning to your drumming education, whether you're a young person or an adult. It is not meant to be the only source of information for you if you want to become a drummer. A teacher who gives one on one lessons is absolutely essential. You might not need a teacher if you were born exceptionally gifted in drumming and are a complete natural. in that case, I'd love to meet you because you are unbelievably rare. As a matter of fact, I don't know ...
Tags: drums, drumming, marching, band, triggers, snare
- Different Drum Sticks Sizes - Drumming And Performance In General
By: Ronald Black | - Plastic sticks produce a brighter, more distinctive sound when you use them on cymbals, particularly the ride cymbal. (I'll get to the definition of the ride cymbal very soon.) It's strictly a matter of preference of nylon versus wood. The best thing to do would be to buy a pair each of wood tips and nylon tips (if you can afford them) and experiment. If you much prefer the way the nylon tips make your cymbals sound then those are the sticks for you. There are only two possible drawbacks to nylo ...
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- You Can Use Shaman Drums In Chic Southwestern Interior Design
By: Nelson Montana | - Looking for an easy way to give your home decor southwestern or rustic style? Try using Shaman drums along with your southwestern home furnishings like I did. My love for these beautiful, American Indian drums began right after my husband and I purchased our new home last year. We knew that because of our love for the southwest, we wanted true southwestern and Native American style decor with one of a kind rustic home furnishings. Once that was decided I started filling my new home with awe-i ...
Tags: shaman drums, ceremonial drums, native american drums, native, indian, drumming groups, southwestern, rusti
- Choosing Native American Drums To Create Beautiful Rustic Home Decorating
By: Nelson Montana | - Native American drums are probably the most identifiable Native American instruments among Indian and non Native people alike. Drums for centuries have always been at the hub of Native American lifestyle, forming what is the channel of religion and spirituality as well as feast days where a pow wow drum is at the forefront.
Indian tribes in North America history have all used drums in various ways to communicate with a higher power known to most as the Great Spirit. To Native peop ...
Tags: native american drums, indian drums, native american, indian, drumming groups, ceremonial drums, rustic, southwestern
- Why Kids Should Take Up Drumming
By: Jay Brandley | - Children are indeed a precious gift who thrive off of learning and being molded. Children need to be kept busy doing constructive activities or they will find other things to get into that are not so constructive. So, what are things that children can take up to keep their minds running with positivity?
Well, drumming is a great and constructive activity that children may very well enjoy doing. Why? Because they are allowed to hit things with sticks to create a melodious beat. ...
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- Practice Playing The Drums Quietly
By: Jay Brandley | - Drumming is a great art to master. Not only does it require a great deal of dexterity and coordination, but it also requires the drummer to really feel and get into the music that he is playing. The drum set is a great musical instrument that takes a lot of practice in order to become great at.
Sometimes, however, practicing may become a little bit of a problem if you do not have a music studio at your convenience. If you live in an apartment or close to neighbors, your pract ...
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- Reasons To Learn To Play The Drums
By: Jay Brandley | - Learning to play a musical instrument has many benefits. Although the research is inconclusive, many researchers believe that exposure to music and learning to play an instrument may increase your IQ and sharpen your memory. In short, learning a musical instrument can make you a bit smarter.
In addition, learning a new skill requires work and endurance, and learning to play a musical instrument is no exception to that rule. Endurance requires discipline, and when these qualitie ...
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- Know Your Punk Drums Better
By: Victor Epand | - Drums are one of the most popular of musical instruments. Drummers all over the world have been making the effort to create a drum set that would truly suit the appetite of music lovers all over the world. One of the primary characteristics of a drum is that it can produce indefinite low and high-pitched sounds constantly.
Punk rock was based on anti-establishment rock music genre in the mid 70s, had the punk drums in their arsenal. The punk drummers made a name for them with pla ...
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- Using Pow Wow Drums For American Indian Drumming Circles And Southwest Decor
By: Nelson Montana | - Have you ever wondered how exactly pow wow drums are used? I have, but never really knew that they played such an important role in the Native American culture until I had the chance to be present at one of these events, and began talking to the American Indian singers about the significant role the pow wow drum plays in the ceremony. Native drum groups realize the importance and significant role of this type of drum in their culture, but most people I talk to have only a vague idea of how the ...
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- Choose Pow Wow Drums In Native Drumming Music And Southwest Decor
By: Nelson Montana | - Have you ever wondered how exactly pow wow drums are used? I did, but never really knew that they played such an important role in the Native American culture until I had the opportunity to see one of these events, and began talking to the American Indian singers about the important part the pow wow drum plays in the ceremony. Native drum groups understand the significance of this type of drum in their culture, but the majority of people I come across have only a vague idea of how the native dr ...
Tags: powwow drums, pow wow drums, indian, native american, drumming circle, rustic, western, southwestern, american indian
- Choose The Right Drum Stick To Play On The Drums
By: Thaddeus W Johnson | - The type of drum stick to be chosen will greatly depend on the style of music and possibly the type of drum kit. There are many types of drum sticks to select, ranging from the type of wood, size, and weight.
Valuable information in choosing the right sticks
The main types of drumsticks that are made and preferred by drummers are oak, hickory, and maple. Oak is a stronger and heavier wood which is great for a heavier style of playing. Hickory and maple are lighter w ...
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- Great Woods For Drum Kits
By: Thaddeus W Johnson | - Theres no doubt about it, drum kits made from quality woods produce incredible sounds. Depending on the type of wood, you may experience warm resonant tones or short sustains on your drum kit. Two of the best woods that youll find in Yamaha, Gretsch, Ludwig, Tama, Pearl, and DW drums are birch and maple. Though there are other types of woods used such as oak, beech, African bubinga, mahogany, walnut, and cherry, the majority of drum sets are manufactured with birch or maple.
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- Navajo Native American Drums - The Heart Of Native History
By: Nelson Montana | - Native American drums are arguably the most well known American Indian instruments among Native Americans and non American Indian people alike. Drums for hundreds of years have certainly been at the center of Native lifestyle, forming what has become the center of religion and spirituality as well as special days where a pow wow drum is center stage.
Indian leaders in North America history have all used drums in various ways to interact with a higher power known to most as the Gre ...
Tags: Native American drums, indian drums, hand drums, drums, pow wow, powwow, drumming, american indian, music, percussion
- Drumming For The Shamanic Journey
By: Howard G Charing | - What is Shamanism?
Shamanism is the oldest way in which humanity has sought connection with Creation. The origins of shamanism go back at least 40,000 - 50,000 years to Stone age times. All of us have evolved from shamanic cultures, it is our roots wherever we live.
A shaman knows that all things are alive and walks with one foot in the everyday world and one foot in the spirit world'. Contemporary shamanism is the application of these ancient timeless ways to life here a ...
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- How To Develop Your Drumming Weaknesses
By: Dan Brown | - As for beginning drummers, the whole concept of drumming is coordination. It's learning to do more than one thing at a time. As a child, do you remember trying to pat your head and rub your tummy at the same time? That was pretty difficult at first, but then we eventually got the hang of it.
Just like patting your head and rubbing your tummy, once you get the hang of doing multiple things at once on your drum set, it then only becomes a matter of practicing to develop your skil ...
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- How To Not Be Just A Drummer
By: Dan Brown | - How can you expand your opportunities to be the best drummer you can be? Most drummers will say by practicing... and by practicing a lot.
While it is true that practice is essential, the key to expanding your capabilities is by developing your versatility. It's all about using the skills that you already possess and channeling them towards related fields.
Since your most basic skill is playing the drums you will find that there are other instruments that you can ...
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- 3 Keys To Maximizing Your Drum Skills
By: Dan Brown | - There are many ways to increase the quality of your drumming and they can all be summarized into these 3 vital keys...
1. Develop Confidence
Many wanna-be musicians will choose the drums because they are shy and want to remain in the background (that's where I was when I started drumming back in 1976).
The truth is your body may be in the background, but your musical presence will definitely be noticed!
If you are going to be the ...
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- 4 Drum Tips To Keeping Peace With Your Neighbors
By: Dan Brown | - If you're like me, when you first started playing the drums you may have been a little concerned that your neighbors would call the police on you. Or worse, your family would stone you to death!
Some people just can't handle the volume, but don't worry, if you're just starting out, your dreams of becoming a great drummer can still come true.
There are some quick fixes to help keep your family, friends, and neighbors at peace while still allowing you to drum. ...
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- Are You An Organized Drummer?
By: Dan Brown | - When your band plays a song, do you play that song the same way every time? If not, you should. Here's why...
It can all be summed up into one word called "predictability." So many drummers will never play a song the same way twice. This, many times, throws the other musicians off, potentially causing a drag in timing or increasing the chances of a mislead cue.
As the drummer in a band it is your responsibility to provide the foundation for the music. This me ...
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- How To Learn Reiki And Become A Reiki Master
By: Chris Robertson | - Reiki is a spiritual and physical healing practice that helps individuals overcome health issues and produce stress management in their lives. Reiki has been used for healing since the end of the last century, but is still growing in popularity today. Listed below are the steps to take if you desire to learn Reiki and become a Reiki Master.
There are three levels of Reiki that must be completed in order to become a Reiki Master. These are the First Degree level, the Second Degree ...
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- The Benefit Of Teaching Others To Play Drums
By: Dan Brown | - If you have been playing drums for any length of time at all, then you can teach someone else what you know.
You might say, "Yeah, but I don't know enough, or play well enough to teach." You know more than someone who's never picked up a pair of drumsticks!
You never want to pass up an opportunity to teach someone else how to play drums, or even show them a cool groove or fill. Not only will you be robbing them, but you will also be robbing yourself.
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- Don't Play Drums According To Your Personality!
By: Dan Brown | - After having played music with many different musicians on many different skill levels I have noticed something interesting among most of them. Each one will usually play his or her instrument according to his or her respective personality.
When this concept comes to drumming it is really noticeable.
I've noticed that drummers who are a relaxed type often play relaxed. A drummer who is a more bold person usually plays the same way... bold. A drummer who lives his o ...
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- Understanding The History Of Reiki And Its Many Benefits
By: Chris Robertson | - Reiki healing is growing in popularity around the Western world. The word "Reiki" is Japanese and means "Universal Life Energy." A Japanese theologian named Dr. Mikao Usui founded the Reiki healing system at the end of the last century. He discovered the ancient healing system after studying Sanskrit texts in a Buddhist monastery. Though the texts revealed the knowledge needed, Dr. Usui still had to undergo three weeks of fasting and meditation before receiving the healing empowerment of the Rei ...
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- A Quick Guide To Stress Management With Reiki
By: Chris Robertson | - Stress is overwhelmingly affecting people in our society today. Busy with work, home, family, and many other daily tasks - stress piles on without our realizing it. That's why so many people are turning to the stress-reducing techniques used in Reiki, a spiritual energy used with healing, meditation and spiritual growth.
Introduction to Reiki
When a person is introduced to Reiki, an initiation takes place called "Reiki Attunement." This brings the person into a rela ...
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- Drum Practice Cheat Sheet
By: Dan Brown | - A lot of drummers don't really sit down to practice their instrument, but rather just sit down to "play." Just sitting down to play what you already know is fun and can be great for maintaining certain techniques, but little progress will be made.
If you are into drumming only for a hobby, then making progress is probably not really a great priority for you. If that's the case keep doing what you are doing, and enjoy it.
On the other hand, if you want to progress a ...
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- The Importance Of A Drummer
By: Dan Brown | - Because of the fact that the drummer is the backbone of most bands other musicians rely very heavily on him or her to
provide a strong beat that will keep a song together. A drummer who is off beat, or off tempo, will lead the entire band
astray. Therefore, if the drummer is weak the whole band will be weak.
Since the drummer provides the foundation for the other musicians to follow, the drummer is the anchor of the band.
Being the anchor of the band, th ...
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- Drum Practice: 4 Things To Do In Every Session
By: Dan Brown | - If you want to increase your level of drumming fast you obviously need to practice as regularly as possible.
Since many drummers find it difficult to find time to practice for long periods of time, they don't practice at all. This is "all or nothing" thinking and leads to failure in everything it's applied to.
Here's a fact: Its better to practice your drums for 5-20 minutes everyday than one or two hours on just one day per week. The key is getting into a hab ...
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- How To Get Focused On Your Drumming
By: Dan Brown | - Remember the times when you knew you should practice your drums, but just didn't feel like messing with it? It's at those times you lacked focus.
There was a time when I had a studio session to attend to lay down some drum tracks and I simply was not in the mood at all. Hey, I was tired! It was Friday afternoon, it was a long, hard week, and I was done! While driving to the studio that day my mind was consumed with pretty much just wanting to watch television.
Anyw ...
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