{"id":626,"date":"2010-10-11T09:20:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T13:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/wordpress\/?p=626"},"modified":"2010-10-11T09:20:43","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T13:20:43","slug":"north-drum-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/?p=626","title":{"rendered":"North Drum Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

In last night’s dream, I was playing some club in Bangor. I walked into the restaurant, and Blind Albert was sitting at a table with his wife Lee. I went and sat down. I was looking at the stage. I remembered (isn’t it funny how dreams have a memory–like a past tense–even though you didn’t dream that part?) that I had to arrive early to set up. My drums were already on stage. The Blind Albert bass player, Glenn, was on stage playing guitar. Apparently he had a solo set booked before our main show. In addition to Glenn, some guy was on stage playing MY drums. I was a little miffed someone would play my drums without permission, and I hoped someone wasn’t playing me for a fool, having me come set up early so this other guy wouldn’t have to bring his own drums. But, I figured ‘No sense in getting bent outta shape about it. Might as well relax, and talk about it after the gig.’<\/p>\n

I decided that I’d take a walk over to some music store. It was just a building or two over. It was raining, so I did a quick jog to the store, and went inside. It was a big music store. I noticed what appeared to be some snare drums in a room just off the main room, so I walked over to investigate. Outside the main drum room was some used stuff against the wall. There was a Tama Granstar bass drum in Cherry Rose<\/a> with a tag that said “Make Offer.” I thought “Man, it’s hard to move a single bass drum, let alone one that’s pink.” I also saw an old North kit<\/a>. Asking price? $1200. Not an unfair price, but too rich for my blood. I entered the drum room, and looked around. Nice stuff, but nothing stood out at me, and there were no good deals. I exited the room, and was just about to leave when I saw a salesman approaching.<\/p>\n

“Can I help you find something?”
\n“No, I’m just looking, really. I like that ol’ North set you have.”
\n“Yeah, that’s a cool kit. I’m surprised I haven’t sold it yet. I don’t have that much into it.”
\n“I’d give you $800,” I said, feeling like he’d never jump at that price.
\n“OK, I’ll take it,” he said, very fast. I was now thinking ‘Um, how did I just end up buying a North set, when I have more sets than I need, and this one certainly isn’t going to be played at gigs any time soon.’
\nSo I said to him “Before I take it, I need to check a few things. First, I need to make sure the rubber bumper edge is still on the kick drum.”
\nHe said “Yup, it’s still there.”
\n“And,” I said “I need the rack.”
\n“Not only do you get the rack, but you get TWO racks. There’s ALL KINDS of hardware that goes with it.”<\/p>\n

So we started pulling out the stuff. The guy was right. There were two racks. Plus, there were North cymbal stands, snare stand, and hi hat stand. You almost never see those. I started to put one of the racks together. It was a nightmare! It was so complicated, I was thinking ‘Who would ever use<\/em> one of these racks? It takes forever<\/em> to set up!’ Then I looked over at the salesman. He had his rack all together. He could see I was befuddled. “Last time I put this together, I took notes,” he said. “That’s how I can set it up so fast. Once you’ve done it a few times, you get the hang of it.”<\/p>\n

Then I woke up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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