A Guitar And Gear Support Forum

rrobbone wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 3:13 pm I don't mind ZZ Top with "support" so much, as long as it's just the electronic elements of the MTV era stuff. EVH and his backing secondary guitar tracks are OK too, as long as the performance itself isn't faked.

toomanycats wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 6:19 am I was just looking at the "musicians" category of my local craigslist and came across this listing. I'm not criticizing whoever it is that posted it. I'm just pointing it out as a revealing observation on what skills a professional touring drummer apparently needs at this time. Maybe it's indicative of the way it generally is right now, maybe it isn't, I don't know. It is very relevant to this thread however.

Here's the listing:

https://boone.craigslist.org/muc/d/boon ... 98932.html


Note that the drummer does not say any of the things I'd expect a drummer to say in his short resume, like for instance:

"I prefer Ludwig drums, I use a 14X26" kick, I like a 17 "Paiste crash, I can read charts, my influences include Buddy Rich, Bonhan, etc."

You guys know what I'm talking about, all that drummer geek talk we guitar plays usually have to endure.

Instead, he actually says this:

"Ample experience programming and running live backing tracks, click tracks, cues, samples, triggers, multi-pads, etc.

Proficient in Ableton Live and Logic Pro X."

Only as an afterthought, almost as a footnote, does he then add, "All gear is industry standard."

Am I hiring a drummer or an IT Tech?