{"id":1492,"date":"2008-06-18T07:45:44","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T11:45:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-02-01T18:12:57","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T18:12:57","slug":"is-there-a-drummer-in-the-house-what-s-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/is-there-a-drummer-in-the-house-what-s-t\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There a Drummer in the House: What&#8217;s the Deal with Jellyfish Drummer Andy Sturmer Playing Standing Up?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Is there a drummer in the house?<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IgANGvLG7cM?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the deal with Jellyfish drummer <strong>Andy Sturmer<\/strong> playing standing up? It&#8217;s not a drummer standing up in itself that nags at me, but a <em>power pop<\/em> drummer. What&#8217;s going to supply the POWER if not a drummer&#8217;s haunches coiled on a drum throne?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nI&#8217;m cool with <strong>The Stray Cats<\/strong> guy standing up. He&#8217;s playing nothing but a kick and a snare.<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YoaazVGPtuQ?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p><strong>Mo Tucker<\/strong> didn&#8217;t sit in a throne for The Velvet Underground, as she pounded out barely audible, tribal rhythms, did she? And what did it matter? As much as I love the music, the dancing that resulted from her beats wasn&#8217;t worth sweating up a throne over.<br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vgcuU_JWuQU?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Simple, driving, tribal beats played by a stand-up drummer? Certainly! But stand-up drummers on songs with middle eighths and tom-tom fills? I don&#8217;t think so. But what do I know, I&#8217;m not a drummer. <\/p>\n<p>Sturmer constantly looks like a celebrity guest jamming on an encore with The Beach Boys. What do you think, drummers? Does it ever look right seeing a drummer playing anything but a tribal beat while standing up? More importantly, can it <em>sound<\/em> right? Remember, we&#8217;re talking drummers, not percussionists. I think everyone around here is cool with <strong>Ray Cooper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a drummer in the house? What&#8217;s the deal with Jellyfish drummer Andy Sturmer playing standing up? It&#8217;s not a drummer standing up in itself that nags at me, but a power pop drummer. What&#8217;s going to supply the POWER if not a drummer&#8217;s haunches coiled on a drum throne?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[146,66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}