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[Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not too worried, I wasn't incredibly desperate to play - I was still
recovering from a hard Thursday night!

Anyway, just my observation from a first UDS.

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 4:14 AM, Jamu Kakar <jkakar@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Benjamin,
>
> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > I'd just like to chime in with some quick feedback - I was a bit
> > disappointed that myself and around three or four other people never got
> a
> > chance to play. I brought my drumsticks all the way from New Zealand only
> to
> > be yelled at for not scrolling the lyrics at one stage.
> > Admittedly I never got around to attending a practice during the week at
> La
> > Hulpe because I was really busy, but perhaps less hogging of the
> equipment
> > and a more "ubuntu" type approach to the affair might work?
>
> Well, we didn't really have practises with drums because a drum set
> wasn't available until the Friday night.  I'm surprised that you
> didn't get a chance to play drums... I played on about 80% of the
> songs and would have happily shared rhythm duties, but no one came
> to ask if they could sit in.  Had I known you were interested, I
> would have come to find you to make sure you had a chance to sit in.
>
> I'm not saying that "hogging" doesn't happen, but I've seen the case
> several times where people complain that they don't get to play but
> also don't take the initiative to go and say, "Hey, do you mind if I
> sit in?"
>
> I love to play, but I'm *always* happy to share the drum throne.  I
> just need to know that someone else is interested.
>
> Thanks,
> J.
>



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Benjamin Humphrey
interesting.co.nz