The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-19
He BEATS
As TINE s
HOT PULSE

In the hright lexicon Of the lifc "
The trap drummer there u no such
word ii silence. Therefore sometimes
there comes wondermcnt as to where
he attalns HIS skill AZ beating II on
everything from the pcia; rest Tor
his foot to the xyiophone iu'd the ket.
tie drums Does he learn i ~ gong
To school or doesn't ke2
The man with the bump of inqu'si-
tlveucss started out TO learn the whole
facts Of The situation. The first place
he struck wase the Airdome There
wasn't a performance, but the trappist
VAS there, fidiling with his instru'
ments Of music In the darkness OF
the orchestra pit the ttappIst explain.
cd lust why II was
He Must Be Shark mime.
You Sec" he snld--a man in be-
ginning an interview always starts
things BY saying you see; IL leads
i zest to the conversation You soc,
d trap drummer is graduate of the
orchestra After he has learned all
the fine points OF playing piano and
sliding down the cellar door on a from
bone, and hitting the high places with
d cornot and slipping EN- over on a
violin. then he's an accomplished trap
drummer A trap drummer has one
essential. lie must be shark en-
time He has to have more time IN
his head than all the rest OF the on
chestra put together. Ever notice how
one OF them VIII lie baclt In his scat
80 TO sleep and then wake mp lust In
time to break In with q baby thnlder
storm Just ns the principal comedian
stubs his toe. That's the tlmo, take II
from me. that's time The ie8t OF the
orchestra has played lts head off and
bac lson again, and has kept Its eyes
On the music all the time, but tho trap
drummer has TO have instinct
Where do We learn ~ Well, after
d trap drummer knows the othc rim.
struments it becomes a matter OF ira.
dtion he goes 20 some other trap
drummer, who has had al the hard
knocks Of the drumming business
levlty intended--an dhe learns from
him how to beat the orchestra out OF
q living. There are no regular In.
structors, one beater just passes the
beating habit along to another man,
and that's the way the thing goes
goes right along all the tlme-iust
a eort OF passit-rght-along.to-fa father
thing, don't 80 uknow?
Many Instruments tc Worry.
The drums? They're not the east
est thing Of all. but then there are
/ plenty Of Instruments that must worry
the drummer too. For instance. there
ls the xylophone. lie must learn 70
lplay that, just like one plays the piano
AT the same time, he can be manipu
hafing the bass drnm with his feet
| Isquawklng q baby howler with his
breath, soaking triangle with ont
free hand and starting thunder with
the othor fee foot. And the principal
Of u all Is time. time, Once get the
time and you're n drummer. No. Il
Isn't The plano that makes the time
Of the orchestra, illsn't tho trombone
or the man with the oboe, us The
man with The drum. Hos the one
Who handles The time and when h,
gets tooihachc, tho orchestra goee
on the bum. And at that" the trap
pist continued, everybody looks down
on him
"Cnly the persons In the boxes
the man with the inqulsitiye bumI
said IN complimentary manner
WheronDon. the trap drummer hit tht
big drum much after the manner h,
uses when the comedian believes he'l
said somethInE.