I guess it depends how you define that. Papa Jo Jones used to play with his hands and fingers and alter the drum pitch by pressing the head.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 15 April 2024 14:14 (two weeks ago) link
Only tangentially related but last week Greg saunier ended the deerhoof set by playing with his hands for the last 5 minutes or so. It looked very painful - he was thwapping the crap out of the kit
― z_tbd, Monday, 15 April 2024 14:33 (two weeks ago) link
If I had to guess, what we call extended technique today is probably as old as the original vaudeville trap kits.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 15 April 2024 15:04 (two weeks ago) link
Yeah agreed, it was just deployed in more of a show biz entertainment capacity rather than serious free music sounds. Watching the likes of Papa Jo Jones & Sonny Payne it feels very playful and not beholden to the conventions of the drum kit (which is a truly ridiculous instrument anyway).
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 15 April 2024 15:25 (two weeks ago) link
One of the purposes of the drum kit was to do live sound fx, so that called for all kinds of stuff beyond what we think of as standard playing today
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 15 April 2024 18:39 (two weeks ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGsr83p3Ad8
jesus
― ivy., Saturday, 27 April 2024 17:32 (four days ago) link