It’s rare to find a drummer that sings in any sense beyond just a background vocal. And it’s also rare to find a female on the drums. Of course there are the handful of well-known exceptions to both of these generalities, but “rare” is still an accurate term.
And then you have Karen Carpenter… doing both. I mean, she doesn’t suck. Maybe not a significant influence on the evolution of the drumset, but she’s getting the job done for sure.
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May 11, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Brian VP
Steve, I’m very impressed. She does not suck, and to do both, that’s pretty cool.
May 12, 2010 at 6:28 am
JimmyMayor
I wonder if she is drumming, singing, and counting at the same time. It would be one thing to let sixteenths slip out in your fill, a whole different thing to sing “e-and-a” 🙂
May 15, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Seth Earnest
She’s the temporal-shift daughter of less-gifted versions of Buddy Rich and Jeff Porcaro; torso/shoulder/hand motions and the 1978-1987 hair & facial expressions without the “coke”-bottle glasses, respectively. Love it.
May 15, 2010 at 10:43 pm
stevegoold
oh my goodness. seth gets comment of the month hands down.