A drum kit, drum set or (archaic) trap set is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments set up to be played by a single player.
More specifically, a modern drum kit (for a right handed player), as used in popular music, taught in many music schools, and for which qualifications are available from Trinity College London consists of:
A drum kit is normally played seated on a drum stool or throne.
Most drummers extend their kits from this basic pattern, adding more drums, more cymbals, and many other instruments. In some styles of music particular extensions are normal, for example double bass drums in heavy metal music. On the other extreme but more rarely, some performers omit elements from even the basic setup, again particularly for particular styles of music.
The first recognizable ancestors of the modern drum kit were born in the Vaudeville era. Pecuniary and theater space considerations demanded that fewer percussionists covered more percussion parts. In military and orchestral music settings, drums and cymbals were traditionally played separately by one or many percussionists. The bass drum, snare drum, cymbals and other percussion instruments were all played using hand-held drum sticks. Circa 1890, experimentation with foot pedals began. Many patented their systems such as Dee Dee Chandler of New Orleans 1904-05. Liberating the hands for the first time, this evolution saw the bass drum played (first standing) with the foot of a percussionist and became the central piece around which every other percussion instruments would later revolve. Ludwig-Musser, William F. Ludwig Senior and his brother Theodor Ludwig founded the Ludwig & Ludwig Co. in 1909 and patented the first workable bass drum pedal system, paving the way for what was to become the modern drum kit.
John William "Will" Ferrell (/ˈfɛrəl/; born July 16, 1967) is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. Ferrell first established himself in the mid 1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Stranger than Fiction, Blades of Glory, Semi-Pro, and The Other Guys. He is considered a member of the "Frat Pack", a generation of leading Hollywood comic actors who emerged in the late 1990s and the 2000s, including Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, and brothers Owen and Luke Wilson.
Ferrell was born in Irvine, California, the son of Betty Kay (née Overman), a teacher who taught at Old Mill School elementary school and Santa Ana College, and Roy Lee Ferrell, Jr., a musician with The Righteous Brothers. His parents were both natives of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and moved to California in 1964; Ferrell has Irish ancestry. Ferrell has a younger brother, Patrick. When he was 8, his parents divorced. Ferrell said of the divorce, "I was the type of kid who would say, 'Hey Look at the bright side! We'll have two Christmases.'" The divorce was amicable and both parents were committed to their children. The biggest problem was Lee's line of work. As a person in show business, his paychecks were never steady and he was gone from home months at a time. Growing up in the environment made Ferrell not want to go into show business, but get a steady job.
Chadwick "Chad" Gaylord Smith (born October 25, 1961) is an American musician, best known as the longtime and current drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers whom he joined in 1988. Smith is also the drummer of the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot, which formed in 2008.
Smith has also worked with Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes' backing band and on his own instrumental side-project, Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats. In 2010 Smith released a children's record, Rhythm Train which he recorded with legend, Dick Van Dyke, and Leslie Bixler. In April 2010 MTV named Rhythm Train one of the best children's records of all time.
In addition to Smith's bands, he also records with many other musicians including The Dixie Chicks, Kid Rock, George Clinton and Outernational. Smith was ranked #87 on Rolling Stone list of "100 Greatest Drummers of All time". He entered the Guinness book of the world records for playing the world's largest drum kit consisting of 308 pieces. In March 2012 Modern Drummer named Smith #2 on its list of best living drummers.
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist.
Collins sang the lead vocals on several chart hits in the United Kingdom and the United States between 1975 and 2010, either as a solo artist or with Genesis. His singles, sometimes dealing with lost love, ranged from the drum-heavy "In the Air Tonight", dance pop of "Sussudio", piano-driven "Against All Odds", to the political statements of "Another Day in Paradise".
Collins's professional music career began as a drummer, originally in a band called The Real Thing with Andrea Bertorelli, who later became his first wife. Collins played drums and shared lead vocals (with Brian Chatton) in Flaming Youth which recorded one album, (Ark II). In 1970, he took over drums for Genesis, which had already recorded two albums. In Genesis, Collins originally supplied backing vocals for front man Peter Gabriel, singing lead on only two songs: "For Absent Friends" from 1971's Nursery Cryme album and "More Fool Me" from Selling England by the Pound, which was released in 1973. Following Gabriel's departure in 1975, Collins became the group's lead singer.
Elena Jane Goulding (born 30 December 1986), known professionally as Ellie Goulding, is an English singer-songwriter. In 2010 she became the second artist to both top the BBC's annual Sound of... poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the BRIT Awards in the same year, following Adele's win of both in 2008. After signing to Polydor Records in 2009, she released her first EP in 2009, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, followed by her debut studio album Lights in 2010. Her album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 650,000 copies in the UK. "Lights" was released in America March 8th 2011, where the title track has been certified platinum by the RIAA (excess of 1 million units sold) .
Goulding is a soprano, and her musical style has been compared to that of Kate Nash, Meiko, Lykke Li and Tracey Thorn.
Goulding was born and brought up in a small town near Hereford, Herefordshire, the second of four children. She began playing the clarinet at the age of nine, and at 14 began learning guitar. She attended Lady Hawkins' School in Kington, where she won a main part in a school production, the Wizard Of Oz, as the scarecrow. She started songwriting at the age of 15 and while in college she won a singing competition.
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Vox Lumiere brings its breathtaking combination of music, dance, theatre and silent film to this thrilling and beautiful retelling of the timeless movie masterpiece The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Vox Lumiere's all-star cast of singers, dancers and musicians bring this classic love story to life. Combining rock opera with silent film.
Keywords: entertainment, performing-arts, theater, tv-film
Vox Lumiere - Silents you can hear
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Viktor Navorski, a man from an Eastern European country arrives in New York. However after he left his country war broke out. Suddenly Navorski is a man without a country - or one that the U.S. cannot recognize, thus he is denied entrance to the U.S. However, he also can't be deported so he is told by the Security Manager that he has to remain in the airport until his status can be fixed. And also Navorski doesn't speak English very well, so he cannot talk to or understand anyone. But he somehow adapts and sets up residence in the airport, which makes the man who placed him there unhappy, as it seems he is in line for a promotion but Navroski's presence might complicate that. So he tries to get Navorski to leave but Navorski remains where he is. Navorski makes friends with some of the people who work in the airport and is attracted to a flight attendant he runs into whenever she comes in.
Keywords: adultery, airplane, airplane-stewardess, airport, airport-terminal, albanian, apple, arrest, asian-indian, asylum
Life is waiting.
Amelia: Are you coming or going?::Viktor Navorski: I don't know. Both.
Viktor Navorski: Officer Torres, my friend say you are stallion.::Officer Dolores Torres: Mr. Navorski! Mr. Navorski...::Viktor Navorski: Stallion.::Officer Dolores Torres: [surprised] A what?::Viktor Navorski: A stallion. Like a horse.::Officer Dolores Torres: [embarrassed] Stand behind the yellow line!::Viktor Navorski: It's horse! Beautiful horse!::Officer Dolores Torres: Who said that?::Viktor Navorski: My food! My friend drive the food.
Frank Dixon: Sometimes you land a small fish. You unhook him very carefully. You place him back in the water. You set him free so that somebody else can have the pleasure of catching him.
Frank Dixon: I'm talking about bombs. I'm talking about human dignity. I'm talking about human rights. Viktor, please don't be afraid to tell me that you're afraid of Krakhozia.::Viktor Navorski: Is home. I am not afraid from my home.::[pause]::Viktor Navorski: So?::Frank Dixon: [whispering] All right.::Viktor Navorski: I go to New York City now?::Frank Dixon: No.::Viktor Navorski: No? Uh... Okay. I'm uh... I'm uh... I'm afraid from ghosts.::Frank Dixon: Okay, thanks very much!::Viktor Navorski: I'm afraid from, uh... Dracula!::Frank Dixon: Thanks a lot. Thanks, Viktor!::Viktor Navorski: [as he is escorted outside] Afraid from Wolfmens, afraid from sharks!::Frank Dixon: It's okay. Thank you Viktor! Thanks a lot!
Enrique Cruz: So, she had a boyfriend, for how long?::[nods yes, holds up two fingers]::Enrique Cruz: Two years, what happened?::Viktor Navorski: He chit.::Enrique Cruz: What?::Viktor Navorski: He chit.::Enrique Cruz: Eat shit?::Viktor Navorski: He chit, he chit, he chit.::Enrique Cruz: Okay, try to repeat exactly what she said.::Viktor Navorski: He chit, she catch him so...::Enrique Cruz: Oh! He cheats!::Viktor Navorski: Yes, yes, yes! What we call Krushkach. We say Krushkach. One man, two womans. So, hmm, crowded. You know? Ha!::Enrique Cruz: Okay, he *cheats*! You say cheats.::Viktor Navorski: Hm-hum. He chit.::Enrique Cruz: No, no. *Cheat*.::Viktor Navorski: Enrique, you, no chit.::Enrique Cruz: No cheat.::Viktor Navorski: No chit.::Enrique Cruz: Yeah, yeah, I won't. I won't. I won't cheat. Not chit.::Viktor Navorski: She's a nice... nice girl, she won't take your chitting.
Frank Dixon: You could have any man you wanted... why Viktor Navorski?::Amelia: That's something a guy like you could never understand.
Salchak: I know you've been waiting for years for me to either drop dead or retire...::Frank Dixon: No, I haven't been waiting for you to retire.
Amelia: [of her hopeless affair] I just wish the sex wasn't so amazing.
Gupta Rajan: Do you have an appointment?
Gupta Rajan: You are a coward! You are a coward! You make me sick!
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