Saturday, April 19, 2008

What do you call a drummer with half a brain? Gifted

Researchers at the medical university Karolinska Institutet and Umeå University have now demonstrated a correlation between general intelligence and the ability to tap out a simple regular rhythm. They stress that the task subjects performed had nothing to do with any musical rhythmic sense but simply measured the capacity for rhythmic accuracy. Those who scored highest on intelligence tests also had least variation in the regular rhythm they tapped out in the experiment.
"It's interesting as the task didn't involve any kind of problem solving," says Fredrik Ullén at Karolinska Institutet, who led the study with Guy Madison at Umeå University. "Irregularity of timing probably arises at a more fundamental biological level owing to a kind of noise in brain activity(read moe...)

Dumb drummer jokes are the music world’s equivalent of dumb blond jokes. No, it’s not fair to say ALL drummers are stupid (in fact, most are very smart and talented) but there are enough marginally retarded percussionists that you just might meet more than a few.
What has an asshole and three legs? A drum stool.
What do you call a drummer with half a brain? Gifted.
How is a drum solo like a sneeze? You can tell it’s coming, but there isn’t anything you can do about it.
Did you hear about the bassist who locked his keys in his car? He had to break a window to get the drummer out.
What do you call a beautiful woman on the arm of a drummer? A tattoo.
Did you hear about the drummer who graduated high school? Me neither.
What do you call a kid with a set of drums? The poster child for birth control.
How do you make a drummer’s car more aerodynamic? Take the pizza sign off it.
What did the drummer say to the guitarist? “Do you want me to play too fast or too slow?”
What does a drummer NEVER say to a guitarist? “Hey, do you want to play one of my songs?”
What does a drummer use for contraception? His personality.


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