{"id":1967,"date":"2020-04-28T12:11:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T12:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2022-12-18T12:20:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T12:20:17","slug":"music-bad-flung-shoe-drum-set-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=1967","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: BAD FLUNG SHOE & DRUM SET-UPS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Drums facing walls… bad flung shoe?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Count Arthur Strong, on his superb BBC R4 Show (never liked the TV version), talked about the ancient Chinese art of ‘Flung Shoe’. Or, more specifically, ‘bad flung shoe’.<\/p>\n

I’m always put in mind of this when I see drum kits set up in a room facing the wall. Been there and done that myself, naturally. But I’m convinced that it’s not a good thing.<\/p>\n

I include a few pics randomly found via Google. Some up against just one wall, some in a corner, and one crammed in to a blind alley of three walls (big kit\/small room, poss unavoidable?).<\/p>\n

Just as I find living in the country and under open skies with access to or views onto a garden liberating, inspiring and so on, I find staring at walls cloying.<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on this subject?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Count Arthur Strong, on his superb BBC R4 Show (never liked the TV version), talked about the ancient Chinese art of ‘Flung Shoe’. Or, more specifically, ‘bad flung shoe’. I’m always put in mind of this when I see drum kits set up in a room facing the wall. Been there and done that myself, … <\/p>\n

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