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Robert

I play drums. See? Drums.

About Me

My Drums~-----I'm tall, brown hair, green eyes, about 210. I play the drums like crazy. It's about all I do for fun. I have a Toyota T100 that I love and will say sorry for if I accidentally kill it while in front of you.I am officially a student at Chico State here in my hometown of Chico, CA.~-----I'm always looking to meet new people, just as friends and also as musicians. I would love to get some projects going, so if you are interested in playing with me, let me know and I would most likely love to play with you.~-----I have a few drumsets at the moment. First, my workhorse Pearl Session Custom Drumset in "Vintage Fade". Second, a set of 1958 Slingerland drums in White Marine Pearl. And Third, a set of 1961 Ludwigs in Blue Sparkle. Here is the updated gear list. I have to many. That's about it. =)~-----Drums: Vintage Fade Pearls (6 Ply Maple): 8x8", 10x8", 12x9" (2), 13x9", 14x12", 15x14", 16x16" 18x16", 20x16", 14x5.5". WMP Slingerlands (3 Ply Mahogany with 3 Ply Maple Reinforcing Rings): 13x9", 16x16", 22x14", and a 14x5.5" Snare in Black Diamond Pearl. Blue Sparkle Ludwigs (3 Ply Mahogany with 3 Ply Maple Reinforcing Rings): 13x9", 16x16", 22x14", and a matching Blue Sparkle Snare, 14x5.5".~-----Cymbals: 22" K Zildjian Ride, 20" Saluda Hybrid X Dark Jazz Ride, 19" Vintage Zildjian Crash/Ride with 3 Rivets, 19" Sabian Paragon China, 17" Saluda Diamond Trash Crash, 17" Zildjian K Custom Special Dry Crash, 14" Zildjian A Custom Fast Crash, 14" Sabian AAX Studio Crash, 14" Sabian AAX Studio Hats or 14" Zildjian A New Beat Hats or 13" Paiste Dimensions Hats, depending on the gig, 12" Sabian AA Splash or Saluda Mist Brilliant Splash, 8" A Zildjian Paper Thin Splashes(2).~-----Hardware: Pearl Icon 503 Rack, Roc N Soc Nitro Throne w/ Backrest.~-----Percussion: Hi and Low LP Jam Blocks and Blast Blocks, LP Black Beauty Cowbell, Pearl Rock Cowbell, ~6" Toca Synergy Djembe, LP Aspire Bongos~-----Heads (Vintage Fade Pearls): Toms: Batters: 8" and 10": G1 Coateds. 12" and 13": G2 Coateds. 14", 15", 16" and 18": EC2 Coateds. Resos: 8", 10", 12": Genera Resonant Glass. 13", 14", 15", 16", 18": Genera G1 Clear. Snare: Aquarian Texture Coated/Hazy 300. Bass: EMAD/EQ3 w/ 5" hole. (WMP Slingerlands): Toms: Genera G1 Coateds over Genera Resonants. Bass: Coated EMAD/EQ3 White Reso. Snare: Ambassador Coated/Diplomat Snare. (Blue Sparkle Ludwigs): Toms: Aquarian Texture Coated Response 2's over Classic Clears. Bass: Superkick II/White Regulator. Snare: Teture Coated with Power Dot/Hi-Performance Snare Side~-----AIM SN: drummer7pc~-----YAHOO SN: somedrummer1623~-----Chat me up any time to talk drums! I'm always interested and am usually on Yahoo more than AIM.~-----CHECK OUT WWW.DRUMMERWORLD.COM!!! It's a great site for all drummers!..This profile was edited with Edit Your MySpace

My Interests

Drums. Music in general. Restoring Vintage Drumsets and collecting them as I go. Jazz. Drumhead Selection and Testing.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Robert Delgardo
Birthday: May 8
Birthplace: Enloe Hospital, here in Chico
Current Location: Chico.
Eye Color: I think they're green...
Hair Color: Brown.
Height: 6'4" or so...
Right Handed or Left Handed: Righty.
Your Heritage: Norwegian and Texan.
The Shoes You Wore Today: Chuck Taylors.
Your Weakness: Eh... Chocolate? I have no weakness... haha.
Your Fears: Everything falling apart around me...
Your Perfect Pizza: Every possible meat and really think crust.
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Spend more time on the drums! Yeah, that probably won't happen. We'll see.
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: "Haha" Yep.
Thoughts First Waking Up: I just think about what I'm going to do on that particular day...
Your Best Physical Feature: My height, I suppose. It's also my downfall.
Your Bedtime: Whenever I want, but when I have to be at work at 6 AM, it's early.
Your Most Missed Memory: Recess. And Pogs.
Pepsi or Coke: Coke. There's just something about it.
MacDonalds or Burger King: BK.
Single or Group Dates: Either would be nice, no?
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Not a big tea drinker. Especially those random flavors.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate... mmmm... Chocolate.
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee. Black.
Do you Smoke: Nope.
Do you Swear: Yeah...
Do you Sing: Sometimes I try. I'm sorry to those who have been affected by it.
Do you Shower Daily: Yes.
Have you Been in Love: I thought so, but really no.
Do you want to go to College: I am at the moment.
Do you want to get Married: I think so.
Do you belive in yourself: Definitely.
Do you get Motion Sickness: I don't think so...
Do you think you are Attractive: Sometimes. Mostly no, though.
Are you a Health Freak: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Do you get along with your Parents: Yeah.
Do you like Thunderstorms: Very much so.
Do you play an Instrument: Yep. Drums. Like mad.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes, I had some egg nog on New Years Eve. That's it, though.
In the past month have you Smoked: No.
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Nope.
In the past month have you gone on a Date: I guess...
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: No.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No, but Oreos did save my life once... I should thank them for that.
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No, but I've sold a bit of it...
In the past month have you been on Stage: Yeah.
In the past month have you been Dumped: Nope.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No. It's been Winter. No.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: Nope.
Ever been Drunk: Nope.
Ever been called a Tease: No.
Ever been Beaten up: Again, No.
Ever Shoplifted: Yeah. I stole a pencil from Longs, then gave it back.
How do you want to Die: Heroically, or quickly. Or both.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I'd like to own my own music instrument retail business.
What country would you most like to Visit: I'm happy here.
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Blue or green are good.
Favourite Hair Color: Brown or Blonde...
Short or Long Hair: No extremes. Either way is fine.
Height: Not taller than me, but not too short either.
Weight: Please...
Best Clothing Style: Again...
Number of Drugs I have taken: Illegal ones? None.
Number of CDs I own: Quite a lot. Never enough, though.
Number of Piercings: None.
Number of Tattoos: None.
Number of things in my Past I Regret: Very few, I think.

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I'd like to meet:

Neil Peart, Buddy Rich, Elvin Jones, Steve Gadd, John Bonham, Dennis Chambers, Bobby Jarzombek, Bernard Purdie, Bernhard Castiglioni, Will Kennedy Tony Williams, Roy Haynes, anyone in the Zildjian family, just about any famous drummer... If only I could think of all the names of drummers I'd like to meet...

Music:

Jazz, Big Band, Classic Rock, just about anything with drums. And some stuff without them... Got some Five Iron Frenzy. Its pretty cool. Oh Yeah... Buffalo Creek is damn good too. Their drummer is a way cool guy. Right now I'm in a Jazz Quintet by the name of "The Jive Five Jazz Quintet". I'm also in a modern rock trio dubbed "Phelps". I was formerly in a ska band called Where's Dean? Music is my life, and it's great.

Movies:

Definitely Lord of the Rings. Harry Potter is good too. Oh if you havent seen Bambi v. Godzilla thats a great one, a classic. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is good too. Just saw Home Alone with Macaulay Culkin and realized that it needed to be added, absolutely hilarious this one is. And another lesser-known but still great movie is Rockadoodle. This has to be the best movie ever made. You must see it.

Television:

Family Guy. The Simpsons. King of the Hill. 24 is good, suspenseful. I dont watch a lot of TV these days. Way too much else going on.

Books:

Stick Control by George Lawrence Stone, Modern Drummer Magazine.

Heroes:

The DrummerWorld Forum
as well as Gene Okamoto (Pearl Drums Product Manager)and every great drummer who ever lived......and superman.

My Blog

You might say "Lots of things"...

I always pick the most interesting days to write these things.  Today, for example, Friday the 13th.  Not that I'm superstitious or anything, it's just a day.  In fact, it hasn't been t...
Posted by Robert on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:39:00 PST

For drummers only...

Reasons why drummers are the best lovers... We bang in rhythm.We rub.We squeeze.We are very good at handling our wood.We're good at improvising.We can do it sitting, standing, laying down, or marching...
Posted by Robert on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:13:00 PST

Well this blows...

Ok, so here's the deal.  So, at work, I guess because I'm always working my ass off, the guys in charge decided to train me on the fish counter, how to stock it, and whatever else.  Cutting ...
Posted by Robert on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:42:00 PST

Work.

Very very bored.  Decided to burden you all with that very boredom.  My day at work. I arrive late, as usual on mondays when I'm scheduled to be there at 4, but band doesn't get out til 3:50...
Posted by Robert on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:24:00 PST

You asked for it...

Well, things are just about average for Robert.  I'm not doing a whole lot.  I've got a huge paper due next friday that I need to get started on, and don't have any time to work on due to a ...
Posted by Robert on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:00:00 PST

What a great day (Stanton Moore and new hats inside)!

(Copied and pasted from another site... just pretend my name is "somedrummer") Well, today has been quite a day for somedrummer. Between classes he was able to make it down to his local music shop to ...
Posted by Robert on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:59:00 PST

Yeah, new stuff

Well, ok.  Not much to say, just gotta brag about my new gear. First, the new Saluda Hybrid X Jazz Ride.  It's pretty sweet sounding.  I'll hopefully have pics before long. And also, ne...
Posted by Robert on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:17:00 PST

Wow.. It has really been that long.

Well, here I am, on the morning of the 5th anniversary of one of the most horrible days in our nation's history, with nothing better to do that this.  Sadness. Well, ever so much has happened sin...
Posted by Robert on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:01:00 PST

Just another update.

Yep. So, I'll just start from the first thing I can think of, that is, I may be getting a job at Baskin Robbins.  Or at least I applied there.  Maybe I should apply to more places.  Ma...
Posted by Robert on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:42:00 PST

A truck and a drumgasm. and some other stuff.

Everyone else has been updating, so its probly about time for me to too. So many good things... 1.  We definitely kicked ass in the Almond Bowl Battle of the bands.  Now, it could have been ...
Posted by Robert on Fri, 21 Oct 2005 05:01:00 PST