I opened the newspapers this morning to discover, with shock and sadness, that Jimmy Sullivan AKA The Rev, drummer for Avenged Sevenfold, had passed away in his sleep on the night of 28th December (2 days ago) of natural causes. He was an extremely talented drummer, and with his passing I will have to accept that A7X will probably never be the same again. the title of this post is directed at him: RIP The Rev, you will live on forever in your music and in the hearts of all your fans the world over.
today was another walk-in practice. learned the couples dances and the hip-hop theme dances, which means that we officially learned all the dances for the walk-in. one of the hip-hop dances is especially tiring, because for some reason the choreographers wanted to have a few people doing some weird-looking solo parts (which do not look like hip-hop at all imo) and unfortunately i was one of them. we also tried to run through all the dances in one shot, like what would be happening during the actual walk-in, but obviously everyone was screwing up like crazy. oh well, hopefully we can all get it right by the hall practice, otherwise... well, im doing orientation 2 so i have more time to practice, but i salute those in orientation 1 for charging head-first into battle.
here's a tribute to The Rev. i feel that Critical Acclaim is one of the A7X songs that most clearly showcases the drumming, it's almost as much a lead instrument as even the lead guitar in this song. once again, RIP The Rev.
