Vinnie on the new Faith Hill Album

[Klemme]

Picked it up to-day.

To my suprise it's a guy called Shannon Forest doing the majority of the tracks, probably a nashville guy of some sort, i don't know him, but lays it down well! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

Vinnie is on 3-5 tracks i'm not sure, credits in this booklet is rather mezzy.

He lays down a track which i'm diggin at the moment. For me it's a "new" Vinnie of so to speak, very disciplined but boast out the madness in the solo, but still very controlled and very musical. He's gonna be in the Contemporary pop/country business for a long time, he did a great job!

The Lucky One

And please do not let this topic get into another Country music mudslide.

[Mr. Acrolite]

Yeah, Shannon is one of the new "it" guys in Nashville. A great player, like all the A-team guys are.

Vinnie's success in such a broad range of styles is proof to me that great drumming is universal. What a body of work he is building!


Mr. A.

[Clintuplet]

Vinnie's success in such a broad range of styles is proof to me that great drumming is universal. What a body of work he is building!

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hey Klemme, thanks for the clip.


You know, when I hear of Vinnie with all of these different people I think of the Buddy Rich and Tony Williams quotes about a good drummer can play drums in any situation. They've got to be looking down from Heaven and saying, "Yeah, he's the real deal".

[Jean-Paul]

And please do not let this topic get into another Country music mudslide

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">HAHAHAHA Thanks Klemme for the clip [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

And off topic things about Faith Hill? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[likedachuch]

thank you, klemme! that was tasty!!

[Jonathan599]

[/QUOTE]Hey Klemme, thanks for the clip.
You know, when I hear of Vinnie with all of these different people I think of the Buddy Rich and Tony Williams quotes about a good drummer can play drums in any situation. They've got to be looking down from Heaven and saying, "Yeah, he's the real deal".[/QB][/QUOTE]

Being able to play drums in any situation (whatever that's supposed to mean) is no more a prerequisite for being a good drummer than being able to paint in any style is a prerequisite for being a good visual artist.

[got_a_matchgrip]

Yeah, Shannon is one of the new "it" guys in Nashville. A great player, like all the A-team guys are.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah. He does quite a bit of A & B sessions there [more A than B anynore]

And please do not let this topic get into another Country muse mudslide

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">[img]tongue.gif[/img]
Aw, CnW is allright [some]. Just like any other genre of mus...it has its pearls/gems, & it also has its share of Frostayed-Tuherdz [new popular rural-suburban cereal]... [img]wink.gif[/img]

Faith does some great pop ballads ["disguised" as "country;" "crosssover," really], like many another popular CnW singer.

It's simply VC putting on one of his many hats that day. [img]cool.gif[/img]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 16, 2005 03:30 PM: Message edited by: got_a_match_grip? ]</font>

[Mr. Acrolite]

Being able to play drums in any situation (whatever that's supposed to mean) is no more a prerequisite for being a good drummer than being able to paint in any style is a prerequisite for being a good visual artist.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's true. But versatility can allow you to work more. And no style you learn will "hurt" any other styles you know. As far as I can see, learning is never bad.


Mr. A.

[Clintuplet]

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True. I interpret their comments to be in reference to being a well-rounded musician, not just a drummer. Even with that said you don't have to play country, rock, fusion, jazz, whatever, to be a well rounded musician. I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder and Buddy and Tony gauge a player's abilities, at least partially, on versatility.

[Vdrummer]

I think country drumming is one of the hardest styles to learn and master because it is entirely based on feel and grooving. If you play anything that doesn't groove, any pattern remotely self-indulgent, overly clever, etc., will usually get axed. It requires knowledge, taste, discretion, and a ton of self-restraint. You have to know what the song needs, and work entirely within the parameters of the style. The drummers that can do that and still be interesting are surprisingly rare.