Peter Erskine on Hudson Project

[seungkeeya]

What is the size of his kick drum?
I am not sure it's 20" or 18".
On the tune Cat and Kitten, I hear 2 different kick drum sound. I think one of them is muffled and one of them isn't.
Was he actually using two different foot technique to get 2 different sound?
Also, his ride cymbal sounded amazing..
What type of ride cymbal was that?

[elpatricio]

I take it you are refering to the CD of the hudson project? There is a great DVD available of the same gig, on which you would be able to see exactly what equipment he is using. I don't own it, but i hear its a great DVD. It also includes interviews with each of the band where they speak about their musical concepts. Erskine uses constantinoples as far as I know, but maybe he will show up and answer the question himself [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

[erskoman]

Greetings; thanks for the kind words.
That's an 18" (Yamaha Maple Custom) bass drum ... since the tuning is pretty much wide-open, the pedal/beater gets 2 different sounds depending on whether the beater rests against/digs into the head or bounces off ...

Ride cymbal is a 22" K Zildjian Constantinople (Medium, I think ...); in Paris at the moment and I don't have the DVD handy to look at .... it is an excellently shot video, very well recorded to boot.

The "Hudson Project" was a fun bit of touring and playing to do.

Best wishes,
PE

[XNavyDrummer]

Thanks for the reply Peter. What type of muffling (if any) do you use for a "wide-open" 18?

When suengkeeya mentioned the two types of kick sounds I was thinking it was probably a wide open sound where you can hear the different types of resonances depending on if the drummer is playing off the head or diggin in (just like those Bonham recordings where you actually hear two different pitches for one openly-tuned kick drum).

[DrumKit_Cat]

I really enjoyed the Hudson Project! I bought it a couple of years ago mostly because of Peter Erskine and John Patittucci - but everyone puts out an awesome effort on this great collection of tunes!

[Steve Holmes]

I remember that video. They do Samurai HeeHaw on there which I always thought was a cool tune. In 93 Peter came to M.I. to play and my friend and I yelled "SAMURAI HEEHAW!" so they played it. It was a good show.
I would highly recommend the Hudson Project video to anyone that doesn't have it.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 22, 2005 01:26 PM: Message edited by: Steve Holmes ]</font>

[Tom Hipskind]

I agree and I also love the clinic aspect to it as well. I believe it is a Maple Absolute kit he's playing on here. Sounds great!

Another video I just picked up is the John Abercrombie trio at the Vanguard ca. 1985 or so (Peter, maybe you could enlighten us as to the date?) with Michael Brecker. Man, GREAT stuff going on there! Awesome playing by PE and everyone. Intense and explosive interplay. And Peter's snare, I believe, is a 5x14" Noble & Cooley Classic SS (I have one of those myself!), with a 4pc. Recording Custom kit.

On the last song (Four on One), they break into the funky solo section of "Clint"--awesome, highly recommended!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...s=dvd&v=glance