Peter thank you so much for your guidance, encouragement and wisdom. You have no idea how some of the statements that you have made have helped me in my journey to be the next Poogie Bell only with my style. Thanks man! PT.
RUDY, RUDY, RUDY!!! Great groove brother!! I think you sound great. Where did you get these backing tracks from? I have been looking for some cool backing tracks for my demo disk that I am working on. Let me know, and as always remember to "Keep It In The Pocket". PT.
Peter thank you so much for your guidance, encouragement and wisdom. You have no idea how some of the statements that you have made have helped me in my journey to be the next Poogie Bell only with my style. Thanks man! PT.
Manu,
Square? Sometimes, we play music
that puts us in a box.
I would need to need to hear you
on some other things before I
would conclude anything like that.
In this tune, the 16th-note pattern
is so powerful, you don't try to
break from it and that's something
that is tough, in this situation.
To do it takes a conscious effort
and there's preparation that can
be done. Don't disparage yourself
so much. That's a no-no.
Now, maybe that fill could have
been done differently but from
what I hear you COULD HAVE done
it differently. Yes, there were
a couple of things (time-related
hesitations) but that can be done
away with. This was a rehearsal.
Need to hear more of you and also
how you're doing this. Are you
trad? Are you crashing primarily
with your right-hand? How hard
are you hitting the kit etc. ?
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Yeah, that's kind of an old rehearsal in a NYC studio we did once. Then from a tape stereo that was transferred to the computer with a mic.
I know my playing is so so in that tune, I do like what the guitarrist and bassist are doing, what do you think?
Oh and I play matched, hit cymbals with both hands and hit not too hard not too soft [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]wink.gif[/img]
PS: I'm in CA right now and not playing with that band anymore [img]frown.gif[/img]
Pocketime, thank you man! It's from dennis chambers CD 'serious moves'.I've had it for years, but never bothered to try it till now. Check the previous page of this thread, there's another one of these tracks that I linked to in a post to peter. Take that one pocket, and I'll upload another one at some point. The one I did and the one I linked to are actually the easier ones, the others are ****ing hard! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Manu, very nice playing man, keep it up! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Listen. There's nothing wrong with
what you set out to do with that tune.
Like I said, sometimes the music can
be a box and it needed a strong 16th-
note pattern to pocket it, in my view.
You did what was right. There may be
just a couple of minor things that
would have cleaned up easy and noth-
ing to feel bad about, really.
To play against that, you need to
have somethings prepared. That would
be easy for you. Let's hear some more
from you Manu and again, let me hear
about HOW YOU FEEL about it.
I'll be back later...
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOL!! So I take it that you've visited England then Peter?! You can't beat a pint of foaming, nut brown ale... mmmmmmmm!!Trust me, when I say a
guy like Dazz wants that too.
He is a sensitive player and
what's more, drinks the best
beer in the world.
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I also appreciate your comments. You are totally right of course, I play and teach drums for a living, it's my job and if I didn't care about the music I make then firstly I wouldn't be true to myself and secondly I wouldn't earn a living from it as people wouldn't book me.
I'm just grateful that I'm getting the oppurtunity to play with so many talented musicians and finding myself in so many diverse musical situations.
Now, if you tell me what soccer
team you cheer for, that may rank
you atop!!!
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Speaking the truth, Dazz!
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Don't talk to me about soccer mate - my team are letting in more goals than Stevie Wonder!! I'm a Spurs fan - that's Tottenham Hotspur by the way!!
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I'm tottenham too dazz. Haven't got a clue how they're doing as I don't really follow footie, but they've always been my team [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
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