Yo Dazzler

Can you possibly post up that mp3 you posted a while ago? Was some bigband session you did. Swung really nice.I THINK it was fairly slow, but not entirely sure. Cheers. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Cheers Rudy, very sweet of you. The thing you heard at 0.34 is what you'd call a typical jazz 'send off'. It's bebop language and you'll hear all the jazz drummers do it or variations of it, from Elvin to Tain. So for example in the 8th bar of a section you'll catch the and of 4 of the last bar, the 3 on the snare of the 1st bar of the next phrase, the and of 4 of that bar and the 3rd and 4th beats of the second bar of the new phrase. I hope that make sense!!

As for that silly fill on Move, it's just a dotted crotchet, quaver and crotchet. It's all in time but because i's fairly fast, it sounds like it's slowed down I guess!!

In case I haven't explained myself, here's what I mean!!



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Cheers Dazzler, I hear it now. Weird isn't it. Sometimes you listen to something and you just don't hear the rhythm of it, or you hear it a different way. Cool. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Hey dazzler - lush playing
where did you record "just a lucky so and so"
and who is the sax player. also , was this the funal mix or not?

<font color="#a62a2a"><font size="1">[ November 22, 2004 06:17 PM: Message edited by: drumkid ]</font></font>

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 22, 2004 06:31 PM: Message edited by: drumkid ]</font>

Drumkid, we recorded Lucky So & So at Angel Studios and the alto player was Jim Knight. My friend James Brett, who arranged and produced the music mp3'd it to me, I pressume that it was the final mix, although I can't be sure.

thanks for the info Dazzler,
were you happy with the drum sound - i think it's great - what snare are you using? actually i'm listening to "move" kit sounds nice on that also - same studio?

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 22, 2004 06:50 PM: Message edited by: drumkid ]</font>

DK, Move was recorded at a different studio and if I remember correctly, we just used one or two overheads so you get a nice feeling of an overall kit sound as opposed to everything being individually miked and separated.

On listening back I think the bass drum on Move sounds a bit 'rocky' in retrospect, I've tuned it up since! [img]wink.gif[/img]

Hey dazzler, so are you doing studio sessions every week? Is that your main income, or you teach at schools or privately too? Do you do any function band stuff as well or pit work?

Rudy, teaching wise, at the moment I have 2 private schools that I teach in a couple of days a week and I also teach at home. I also tutor at The Glamorgan Jazz Summer School every year. As for playing, well it's the odd session, pop, jazz gigs and of course functions! It's always varied and interesting and definitely keeps me on my toes! As for shows, I dep on The Rat Pack ocassionally.

cheers. [img]smile.gif[/img]