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apologies for the blatant plug - my website has been updated with some new sounds and videos etc....check it out if u have time.

Louie,

Great job on your site and on the Tiempo video! Nice playing!!

Andy

Wow. Very nice.

That solo on Submarine is blazing! You play it better than Bissonette plays it on his Dvd!

The sax solo groove on Tiempo is wicked also.

Where do you get all these drum-less tracks from?? I wish i had that many! I'm always short of stuff to play along to.

Oh, any chance of a lesson any time soon? I'm in Oxford, it would be cool if we could get together and do something at some time.

Cheers...

Loz.

Oh and i really like that thing in 19/16. Wicked.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ September 15, 2005 05:40 PM: Message edited by: LDGuy ]</font>

I'm not a religious man Louie, but JEEZUZ H CHRIST!!!! [img]eek.gif[/img] [img]eek.gif[/img]

Awesome... and the production is great too, attention to detail! Like the cute little cutting between the bass drum bursts on your solo.

Fantastic playing, but not too sure about the jazz examples, sorry. I think they could feel looser, maybe I'm just a purist. The rest is great. [img]wink.gif[/img]

Nice one. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ September 15, 2005 05:40 PM: Message edited by: Dazzler ]</font>

Very nice -- I really enjoyed your playing throughout all the videos.

Your drumming is much better than the music selections, however -- at least in my opinion.

But they do demonstrate your wide range of style and ability -- and that's what is important.

Hi Louis,

Wow, I just heard "Tiempo..." and I have to say that you play really great !!!

But why you don't use your OWN music instead of using Weckl's music ?

You can find "everywhere" some great song in any style you want, why to take music where people can compare you to a MASTER like Dave ?
I don't think that it's good for you or anybody else to play these Weckl track in front of people/audience...
Good for practicing alone at home, but that's it.

You play really great, but if you play Dave's music, obviously the people gonna compare you to him...
There is only one Weckl, and in my opinion there is not so much people who can touch him, SPECIALY in HIS music composed by himself !!!

No offense please because you are already a great player, I just think that you have to take now some good decisions for your own "profile/business/exposure"...

Take care Mate and have fun.

Peace.

Thanks guys. chuffed to have those comments from you dazzler - and noted about the jazz stuff, i am working on that now - thats exactly what it needs to be feel-wise; looser.

As for the Weckl track and music selections. I couldnt get a band together in time - i would have to pay the musicians, pay for rehearsal, pick tunes and it would be hard for one band to cover all those styles and the shoot would have taken twice as long and therefore cost twice as much. At least with a track i am the only one who can make mistakes.

The point of the dvd was for it to be a business card showing ability in most recognised styles - the intended audience will have no idea who originally played tiempo and its a great latin track.....all the people who were at the shoot and have watched it who are not drummers love that tune the most, its just a fun tune.

The rest of the tracks are very average i agree - but what can i do? maybe the next one i'll involve some live musicians - im always on the hunt for good backing tracks. the new peter erskine books are great for this but again are in a jazz style so its hard to find pop/rock/dance stuff without the drums....sending a dvd full of jazz and latin tracks to producers and MD's in the UK wouldnt do me much good i dont think. I needed to put some groove stuff in.

more feedback would be great. be honest too, i like the criticism, i sure learnt a lot from doing it. would be great to have some feedback from Mr. Erskine and Steve Holmes.

And LDGuy - PM me.

Louie - [img]biggrin.gif[/img] You must have shed and shed and shed to get where you are today, it really is incredible, having watched some of the clips again.

Who did you study with to get your hands together? For example, keeping up the quavers constantly on thhe hi-hat throughout that DnB tune requires great technique. I certainly couldn't do it, my hands would fail after a few bars at that tempo I think!

Just my 2 pence: You have more technique and facility NOW Louie than you will EVER need - trust me!! I would make your goal (as you are doing from the blurb on your site) to play with as many musicians as possible. Get yourself to jam sessions, hang out at music colleges in town and meet as many players as you can.

For me (as you well know!!) It's all about MUSIC. I couldn't touch your technique with a shitty stick mate and I would suggest that for now, to leave all the shedding and concentrate on repetoir, tunes, forms and knowing styles inside out. As you well know, covering Samba for example, is a lifetimes work as there are so many different styles and variations. We have to know all the integral percussion parts and how they work together in order to play it authentically.

Good luck and congrats again Louie, you've clearly been working hard. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

thanks darren.

well i believe i have only just begun with technqiue - i started studying with thomas 18 months ago and have had around 6-7 lessons. he sorted my hands and feet out and my ATTITUDE out towards chops and practicing. Those 8th notes on the hats on the DnB tune surely is a very basic thing that would be required on any tune that happens to be fast. If the band leader counts a tune off fast - u have to play fast. simple as i guess. but for that DnB style i have been working on also putting in a group of 3 16th notes on the occasional backbeat or bass drum which requires finger and bounce stuff....that sounds killer - check out jojo for that shit. just good right hand technique, which also applies to upbeat jazz stuff of course.

but you are right dazzler - i have been working less on chops or certainly less ferociously and i see it as more of a long term project, maybe for the next 4-5 yrs, esp with the feet. But i am now working on playing with clicks, reading, chart interpretation, styles, jazz stuff etc.

and i have moved on a little from the dvd, i would approach it differently now. i was using huge sticks which i no longer do (due to the horrible sound u get) and would inject a little more passion and personality into it and make it groove a little more. the solo for example i thought was boring, needed more rhythms and more structure.

Hi Louie,

And great post Darren as always.

You know Louie I do some demo/clinic stuff in France for Yamaha, for my play back I have a good friend of mine, great keyboard player and really good with computer's stuff as partner.
Working together we can do 3 great playback in 3 hours !!!
I start to have a good repertoire...

I'm sure you have a friend with who you could work on some music/playback, I say friend because if it's a friend it will be free...
Now we can have some awesome sound in the computer, believe me my playback are BURNING !!!
Acoustic bass sound are greeat, Fendre Rhodes, piano, electric bass...
My Man does everythings !!!
It's really great.

I just use some standard that I re-arrange like I would like, and I want that they to become entertaining.
Some Weather Report stuff, some Miles stuff that I put in 7/8...
You can do what you want !!!

But anyway, keep your stuff, you are already in the right zone !!!

Cheers.