Drum solo check this out!

[ToPrAle]

Hi i'm putting all the stuff ..little by little.. here another drum solo ! let me know!!! critique very welcome!! ( the first one is the newest)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3KCoPf7Ew8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szBNYjDbtdg


Byee!!!

[michael drums]

Wow! I'm impressed! I love your jazz/fusion style solo work, ToPrAle! Very clean and a great "layout" of a solo. And the way you switch around to different methods of how you want it to proceed is well thought out! Excellent! Please...Play On! ;-)

[ToPrAle]

Wow! I'm impressed! I love your jazz/fusion style solo work, ToPrAle! Very clean and a great "layout" of a solo. And the way you switch around to different methods of how you want it to proceed is well thought out! Excellent! Please...Play On! ;-)


Wow!!! tnx for your bright comment!!! you make me feel ok!! you know.. playing an instrument it could be frustrating sometimes... tank you very mutch!!!!

[michael drums]

Wow!!! tnx for your bright comment!!! you make me feel ok!! you know.. playing an instrument it could be frustrating sometimes... tank you very mutch!!!!


I'm glad I could offer such a "bright" comment to you, ToPrAle! But I'm only speaking from the heart, and the truth is, you have a fantastic future in percussion, if you don't already!

It's always refreshing to see another drummer contiribute a video of how they like to "git r done" on the skins! And it's quite obvious that you've been playing for a while and that you have the confidence to proceed forward with the "tools" you have learned and perfected! Keep Up the great work, and hope to see more of you, soon! Play On!

[Johnny from the block]

Nice job man! I couldn't have done it better myself, that's for sure. Your really fast and quite precise too! And I love the variaty you try to create by trying out all kinds of stuff. Although I really feel like your going in a certain direction qua style.

If I have to name one minor negative point, it would probably be that in sometimes it's a bit chaotic and the transistions from one beat to another are not always as fluently as they should be imo, bit hey, who am I?

Defintly great playing, overall, and your certainly on a higher level then I am, congratz! Keep it going.

[ToPrAle]

Nice job man! I couldn't have done it better myself, that's for sure. Your really fast and quite precise too! And I love the variaty you try to create by trying out all kinds of stuff. Although I really feel like your going in a certain direction qua style.

If I have to name one minor negative point, it would probably be that in sometimes it's a bit chaotic and the transistions from one beat to another are not always as fluently as they should be imo, bit hey, who am I?

Defintly great playing, overall, and your certainly on a higher level then I am, congratz! Keep it going.



i completely agree with you!!! you know what?... all the solos i play are completly improvised, may be i think at a melody may be somthing else... but sometimes.. ther is this All of a sudden transition...EhHE Bob Moses told me the same thing... may be with hard word i'll achive a complete ability to make an effrtles and sensed solos... really tnx for your comment!!! the comments i realy like are like this one

[junglelord]

I watched the whole thing....thats a good sign!
I was entertained all the way through.
My only advice is to syncopate with the hi hat more like John Bonham....
Your very good and very talented, Cheers

[ToPrAle]

I watched the whole thing....thats a good sign!
I was entertained all the way through.
My only advice is to syncopate with the hi hat more like John Bonham....
Your very good and very talented, Cheers


tnx! but.. what d u mean with" syncopate like john bonam?" can you make me an examle? like a piece from him?

Bye!!

[Drummer Karl]

Truly inspiring...(wanna go away from this pure Elvin Jones soloing a bit)...this is a very inspiring video. Keep it up, you have a very good future!!! Really love this style.

Karl

[latino_skills]

Hi. I can see your name on the home page of drummerworld. Great brush work. Your solos showed me that you dont have to do constant fills to make a good solo. Great stuff man. I have been playing for about 4 years and i can learn a lot from those solos.

[Michael G]

Wow. A beautiful and musical drum solo. I expected something no where near that level of sophistication in a drum solo. You my friend are a great drummer, keep up the fantastic work!

[d.c.drummer]

I absolutely loved this. The playing is so tastefull. The solo is well structured (not just every lick you can remember) and your playing is clean and technically sound. A very big A+.

Also, i forgot, the creativity on the brushwork solo was very commendable. Are you sure you're not endorsed?

[ToPrAle]

I absolutely loved this. The playing is so tastefull. The solo is well structured (not just every lick you can remember) and your playing is clean and technically sound. A very big A+.

Also, i forgot, the creativity on the brushwork solo was very commendable. Are you sure you're not endorsed?


tnx for the comment!!! and i'm i'm shure i'm not endorsed :( i wish i could!!!

Tank you again!

[ToPrAle]

i would like to tanks all you guys from Drummerworld , for spending this little time to write me something ... it really means a lot for me ..really . YEsterday night i had a gig with an orchestra ( we play music from the 1920 ) traditional jazz... it was really funny!!! i played with an old drum set just a bass drum snare 2 cyim and woodblocks... and today ( if i'll have tima ) i would like to make another video just for you!! HEhHEhEH so.. se you soon!!! And tank you again guys!

[ledzepjb]

very nice work would love to see other clips.

[drummersgroove]

Very cool, great playing, your drums sound very, very good. What kit is that? And snare? The snare sounds killer.

[thesam]

WOW!!! That was an inspiration....This is definately the direction I would like to head in my future. Straight ahead grooves that are complex at times but you make them look easy. Great work!!!! I wanna see more

[Freddie Freeloader]

wow! great stuff man. your snare sounds great too. i really liked your ideas.

[ellenvannin105]

I love the way you make use of everything that is within your reach. Your playing is technical without being showy; you aren't afraid to let the silences between your notes do the speaking. Most drum solos that I hear tend to feature as many notes as can be crammed into each mili-second; you let the mili-seconds make their own statements. I find this very effective. I think that one of the chief reasons I do not do drum solos is because the world is already full of eloquent players like you. Your style reminds me both of Steve Gadd and Bill Bruford. Thank you for posting your videos.

[ToPrAle]

I love the way you make use of everything that is within your reach. Your playing is technical without being showy; you aren't afraid to let the silences between your notes do the speaking. Most drum solos that I hear tend to feature as many notes as can be crammed into each mili-second; you let the mili-seconds make their own statements. I find this very effective. I think that one of the chief reasons I do not do drum solos is because the world is already full of eloquent players like you. Your style reminds me both of Steve Gadd and Bill Bruford. Thank you for posting your videos.


Thanks for your very kind words! ! i'm posting to share my passion with other people like you!! remember this.. no matter what your hands or your technique can do, the most of the job is listen and internalize, as you did with my video, i'm shure you'll play amazing solos one day!! just don't be afraid of it! i had the same feeling you had, years ago, i was like... ohh! i don't play solos! but it'a part of the game.. may be for 2 years you concentrate your self to groove as good as possible...

thanks again! Ciao

Alessio

[tracer]

I am an old guy and very much enjoyed.Great drum sound also.Can you tell us the specifics of your kit/cymbals?
Tracer

[beatadrum]

Tell me about your snare!! It sounnds so good, wat heads, brand, size, and how you tuned it! I love your style.

[da cheese walks]

man that was incredible...how long have you been playing??

in certain ways you remind me of a much more talented and musically eleqount version of myself on drums...your ideas are at the core,very similar to mine...however you are a much more musical drummer than i...you're light on those skins,whereas im heavy....you play with silence...i keep something going...to be able to do what you do would be magnificent....

nice stuff!

[ToPrAle]

man that was incredible...how long have you been playing??

in certain ways you remind me of a much more talented and musically eleqount version of myself on drums...your ideas are at the core,very similar to mine...however you are a much more musical drummer than i...you're light on those skins,whereas im heavy....you play with silence...i keep something going...to be able to do what you do would be magnificent....

nice stuff!

i have been playiing for about 10 or 11 yeARS.. THANL YOU very mutch for the comment :D . anyway no rush you'll grow up with time , i'm still growing and i have soo mutch to learn, i think that if you have ideas in your head that you can't play, you'll get beter and better!:D

[ToPrAle]

Tell me about your snare!! It sounnds so good, wat heads, brand, size, and how you tuned it! I love your style.

cIAO!

the snare is different from a video to another... i guess you mean the little one.. you know what. it's a 12" inches size manu katche junior kit snare drum!! may beit s to small to be really versatile but i love it. i have the factory head mounted and i played with it 350 concert!!! is still sounds good!!! just cause te snare is good!! :D i beleive that the best diameter for a snare is 13" but.. it's just my opinion! you shoud try! tnx for comment!
:D

[ToPrAle]

I am an old guy and very much enjoyed.Great drum sound also.Can you tell us the specifics of your kit/cymbals?
Tracer

hi tracer!

I used hhx evoolution crash 16" on my right,on my left manhattan ride i think it's a 20" and as a right ride a sabian jo jo mayer signature. i think i foun a sice mix of sound with this cymbals.. but i use to change cymbal and kit very often!


thank you !

[da cheese walks]

i have been playiing for about 10 or 11 yeARS.. THANL YOU very mutch for the comment :D . anyway no rush you'll grow up with time , i'm still growing and i have soo mutch to learn, i think that if you have ideas in your head that you can't play, you'll get beter and better!:D

Well man i hope so too....and soon im gonna try and post a video of myself up...so then you can have a look and see are my observations correct!

but man really good stuff....

ive only been playing 2 years...but i hope i can get up to your level!!!

[ToPrAle]

hi tracer!

I used hhx evoolution crash 16" on my right,on my left manhattan ride i think it's a 20" and as a right ride a sabian jo jo mayer signature. i think i foun a sice mix of sound with this cymbals.. but i use to change cymbal and kit very often!


thank you !


lol sorry my keyboards is gone... i was saying i think i found a nice sound eith those cymbals.. :D

[ToPrAle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNtT0TCErQ

i'm adding this video here :D Enjoy

[chris_drb]

Very very very nice job. It was so refreshing to see someone play so tastefully, musically, and dynamically. I loved it.

[ToPrAle]

Thank you ! for the nice comment!!

[Fatticus]

your snare sounds dreamy

[drummerboy417]

Excellent articulation and syncopation--I challenge anybody who thinks that the drums can not play a "musical" solo to listen to you.

[ToPrAle]

Excellent articulation and syncopation--I challenge anybody who thinks that the drums can not play a "musical" solo to listen to you.

Wow! ... thank you very mutch! :D with drums you can play musically or not as wel as any other instrument! :D

[Raymond Bloom]

hi tracer!

I used hhx evoolution crash 16" on my right,on my left manhattan ride i think it's a 20" and as a right ride a sabian jo jo mayer signature. i think i foun a sice mix of sound with this cymbals.. but i use to change cymbal and kit very often!


thank you !
ooh, another fellow drummer with a Fierce ride! Great, great cymbal!

your solos are cool, too bad the sound has an extreamely low bitrate

keep up,cheers,
Ray

[ToPrAle]

ooh, another fellow drummer with a Fierce ride! Great, great cymbal!

your solos are cool, too bad the sound has an extreamely low bitrate

keep up,cheers,
Ray


Yeah ! i love the fierce ride ! :D

tnx for comm!

[mikejames]

My favorite thing about your work is that it's relaxed. With no offense to any particular individual, I get sooooooo tired of hearing young guys simply banging away at a moderately-fast funk beat, and often with poor-sounding drums.

It's nice to hear someone leave play some good-sounding drums and cymbals, play with good time, leave some space, use dynamics, create "sections", like a song, etc.. Thank you for that.

[ToPrAle]

I love the fierce ride!! :D:D

[ToPrAle]

My favorite thing about your work is that it's relaxed. With no offense to any particular individual, I get sooooooo tired of hearing young guys simply banging away at a moderately-fast funk beat, and often with poor-sounding drums.

It's nice to hear someone leave play some good-sounding drums and cymbals, play with good time, leave some space, use dynamics, create "sections", like a song, etc.. Thank you for that.


:D it's too mutch! thanks to you my friend.. you know sometimes happens sometimes not... i'm trying to catch and understand te "magic" of a drum solo, watching other player trying different approaches.. but it still one step forward from me!! that's crazy! :D

Ale

[cjl71178]

Very nice solos, you've got a sweet sounding snare! Keep up the great playing bro!

[da cheese walks]

ahhh man your stuff is great!!!haha!its all i can say!

[radeq]

very good

what ride do you use???

[ToPrAle]

very good

what ride do you use???



ok.. on my left i use an hh manhattan ride 20" on my right ther's a saban fierce ride 22"

! Tnx !

[Tutin]

That is really good man, well done.

[ToPrAle]

tNX A LOT :D

I'm gonna leave my sweet country the 15th may ... direction: Boston, i think i'll stay there for about 2 or 3 years! My live is now going to change i guess, i hope to have time to post and be here in this awesome forum..

BYe!

[joeybeats]

Can't add much more than what has been stated in all of the above posts ... just great playing and what a feel you have! Just awesome and inspiring. I've found a new fav part of DW ... all you guys are great. Joey

[ToPrAle]

Can't add much more than what has been stated in all of the above posts ... just great playing and what a feel you have! Just awesome and inspiring. I've found a new fav part of DW ... all you guys are great. Joey


tnx Joey For your very kind words :D


i really appreciated !