A little drum'n' bass video!

[MaxG]

Hi there,

after seeing Jojo Mayer at a clinic here in Germany I decided to get back to my electronic roots. Here are the first steps ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFQ6lUOjelQ

cheers
Max

[drum.lad]

cool stuff man i love all that drum and bass stuff jojo is insane i saw him a few months ago he blew me away

[fourstringdrums]

Very nice! I always look forward to your videos. Keep it up!

[Vinnysimmo]

Nice. A little overdone at times but very nice.

[aydee]

Very neat, bud! really like your style.

[SLEEPY BRiGHT EYEZ]

Ah yes, very well then. I likey.

[PineyplayParadiddles]

Nice! That's a real good recording as well, sounds brilliant.
Keep up the good work!

[timebandit]

Nice and tite! that's how I like it!

[MaxG]

Thanks a lot! After watching it again I think it is really a little overdone. The direction isn't clear as well. But as I said Jojo made me reconsider my playing and now I am in search of my new style :-)

There ist no "recording". It is the internal cam mic. It makes a really good sound because of its natural compression. Billy Ward told me that he uses those little mics for his own recordings too.

Merry Christmas!

Max

[KCDrummer]

Great stuff Max! I've been getting more interested in this type of thing lately because I think there are some cool possibilities in combining it with jazz (form, instrumentation, harmony, etc.). Have you dabbled in anything like that?

Keep it up!

[MaxG]

Great stuff Max! I've been getting more interested in this type of thing lately because I think there are some cool possibilities in combining it with jazz (form, instrumentation, harmony, etc.). Have you dabbled in anything like that?

Keep it up!

Thanks KC! No, but I am looking for people who want to experiment with it. Lately I talked to some DJs and they were interested. Unfortunately I am quite unexperienced in playing Jazz but I love the feel.

And you are right, I often noticed a relation between Jazz and those "new" forms of hybrid playing.People like Zach Danziger or Jojo Mayer come from a jazz backround. I think it is the swung feel and complex coordination required for playing especially the fast styles of jungle and breakbeats.

cheers
Max

[ihitdrumz]

Great playing! it inspired me to try something like that sometime
What hi hats do you use? They sound great

[DogBreath]

Great stuff. Jojo is very inspiring, isn't he?

[stasz]

Tight playing! Sounded great, all your drum and cymbal sounds are perfect for that electronic but acoustic sound. I especially have to say the hi-hats, they really sound suberb. Your filling really blew me away, especially on the shuffle feel. Overall I'm totally impressed with this video. Yeah! Keep it up!

EDIT: I noticed... So you're that guy I saw on the forums with the SQ2 set and Brady Snares. No wonder the drums sounded so good!

[MaxG]

Thanks again! Jojo is really an inspiration, musically and personally!

The hats are 13" HHX Evos on the left and a Portnoy Max Stax Mid 10" on the right which I mounted inversed (china as bottom, splash as top) on a X-hat.

The main snare is a 14x5 Wahan Stainless Stell and the side snare is a Sonor Artist Earth 13x5.

[Big_Philly]

Great drumming, good speed and great job keeping a steady tempo. I like the boom of your bassdrum!