Hi Liquid_Drummer
It clicked today.. For some reason out of the blue I am now able to play polys with more ease and less "brain tangle" (which is what I call when you are barley able to play something and you feel like you can barely hold it together).Have you ever had something that seemed way out of reach technically just become available to you so suddenly ? Like the light just came on.. Weird experience isnt it ?
Virtually everything that is in my books was out of reach to me in the beginning...so yes I've had that feeling a lot. It's usually 'mind over matter' rather than some technically difficult coordination thing.
Hi NeuroAxis,
Have you by chance heard any of his solo work with the Zawinul Syndicate? He has played with some phenomenal drummers with the Syndicate like Nat Townsley and Paco Sery just to name a few...
Yes I have some Zawinul Syndicate recordings - and Paco and Nat are amazing on them.
Hi deadwing_007
seeing a poster asking you about the dw505 drop clutch reminded me of an issue i have with mine. I'm trying to figure out the best way to explain it....When i close the hi-hats, the clutch is able to move a little bit, almost like its pulling the metal clamp down a little further.Have you ever had a similar problem to this?
On the underside of the top section there is a nut that can be backed out to get rid of that unwanted movement. I believe there's an allen key screw holding that nut - you may have to undo that first.
Hi Joe P
I guess my simple question is: How do you record music such that you'll be satisfied with the product? Or is it ever even possible to be satisfied with a recording in the long run? Would my solution be to carefully structure every single groove and fill for the recording [but only in a worst-case scenario, because that sounds like it would be horrid!]?
I normally have a reasonable idea of what I want to play on a song as I'm listening to it. I know the feeling of not being happy with it - but you have to reach a compromise with yourself and say 'that's as good as it's going to get today'. A few weeks later I can't even remember the tiny details I was unhappy about on the day of recording. I've done so much recording - and I know my own playing so well - I know there will always be flaws - but I also know when I feel it's sounding good and I should leave it there. Working out every single beat and fill is not going to make me happy.
Also, I wanted to ask you if there was any recorded version of "Slippin' Away" from your DVD?
No - there's just that DVD version.
Hi SantiBanks,
Any chance that you would some kind of jazz album, I guess with a different band then the Fantasy Jazz Group
I've often played with the idea of that. I know some great jazz musicians I could get it together with. It just doesn't feel like the right time to do it. Maybe when I'm older it will feel like a nice return to my roots.
Hi Gus
Do you know if will be soon avalaible through DGM, downloads of any of the american concerts with KC?.
I don't know about that. I do know that all the shows were recorded on multitrack though.
About the "Fantasy Jazz Group", when SantiBanks did the question, immediatily came Bill Evans in my mind as your pianoman... Another elegant musician like Chet, and two of my favourites.
Yes I love Bill Evans and Lyle Mays too.
Hi MoreCowbell!!
I was just wondering, how many hours did you use to practice per day when you were a kid?
As long as could - is the honest answer. Practising my lesson material was always painful to me and needed some will power to get me through - but playing along to records and just figuring out things on my own I could do as long as I could stay awake.
Hi gongbass
You mentioned those Zildjian Crash/bell prototypes any way we could get a little more info on them? where they the three little cymbals right in front of you? What are their weights and does Zildjian plan on actually selling them?
Those three cymbals are still in the prototype phase - I can tell you that they're 7" 8" 9" in size and have an unusual crash-bell sound to them. They're not splash cymbals- and they're not bells - but probably somewhere in between. I've been using them on my last couple of recording projects and I'm very pleased with the sound of them. I hope that one day Zildjian might consider marketing them. Glad you enjoyed the Crimson show in NYC.
Hi BBman
I am extremely excited to see you at PASIC and was wondering if you were going to be doing a solo or if you were going to be playing along to different songs. This is just so I can be prepared to be amazed.
I'll be playing along to tracks from PT, some tracks from my DVD's and my last project with 05Ric. I don't really do drum solos.
cheers
Gavin