Hi Rítmico
On your last answer you told that there is a possibility to release a book with the transcriptions of PT songs. I'm really happy with this.Can you include a cd of play-along tracks (without click) like you did with Rhythmic Design book? It's difficult find good books, with song tracks with the option "without click".
I did think long and hard about that option - but there are a lot of problems with it regarding copyright.
The Yamaha 9000 on e-bay is your famous snare? The snare that inspired you to create the Protean?
No - it's one of my spares.
Thank you Gavin to help us during many years. A happy new year, and I hope that some day you visit Brazil with PT or 05Ric, or alone to make a clinic... If drums are a problem, You can use mine, It's a SQ2 inspired in your black and white tribal finish (same sizes and thickness).
OK thanks.
Hi Illusion1409
A big problem for me, when playing with friends who have guitars and basses, is snare buzz. If I'm not playing I often find myself having to switch off the snares. I've looked online at various solutions, but was curious as to your methods - how do you cope with such an annoyance?
If I have time I turn the snares off when I'm not playing.There's not much you can do about it. Being in close proximity - you will have that problem. Try cutting down some old snare wires to just 8 strands and see if that helps.
Hi aksnitd
1. I noticed you play a marimba on 19 Days. You mentioned earlier that you don't practice with it but I wanted to ask do you ever compose melodies with it to present to either O5Ric or Porcupine Tree? Also, on 19 Days, in the video, there is a shot of you playing another melodic percussion instrument which looks like a number of small metal plates struck with a hammer. Which instrument is this?
No I don't really compose on the marimba. The only time I did was on the "19 Days" tune. The instrument that appears later in the song is Gamelan (played by my friends Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin).
2. You've mentioned that the ideas that you send to O5Ric usually have some basic bass and guitar riffs along with the drum rhythms. Do you ever do this in PT or are your contributions to PT limited to drum ideas?
Yes I have done this with PT. "Nil Recurring" is a good example of that.
3. You mentioned the only electronic drum equipment you use is the Korg Wavedrum and even then, usually not in a live setting. Is it because you are afraid of electronics conking out in the middle of a gig, Spinal Tap style? Also, have you ever used the Wavedrum or other electronic pads to compose melodic ideas or grooves for presentation as song ideas?
I haven't found a band that I felt I wanted to use the electronics in. I've had my moments in the past triggering electronics and playing them from an Octapad - but I never really loved doing it.
4. Are there times when you don't feel like practicing drums and you go play guitar or bass instead or do you only play guitar and bass as compositional tools when you are working on drum ideas?
I do occasionally play the bass or guitar but I'm pretty bad at them so it only lasts a few minutes before my fingers hurt or I've run out of ideas. I tend to only pick them up once I have an interesting drum pattern that I want to play to.
Hi euphoric_anomaly
Just wanted to say that I really loved your work with Antoine Fafard on "Peace 4 Four". I noticed a lot of, what I would consider, tempo changes in that piece (excuse the pun). Would the change in tempo be what you call "metric modulation"? I noticed a lot of triplets on the bass/guitar during these "tempo shifts" and thought maybe they just went from 4/4 to 12/8?
There were no tempo changes - only illusions of such with the use of metric modulation.
I've also been enjoying your work with Ed Poole. It seems there is NO genre you cannot play, at least in my opinion. Everything from the heaviest PT song to the lightest and funkiest Ed Poole song, you just seem to nail everything perfectly. Did you have to study each genre individually? Or is it more just a culmination of all the different artists you've worked with over the years?
I don't really like to think about genres.There's just good music and bad music in my opinion. I approach it all the same - try to make the time feel good and find something interesting to play. Simple!!!
cheers
Gavin
