Drum Solo While Drinking!

[MelodicMutation]

Check it out! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW9KY...ature=youtu.be

[Xero Talent]

Tight red pants.


That's all I got.

[Garvin]

Hopefully he won't end up like this guy.

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

[MelodicMutation]

Hahahaha, I definitely did not reach that limit of intoxication!

And yeah, those tight red pants were pretty freaking amazing! Hahaha.

Any comments on the actual playing?

[keep it simple]

Nice end fill :) ------------

[dmacc]

Wonder if that was staged or not. If not.... yikes.....

[larryace]

Originally Posted by MelodicMutation

Any comments on the actual playing?

OK I'll bite. I'd like to preface this by saying I'm in my 50's and have different tastes. Also, I'd like to separate you from your playing here. I'm critiquing your playing, not you as a person, OK?

Little bit of a rant here. This solo incorporates a whole lot elements that I just hate about drum solos. Some of which are:

Too many notes, not playing the spaces, not speaking in rhythmic sentences, just trying to get as many notes in as you can. Yields a dense sound, but not creative to my ears. An analogy would be someone speaking. I don't want to hear a guy talk 10 million miles an hour, in the most barbaric, loud, blowharded manner imaginable. See where I'm coming from? I want to hear somebody speak eloquently. Or funny. Heck, I'll settle for something that doesn't feel like murder.

Moving right along to the next point of interest lol....

Too too many crashes. Too harsh sounding

China cymbals, a real Larry repellent lol.

Crashing the ride cymbal as a ride pattern, could be the thing I dislike the most.... next to china cymbals.

Double bass for double bass' sake, puh-lease it's so beaten into the dirt.

Speed for speed's sake, also beaten into the dirt.

I liked the half time shuffle you started with, even though it was a little shaky time-wise. It was a good musical jump off point IMO. After you drank the beer, you lost me with the double bass and china...that was not musical, it was barbaric. IMO. That stresses me out and I feel like I'm being assaulted. I want to move away from that sound, it doesn't draw me in. I want to be soothed, or inspired, or taken by surprise, or impressed with musicality or depth of feeling, not witness the bludgeoning of a drumset.

Space in music is beautiful. It doesn't have to be a lot, but you should open it up a little. If you give it all, all the time, there's no buildup, no climax, no reward for the listener. The listener gets used to a constant finale, which takes away the power that a real buildup and finale would have. The simple things...in many ways...are harder to play. Reigning yourself in is a very powerful tactic. You have to be secure with space. A great feeling common time thread through a simple tasteful solo is orgasmic. It can be as simple as that. If you were to ask me for advice, I'd say lose about 95% of the notes, concentrate on a common time element from front to back, and try to speak in rhythmic sentences, with plenty of pauses lol, instead of a constant machine gun assault of notes.

I say all this because I see so many solos like this and TBH, I think the bar needs to be raised substantially. I probably won't win any popularity contests with this but I mean every word of it. You can do better than that.

I don't expect you to be a great soloist, especially considering your age, that's one of the hardest things there is to do IMO. You're probably a great guy and I'm not trying to hurt your feelings, but I have call them like I see them, that's what everyone loves about me around here lol. Sorry.

[MelodicMutation]

Thank you so much for your time to write that whole thing out Larry!

I really appreciate what you had to say there. I guess what's ironic, isn't I could agree with you more! For this "little show in my parents neighborhood" kind of thing, it was just a complete messy blur of notes for fun's sake! Haha.

My favorite drum solos are when drummers can create a melody or a phrase with their drumming and play around it. A great example would be this video I just saw!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snnqu...ature=youtu.be

I'd like to do a much better drum solo some day in which I can hit all of the critiques you gave me! Til then, enjoy the video I posted! :D

-John

[larryace]

Wow you took that in the spirit intended, thank you for being secure enough to respond like that. I'm not happy with my solos either, but I am establishing parameters. It helps to have a plan, it also helps to know what to avoid.
Again, thanks for that. I thought it had to be said. Much respect.

[MelodicMutation]

Of course! I love music! And that includes every genre and every style.

It's also good to hear that even in your 50's, you are still working on your solos. Sometimes I feel the misconception is to "be at the top" as soon as possible. I find more value in pursuing something that will always challenge me.

Thanks again for the critiques! Hope to obtain more from you in the future! :D

-John

[richcdrums]

Originally Posted by MelodicMutation

Check it out! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW9KY...ature=youtu.be

I think you just invented a new blastbeat: The Bud Light Beer Blast!!!

Nice dude! \mm/

[MelodicMutation]

Haha thanks Rich!

I actually was doing a slightly more complicated version of a blast beat towards the end. I was using flam tap! Haha.

I feel it is a more efficient way in some aspects of utilizing blast beats as the blast switches hands every 2 snare hits. Hard to get it to sound clean though!

-John