Mike Buenaventura Lima
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Hi everybody!!
I'm Mike Buenaventura Lima, and I'm here to present "Fenix", my drumming DVD.
Is a tutorial DVD where I play different song styles and develop a lot of ideas, and some of you might find some of these concepts helpful.
The first track is "19 days" a song by Gavin Harrison. This is the one song which inspired the creation of this DVD, this is because Gavin Harrison has been and still is one the key influences in style of playing. Its name comes from its feel or rhythmic cadence, consisting of 19 beats, after which that feel can be felt again continuously. In turn, this 19-beat feel is internally subdivided into three parts:
a first one consisting of 7 beats, another one with 7, and then a last one with 5. If you pay close attention to the melody you'll notice this sensation.
Here I introduce my drum kit and the way I play on it. You will see that my first principle is symmetry, I realised that I had a natural predisposition for playing the same things with either hand, that's why I tried to have two cymbals of the same tenor by each side, for example: two hi-hats, two rides, two crashes, two chinas, etc. My second principle is distance, this is related to the law of physics which says "the shorter the distance, the lesser the effort". Translated to drumming, this could mean "how can I play the same things with the smallest effort possible"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLlWaYBSMCE
The second track is part of guitarist Rodrigo San Martín's own project, whom I have the pleasure of playing with in the Progressive Rock band Vanished from Earth. I thought it was interesting since it's filled with a great number of complex time signatures which happen one after another. The single part I like most in this song is when I have to play in 5/8 and at the same time hit the snare drum every 6 beats. This is a somewhat hidden polyrhythm since my whole body is playing 5/8, but my left hand has to do something different like hitting the snare drum every 6 beats and never lose the sensation of 5/8 as it hits the toms or cymbals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc7REdUOQFQ
The third track is a song that was thought out from a King Crimson tune from the Thrak album from 1995. Its name is B´boom and one of its peculiarities (and of the whole album) is that there are two drummers playing at the same time:
Bill Bruford and Pat Mastelotto, which intertwine their playing rhythmically and sometimes play polyrhythms. My objective was to do something similar, but playing on my own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCcHKmKDQo4
The track number 4 is a rhythmic progression solo starting with a melody over the snare drum which then moves on to the toms and cymbals. Here I'm showing the disposition and assembly of every piece in the drum kit, and on the other hand the fundamental technical resources such as linear time playing, paradiddles, double stroke rolls, flams, unisons, and the use of the double bass drum pedal, always keeping fluidity in mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amMmVzVQl3E
In track number 5 I display a rhythm in a complex time signature such as 7/8 and was originally inspired by the study of septuplets, their cadence and rhythmic feel while I applied the technical resources I refer to in the explanatory annex of the DVD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR9AVJEum6s
In track number 6 I play a rhythm integrally in a complex time meter such as 5/8, and was originally brained from the careful study of quintuplets, their cadence and rhythmic feel while applying the technical resources I refer to in the explanatory annex of the DVD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poLbvKwxC20
In track number 7 I wanted to show you how I could play the instrument and toy with diverse resources within the Latin genre. I mean only resources since at no moment do I play a truly Latin rhythm in its pure, traditional form.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT9YV5wA8m8
In track number 8 I show how I play Jazz drums. I chose this particular genre because it's the single improvised music par excellence; you really must focus on the dialogue between instruments so as to adlib without overdoing your solos and losing the swing feeling, meaning speed and fluidity. All this bears a great connection with the concepts of fluidity and "controlled improvisation" I explain in the didactical annex of this DVD. This is not an ordinary Jazz one which stays in 4/4, but most of it is in 3/4 with some sections in 4/4. This helped me search for interesting polyrhythms
between my hands and my left leg when I step on the hi-hat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=350DIK6XFyo
On track number 9 I show how I play the brushes in jazz style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC1wcvQPYjc
Tracks 10 and 11 are both Scottish snare drum solos by Allen Benson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnqdx6ljHjQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7apQZ2ezwzM
Tracks 12 and 13 are both French snare drum solos by Jacques Delecluse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTX_03jS2fo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6omOaJoiMo
Finally, here is the explanatory annex of the DVD, where I explain a couple of concepts related to my personal way of assembling drums and the techniques I use when playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAqZRDkE-eU
Well, that's all, hope you enjoy it!!!!
Regards and Merry Christmas!!!!
I'm Mike Buenaventura Lima, and I'm here to present "Fenix", my drumming DVD.
Is a tutorial DVD where I play different song styles and develop a lot of ideas, and some of you might find some of these concepts helpful.
The first track is "19 days" a song by Gavin Harrison. This is the one song which inspired the creation of this DVD, this is because Gavin Harrison has been and still is one the key influences in style of playing. Its name comes from its feel or rhythmic cadence, consisting of 19 beats, after which that feel can be felt again continuously. In turn, this 19-beat feel is internally subdivided into three parts:
a first one consisting of 7 beats, another one with 7, and then a last one with 5. If you pay close attention to the melody you'll notice this sensation.
Here I introduce my drum kit and the way I play on it. You will see that my first principle is symmetry, I realised that I had a natural predisposition for playing the same things with either hand, that's why I tried to have two cymbals of the same tenor by each side, for example: two hi-hats, two rides, two crashes, two chinas, etc. My second principle is distance, this is related to the law of physics which says "the shorter the distance, the lesser the effort". Translated to drumming, this could mean "how can I play the same things with the smallest effort possible"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLlWaYBSMCE
The second track is part of guitarist Rodrigo San Martín's own project, whom I have the pleasure of playing with in the Progressive Rock band Vanished from Earth. I thought it was interesting since it's filled with a great number of complex time signatures which happen one after another. The single part I like most in this song is when I have to play in 5/8 and at the same time hit the snare drum every 6 beats. This is a somewhat hidden polyrhythm since my whole body is playing 5/8, but my left hand has to do something different like hitting the snare drum every 6 beats and never lose the sensation of 5/8 as it hits the toms or cymbals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc7REdUOQFQ
The third track is a song that was thought out from a King Crimson tune from the Thrak album from 1995. Its name is B´boom and one of its peculiarities (and of the whole album) is that there are two drummers playing at the same time:
Bill Bruford and Pat Mastelotto, which intertwine their playing rhythmically and sometimes play polyrhythms. My objective was to do something similar, but playing on my own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCcHKmKDQo4
The track number 4 is a rhythmic progression solo starting with a melody over the snare drum which then moves on to the toms and cymbals. Here I'm showing the disposition and assembly of every piece in the drum kit, and on the other hand the fundamental technical resources such as linear time playing, paradiddles, double stroke rolls, flams, unisons, and the use of the double bass drum pedal, always keeping fluidity in mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amMmVzVQl3E
In track number 5 I display a rhythm in a complex time signature such as 7/8 and was originally inspired by the study of septuplets, their cadence and rhythmic feel while I applied the technical resources I refer to in the explanatory annex of the DVD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR9AVJEum6s
In track number 6 I play a rhythm integrally in a complex time meter such as 5/8, and was originally brained from the careful study of quintuplets, their cadence and rhythmic feel while applying the technical resources I refer to in the explanatory annex of the DVD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poLbvKwxC20
In track number 7 I wanted to show you how I could play the instrument and toy with diverse resources within the Latin genre. I mean only resources since at no moment do I play a truly Latin rhythm in its pure, traditional form.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT9YV5wA8m8
In track number 8 I show how I play Jazz drums. I chose this particular genre because it's the single improvised music par excellence; you really must focus on the dialogue between instruments so as to adlib without overdoing your solos and losing the swing feeling, meaning speed and fluidity. All this bears a great connection with the concepts of fluidity and "controlled improvisation" I explain in the didactical annex of this DVD. This is not an ordinary Jazz one which stays in 4/4, but most of it is in 3/4 with some sections in 4/4. This helped me search for interesting polyrhythms
between my hands and my left leg when I step on the hi-hat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=350DIK6XFyo
On track number 9 I show how I play the brushes in jazz style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC1wcvQPYjc
Tracks 10 and 11 are both Scottish snare drum solos by Allen Benson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnqdx6ljHjQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7apQZ2ezwzM
Tracks 12 and 13 are both French snare drum solos by Jacques Delecluse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTX_03jS2fo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6omOaJoiMo
Finally, here is the explanatory annex of the DVD, where I explain a couple of concepts related to my personal way of assembling drums and the techniques I use when playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAqZRDkE-eU
Well, that's all, hope you enjoy it!!!!
Regards and Merry Christmas!!!!
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