Gavin Harrison
DRUMMERWORLD PRO DRUMMER
Hi K_HiHats
And then I got to the end. That little fill section is the one thing I struggled with ever since first hearing the song. I had had it with not knowing how to play that fill, so I did something about it and transcribed it myself. I don't think anyone else has done so yet, so I thought I'd share with what I came up with. (My notation is better in this transcription too!) Not exactly sure what time signature you would consider it in, but I just wrote it in 4/4 for convenience.
And just so people can listen and read along at the same time, here's a link to the song as well. I marked it at 2:47, but in the video it starts at 2:49.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjB0hBoidsQ
I hope I've helped anyone else who struggled with this fill too.
Nice work there. I can't remember what time signature I was thinking of when I did it. We never played this song live so luckily I never had to figure it out.
Hi Dustondrums
Question about your mixing console. On a photo from your clinics i can see that you use 4 channels of your mixing console: 1st and 2nd channel - for playalong track, 3rd channel - for click track (if i got it right). But what is the 4th channel for?
Actually I use 6 inputs.
1st channel is the bass drum mic (split with a 'Y' cable so it goes to my mixer AND the sound engineer). Channel two is the snare drum top mic (again split with a 'Y' cable).
Channels 3&4 are FROM the sound engineer who sends me a stereo mix of my toms via his desk. This way I can EQ any of the channels the I want them to sound in my earphones plus I can add reverb to my snare and toms on my little mixer (Yamaha MG82CX). I find it MUCH nicer to play with a bit of reverb. Also I need the bass drum to sound quite 'clicky' so I can hear the attack clearly.
Channels 5&6 are coming from 2 outputs of my audio interface (that's connected to my Macbook Air running Logic Pro). It's a stereo mix of the backing track plus a click that is pre-mixed inside Logic Pro. There are 2 other independent outputs from the audio interface that get sent to the sound engineer which obviously have no click track in them.
This is a system that I devised just for drum clinics. I can take the mixer in my baggage with me and have reasonable control of the sound in my earphones without having to depend on a monitor engineer (often there is no monitor engineer at drum clinics). If I have the chance (baggage permitting) I would also use my Porter & Davies Gigster for the tactile monitoring of the bass drum through the drum stool seat.
cheers
Gavin
And then I got to the end. That little fill section is the one thing I struggled with ever since first hearing the song. I had had it with not knowing how to play that fill, so I did something about it and transcribed it myself. I don't think anyone else has done so yet, so I thought I'd share with what I came up with. (My notation is better in this transcription too!) Not exactly sure what time signature you would consider it in, but I just wrote it in 4/4 for convenience.
And just so people can listen and read along at the same time, here's a link to the song as well. I marked it at 2:47, but in the video it starts at 2:49.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjB0hBoidsQ
I hope I've helped anyone else who struggled with this fill too.
Nice work there. I can't remember what time signature I was thinking of when I did it. We never played this song live so luckily I never had to figure it out.
Hi Dustondrums
Question about your mixing console. On a photo from your clinics i can see that you use 4 channels of your mixing console: 1st and 2nd channel - for playalong track, 3rd channel - for click track (if i got it right). But what is the 4th channel for?
Actually I use 6 inputs.
1st channel is the bass drum mic (split with a 'Y' cable so it goes to my mixer AND the sound engineer). Channel two is the snare drum top mic (again split with a 'Y' cable).
Channels 3&4 are FROM the sound engineer who sends me a stereo mix of my toms via his desk. This way I can EQ any of the channels the I want them to sound in my earphones plus I can add reverb to my snare and toms on my little mixer (Yamaha MG82CX). I find it MUCH nicer to play with a bit of reverb. Also I need the bass drum to sound quite 'clicky' so I can hear the attack clearly.
Channels 5&6 are coming from 2 outputs of my audio interface (that's connected to my Macbook Air running Logic Pro). It's a stereo mix of the backing track plus a click that is pre-mixed inside Logic Pro. There are 2 other independent outputs from the audio interface that get sent to the sound engineer which obviously have no click track in them.
This is a system that I devised just for drum clinics. I can take the mixer in my baggage with me and have reasonable control of the sound in my earphones without having to depend on a monitor engineer (often there is no monitor engineer at drum clinics). If I have the chance (baggage permitting) I would also use my Porter & Davies Gigster for the tactile monitoring of the bass drum through the drum stool seat.
cheers
Gavin