WhoIsTony?
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maybe some of you have experienced this before.... but I never have in all my years
so I get a call to play for Brooklyn artist Drue Davis ... awesome singer/producer/songwriter.... my buddy Allan Mednard ...who is a great NY drummer... usually has the chair on the gig but he has other obligations so I'll be taking over for a while ..
anyway.... I go to the first rehearsal yesterday afternoon and when I get there I find out that the bass player cannot make it but Drue will be bringing his computer with the stems and will be playing the bass lines from his album through my monitor and the PA .
I was a little skeptical when I heard this ....I'm lying ... very skeptical ....mainly because I vibe so much with a bass player when I play any type of music that I wasn't sure at all how this would go over.... and this being my first rehearsal with the band I wanted to make a good impression since these guys work A LOT in many different projects around NY that get a A TON of attention ....
and its a pretty big band with a horn section and background singers... the whole 9...sort of hip hop/ R&B type stuff... really funky.... great material
so they hook all this stuff up and boom there is the bass coming through my monitor and off we go .....
I closed my eyes for a bit just to lock in with the stem bass track and it felt really great .... but in the process of concentrating with the bass track I missed a few cues from Drue.... but it was all good we ironed all that out ....
I was really looking forward to stretching the tunes out a bit and going off the beaten track a bit ... but playing to the stem we couldn't really do that....
I was really surprised at how good it felt ... and how live it felt playing along to the bass track once we got going ... I really felt like he was standing right next to me .... and the rehearsal was a success ... the band sounded killer
I never had an experience like this before and was wondering if any of you have .... full on live band ... but the one main piece that we as drummers are to gel with.... especially in the type of music I was playing yesterday.... is a track.
so I get a call to play for Brooklyn artist Drue Davis ... awesome singer/producer/songwriter.... my buddy Allan Mednard ...who is a great NY drummer... usually has the chair on the gig but he has other obligations so I'll be taking over for a while ..
anyway.... I go to the first rehearsal yesterday afternoon and when I get there I find out that the bass player cannot make it but Drue will be bringing his computer with the stems and will be playing the bass lines from his album through my monitor and the PA .
I was a little skeptical when I heard this ....I'm lying ... very skeptical ....mainly because I vibe so much with a bass player when I play any type of music that I wasn't sure at all how this would go over.... and this being my first rehearsal with the band I wanted to make a good impression since these guys work A LOT in many different projects around NY that get a A TON of attention ....
and its a pretty big band with a horn section and background singers... the whole 9...sort of hip hop/ R&B type stuff... really funky.... great material
so they hook all this stuff up and boom there is the bass coming through my monitor and off we go .....
I closed my eyes for a bit just to lock in with the stem bass track and it felt really great .... but in the process of concentrating with the bass track I missed a few cues from Drue.... but it was all good we ironed all that out ....
I was really looking forward to stretching the tunes out a bit and going off the beaten track a bit ... but playing to the stem we couldn't really do that....
I was really surprised at how good it felt ... and how live it felt playing along to the bass track once we got going ... I really felt like he was standing right next to me .... and the rehearsal was a success ... the band sounded killer
I never had an experience like this before and was wondering if any of you have .... full on live band ... but the one main piece that we as drummers are to gel with.... especially in the type of music I was playing yesterday.... is a track.