Bernard Purdie Interview / Rick Beato
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newoldie
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Thanks for posting these- loved Bernard's grooves w/ the bass at 3:50 in snake snack!
pinstripe
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He said in an interview this past October that he was playing dates in Japan (where apparently there's a wave of intense interest in '60s and '70s music going on) and having a great time and was still happy with his playing. So he may very well have more active years ahead.
I find Purdie's braggadocio to be mostly harmless and frankly it ain't bragging if you can do it, as they say, which he certainly could and did. He also is very generous in praising the other musicians he's worked with.
I thought the interview with Beato was excellent, btw.
it's a layout -like the keys- of a piano (ascending)
I love it.
especially when it's a 12/10
10 as First tom (coming off snare) is "too high" (sometimes) (most of the time) and yet, placed to the right of the 12" places the 10 in an accessory or auxiliary position that- imho works beautifully (there.
Allows Ride cymbal (to be) pulled in closer; Still a 5 pc. "target" wise.. ; has many benefits.
think of it as a 4pc with (small) auxiliary tom
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anti-in a gadda da vida
or soyl/ white room Cream but compact
and darn concise
it's for the thinking drummer
I loves his xplain'g of the reverse tom setup when he played 4 drum roll we would go from left to right then back to the snare as 2 strokes each hand/drum top two down to the bottom two.
That was in a way comedy as he made a mockery of the question itself.
Makes perfect sense the way he xplain'd it. 🙂
Then later he did a regular roll left to right 12->10->14 and it sounded perfectly fine,
Making us fools thinking otherwise.
Toms left to right setup as 12>10>14. This is what I was asking in an earlier post. Is this common? Do many of you configure your kit as such? No biggie, just wondering.
I dont, but some of my sets are just 1 up. Early days most all sets were. JDA's explanation of the 10 being a aux just to the right of the 12 does make sense. No all songs/bands/styles have/need multiple smaller upper toms, as used in the long fast rolls in Rush or Phil Collins stuff. When I play that stuff though on a 1 up, 2 down, I start at the edge of the 13, to the center, then the edge of the 16 to the center, then edge of the 18 then to the center, its like having 6 toms total. Hard on the back though as I get older.
newoldie
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Ditto, same sentiments here.
Trickroll
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I do. It works for me and it’s a smooth transition to a four piece if I want to reduce the load.
Stroman
Platinum Member
I have used it, but currently only have one tom up. A number of well known drummers use this type of set-up, though.
Along with BP, Kenny Aronoff and Mick Fleetwood come to mind.
jda
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could have been a Positioning thing Ed Shaughnessy
with the later set here:
with the later set here:
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could have been a Positioning thing Ed Shaughnessy
Thanks all for your input. it never occured to me to setup differently. I like it.
The first drummer I saw reversing his 10”&12” was Kenny Aronoff in the 80’s.
I played like that for twenty or more years until I switched to a four piece kit.
After playing that way for so long I would say that the 12” is my “go to” tom so it was right in front of me, the 10”, which was flavor, was off to the side and I would catch it for effect.
I’m not an “around the horn” drummer but if I did then I just skipped the 10” and went 12”14”,16”
I played like that for twenty or more years until I switched to a four piece kit.
After playing that way for so long I would say that the 12” is my “go to” tom so it was right in front of me, the 10”, which was flavor, was off to the side and I would catch it for effect.
I’m not an “around the horn” drummer but if I did then I just skipped the 10” and went 12”14”,16”
Multijd
Active Member
That timpani is interesting. Please tell
about it!
I have two. They are vintage Sonor acrylic timpani, one in 24” and one in 22”
The tuning system is remarkable in that the tuning lugs are interlinked with a wire system so if you turn one lug, they all turn.
I would help some German drummers get their Vintage Ludwig drums to Germany and in return one very graciously sent these two beauties to me.
Multijd
Active Member
Those are awesome. Remember seeing photos in a catalog but never knew anyone that had them. What a great portable set.
Seafroggys
Silver Member
I think Bill Bruford reversed his mounted toms, at least in mid 70's Crimson. I transcribed his drum fills on one of his songs and they always went "Mid-High-Floor" in tone, which means he probably had them setup that way.
jda
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Stroman
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Okay, I finally had a chance to watch a bit of the interview. I enjoy Beato's over the top enthusiasm, and I like Purdie's evident joy when it comes to all things drumming.
However, I found the interview very painful to watch. Purdie's inability to express himself about the simplest of topics - the hi hat clutch, for example - was sad to me. I didn't watch very much of it. I'll just listen to him play, and think about his happy smile, instead. 😊
However, I found the interview very painful to watch. Purdie's inability to express himself about the simplest of topics - the hi hat clutch, for example - was sad to me. I didn't watch very much of it. I'll just listen to him play, and think about his happy smile, instead. 😊