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« on: April 06, 2005, 11:45 AM » |
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Jeff Hamilton's work on Diana Krall's "Live in Paris" is pretty damned cool. But what I cannot get my head around is how he moves so quickly from brushes to sticks, and back again. Sometimes it's in mid-measure, and a quick measure at that. How does he do it? Sleight of hand?
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« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2005, 11:53 AM » |
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Jeff Hamilton's work on Diana Krall's "Live in Paris" is pretty damned cool. But what I cannot get my head around is how he moves so quickly from brushes to sticks, and back again. Sometimes it's in mid-measure, and a quick measure at that. How does he do it? Sleight of hand?
Some stick companies make sticks that have brushes built in the opposite end of the tip. They do the same with hot rods. Maybe that's his trick. |
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« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2005, 12:38 PM » |
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I wonder...
There's a DVD of this concert, which I haven't seen. His solo on "Devil May Care" is astounding, as is the brushes to sticks trick. Anyone seen this?
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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2005, 01:11 PM » |
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I have it but don't remember what he did. I'll try to check it out tonight. I will often play something to take up that space during the transition, i.e. hats, sizzle cymbal etc. Sometimes, I'll grab one stick to begin riding with while I fumble around for the other one. I've even seen guys playing with a stick in thier mouth or under a thigh to be able to switch quickly. I've never been very good at it.  |
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« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2005, 02:43 PM » |
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Jeff is the master of the quick change. At a clinic he told of how he CAREFULLY places his sticks between his legs and the seat of the throne. (Did I mention carefully?) Then he will switch the brushes with the sticks OR just place the brushes on the snare till he can move the brushes between his legs. On the "Live in Paris" video, you will see the brushes laying on the snare head. It's pretty hard to see the actual switch on the video because of the camera angle, but he does it in the blink of an eye. (He does admit to practising this move many times to get it fast.) To my knowledge, he does not use the stick/brush combination product.
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« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2005, 03:21 PM » |
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You can see one method at about 1:30 in the first video of the wonderful Peter Erskine here. It's not high-speed in this case, but it's slick and easy to see. All four videos are well worth watching, incidentally. |
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« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2005, 04:02 PM » |
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Thank you for the tip! I'm a big PE fan and didn't know about the videos. Thanks!
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« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2005, 04:07 PM » |
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that was a slick erskinism. a bit easier coz it's a slower tempo and gives you prep time.
the only tune i play brushes on, i keep the sticks under my leg or in my mouth till it's time to use them, then just throw down the brushes. there's a bit of air in the music, so i have time, but i have to hit the snare at exactly the same time as the guitar comes in, so that's tricky.
you could also have a little table off to the side and keep other sticks and stuff there.
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« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2005, 05:23 PM » |
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I think the floor tom is traditionally used as a transitional point, or rather, the rim of such, given the unlikelihood of rousing quasi-tribal rhythms within such music.
The end of a brush, assuming it has a pull-ring, could be used to carry the rhythm while the other hand is doing the switcheroo (perhaps during that quick expanse of space during a punctuation, such as a crash). There are many ways used.
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