Let's See or Hear You Play!

[Danno]

Me pick up sticks and hit drums. Me also butcher "The Crunge" riff, sorry, JB.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leoTuqm1HPw

[Mark Counts]

Thought I would put a sample of a few different bands. Here is Fat Jane at Phoenix Hill Tavern doing Dirty Deeds by AC/DC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMdWzHIFVFQ
This is a band I played with for over 4 years. this was Triggerfish's last gig in 2005, Some Zeppelin,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkUzSL0z2kQ


Practicing God In The City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbe9z4sGECI

[Ryan Culberson]

Wow Nutty!  Very nice.  I mean VERY nice!!! 

Thought I'd contribute with a song that will be on my band's next CD.  It's called Arizona Snow and is the recording debut of that funky old Royal Star kit in red satin flame finish that I posted about a while back.  These are the basic tracks of each instrument...  no editing or processing has occurred yet.  Can't wait to get this mixed and polished up. 

Somewhat interesting side note:  The band leaders wanted to record acoustic guitar, electric guitar and lead vocal to a click first and then have me record my drums to those parts with no audible click.  I'm used to playing along with scratch tracks and recording my parts first, but these are not intended to be scratch tracks. 

Those cheapo stencil Royal Stars greatly exceeded my expectations!  Anyway, here's the link to the song.   

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=moWIOl]Near Miss Mallet - Arizona Snow (Rough)  

[Bart Elliott]

Here's a demo track (minus vocals) that I played on back in 2008; I tracked the drums here in my studio. It's just a rough mix with raw drums. This is also an example of the producer giving specifics as to what they want. In my case, for example, the Tom-Tom pattern was requested.

http://www.drummercafe.com/multimedia/audio/YouDontKnow_demo.mp3]http://www.drummercafe.com/multimedia/audio/YouDontKnow_demo.mp3

If you like it, you can find a play-along version, minus drums, that I just mixed and added to the Premium Resources.

http://www.drummercafe.com/education/audio-recordings/bart-elliott-play-along-tracks.html]http://www.drummercafe.com/education/audio-recordings/bart-elliott-play-along-tracks.html

[Mark Counts]

Wow Nutty!  Very nice.  I mean VERY nice!!! 

Thought I'd contribute with a song that will be on my band's next CD.  It's called Arizona Snow and is the recording debut of that funky old Royal Star kit in red satin flame finish that I posted about a while back.  These are the basic tracks of each instrument...  no editing or processing has occurred yet.  Can't wait to get this mixed and polished up. 

Somewhat interesting side note:  The band leaders wanted to record acoustic guitar, electric guitar and lead vocal to a click first and then have me record my drums to those parts with no audible click.  I'm used to playing along with scratch tracks and recording my parts first, but these are not intended to be scratch tracks. 

Those cheapo stencil Royal Stars greatly exceeded my expectations!  Anyway, here's the link to the song.   

The song is really nice Ryan. The drums, as always with your recordings, sound great and fit the song very nicely. You are giving the song just what it needs. As far as the cheapo drums, I think it depends on who is setting them up and the tuning and heads. They sound great.  I like her voice and the guitars and bass sound really nice. I am not sure who she reminds me of but maybe a bit Pretenders. I dig the music. Nice work, I mean VERY NICE ;) ;D.

[Ryan Culberson]

Thanks Mark! 

I've had some people comment that the toms sound too dead.  Funny thing is, I didn't muffle them at all.  The low-end luaun mahogany shells, rounded bearing edges and G2 coated batters over G1 coated resos all contribute to that sound. 

I was going for a subdued sound due to the nature of the lyrics of the song...  they deal with the suicide last year of our original bassist.  So I was looking for something dark and low, and these fit the bill nicely. 

Glad you dug the tune.  She's been compared to Aimee Mann before and we've heard Pretenders comparisons before as well.  I'm just happy to be playing in a band with a singer/songwriter of that quality. 

Cheers,
Ryan

[Mark Counts]

Thanks Mark!  

I've had some people comment that the toms sound too dead.  Funny thing is, I didn't muffle them at all.  The low-end luaun mahogany shells, rounded bearing edges and G2 coated batters over G1 coated resos all contribute to that sound.  

I was going for a subdued sound due to the nature of the lyrics of the song...  they deal with the suicide last year of our original bassist.  So I was looking for something dark and low, and these fit the bill nicely.  

I can't stand Reverb, and your drums sound fine. I wouldn't change anything about them. If you want to add just a hair of reverb to the toms, it won't hurt but I mean just a hair. I like it on just Bass and Snare but what you saw me do in my basement was dry. Just me and music through the PA. I like your sound now. By the way, the snare pop sounds great. I don't know what snare you are using but it sounded nice. Peace to you Ryan. 

[Ryan Culberson]

Thanks again for the compliments, Mark! 

The snare was the snare that came with that Royal Star set.  It's not a Royal Star snare...  it has a little round badge that just says Star on it.  (Star was also a Tama brand name before it became Tama)  It's steel-shelled, 8-lug with regular old triple-flanged hoops.  I don't know what the magic ingredient is, but that drum is AMAZING.  It's definitely my all-time greatest sleeper drum acquisition.

I don't prefer a lot of processing on the drums either, and probably will leave the drums alone for the most part.  Might adjust levels a bit and perhaps a bit of EQ.  They had a mic out in the hall outside the studio that was picking up some nice natural ambience.  Will probably boost the level of that mic in the mix when it's all said and done. 

It was a blast recording that kit.  The mojo was oozing out of them and I'm sure it had a positive effect on my playing.  Also, the order of recording helped (actual guitars and vocals instead of hastily laid down scratch tracks) and felt very natural.

   

[Mark Counts]

Here's a demo track (minus vocals) that I played on back in 2008; I tracked the drums here in my studio. It's just a rough mix with raw drums. This is also an example of the producer giving specifics as to what they want. In my case, for example, the Tom-Tom pattern was requested.

Very Cool on the Toms Bart. You Rock!! Yes, I like it.

Thanks again for the compliments, Mark! 

The snare was the snare that came with that Royal Star set.  It's not a Royal Star snare...  it has a little round badge that just says Star on it.  (Star was also a Tama brand name before it became Tama)  It's steel-shelled, 8-lug with regular old triple-flanged hoops.  I don't know what the magic ingredient is, but that drum is AMAZING.  It's definitely my all-time greatest sleeper drum acquisition.

I don't prefer a lot of processing on the drums either, and probably will leave the drums alone for the most part. 

I agree Ryan, they sound great to me. Amazing on the snare.

[NY Frank]

Really great stuff, everyone.   

[Jon E]

This is half my life ago! 1986. I believe it was the first gig with these drums.  Pearl World Series Prestige in Chinese/Ferrari Red.
I just sold them a couple of years ago.  Great Drums!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9XDwZnb228]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9XDwZnb228

[Mister Acrolite]

This is half my life ago! 1986. I believe it was the first gig with these drums.  Pearl World Series Prestige in Chinese/Ferrari Red.
I just sold them a couple of years ago.  Great Drums!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9XDwZnb228]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9XDwZnb228

NICE!!!! Rock on!

And I had a set of red Pearls around that time, too, and I loved 'em!

[David Crigger]

OK - an oldie that I hadn't heard in years - stumbled onto it YouTube (but found a better sounding link on another site).

First let me say I've always been a huge fan of Oingo Boingo - and consider John "Vatos" Hernandez's work with them to be some of the most under-rated and under-appreciated ever.

That said - for those that don't know before Oingo Boingo, there was a larger, more theatrical group called The Mystic Nights of the Oingo Boingo.

And though I knew several of the members (and was very good friends with guitarist, Steve Bartek) I really never played with either group... except this one session.

Sort of at the end of the first group, they recorded a single - sort of a '50's do-wop song that lyrically dealt with the infamous Patty Hearst kidnapping event from back then (this was 1976ish).

So Steve called me to come to this funky little studio in North Hollywood - that looked to be right out of the 50's - and cut "You've Got Your Baby Back (The Ballad of Patty Hearst).

David

http://www.davidcrigger.com/drummercafe/youve_got_your_baby_back.mp3]http://www.davidcrigger.com/drummercafe/youve_got_your_baby_back.mp3

[Dave Heim]

I just realized I originally posted this in the wrong section.  I've deleted the mis-posted entry.

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These clips are from the summer 2009 Bottle Band shows.  The Bottle Band is a musical comedy group I perform with that performs music on bottles filled with different levels of water.  The performances include bad jokes, droll humor, sight gags, and funny (often very clever - check out "Baseball, Joy of Fan's Desiring" below) musical arrangements.  Our performances raise money for charitable groups.

My son, Ben (a budding new drummer), helps me out in the percussion section.

Have a laugh...

The Living Swedish Flag
http://www.youtube.com/user/Pauledisonswift#p/u/12/6Ks_SEvlJGs

The Farmer Suite
http://www.youtube.com/user/Pauledisonswift#p/u/7/4VIJIeq6oyo

Let All Things now Living
http://www.youtube.com/user/Pauledisonswift#p/u/8/CM-1jQRTGCY

Baseball Joy of Fan's Desiring
http://www.youtube.com/user/Pauledisonswift#p/u/3/8u4TXTvZVpY

Brahams Lullaby
http://www.youtube.com/user/Pauledisonswift#p/u/13/VNytbb4e1is

Liberty Bell March
http://www.youtube.com/user/Pauledisonswift#p/u/6/F7RzoX09LeI

[Bart Elliott]

Over the years, I've been creating soundscore to be used in commercials, film, etc. Here are some of my 2004 compositions; a few have been picked up, published and even used (three cheers for mailbox money!), while others are just sitting here collecting dust ... so I thought I would share.

http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/swf/15/widgetPlayer.swf?emailPlaylist=artist_576645&backgroundcolor=EEEEEE&font_color=000000&posted_by=artist_576645&shuffle=&autoPlay=false

EDIT: Speaking of "mailbox money", I just got a check in the mail from ASCAP. How cool is that? If I can some how connect receiving a check with posting about it, well, I'll be extremely giddy.

[Mark Counts]

 ::). Ok I have been trying to get my band to do this one for a reunion next fall... I think it is a great song by Marvin Gaye. Would love to play it all the time...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq4aMYs__ho

[Paul DAngelo]

Here is a rough mix of a song called "World of Demons" that I did with my old buddy, Bob Crerie. Bob and I have been playing together since 1979.  He did all of the tracks except for the drums and asked me to lay down the drum tracks.  I kept them pretty straight-forward as the other instrumentation is busy enough to carry the song.  We recorded it at another friend's house, Mike Terpak, who I have known since 1964.  The drum tracks are "live", untouched by the meddling hands of any computer software. 

A bunch of old fogies, but give it a listen.  Any comments would be welcomed.

http://www.pdrums.com/WorldofDemons.wma]http://www.pdrums.com/WorldofDemons.wma

[Tim van de Ven]

Here's an audience video that surfaced on You Tube last week; we are performing at a Haitian Benefit Concert.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrpUfDf-Cg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrpUfDf-Cg

Anyone want to nerd out on the drums and cymbals?  ;D

[Matt Self (Gaddabout)]

Here's an audience video that surfaced on You Tube last week; we are performing at a Haitian Benefit Concert.

Anyone want to nerd out on the drums and cymbals?  ;D

Sorry, Tim, but Bernard Purdie said that's him.

;D

Nice shuffle. The opening is much more challenging than most people would realize. That's a lot of space at a slow bluesy tempo to keep time to. Great job. Great feel.

[Susan Wood]

I like your playing, Tim.Hi-hats sound good;what are they?
Susan