Awesome job Jessica!!!! You were right on the money with this one girl!!!!!! That's a difficult beat but you certainly nailed it.
Really enjoyed it!
Lisa
Hi Jessica,
thanks for the great comment! These are my new acoustic to electronic conversion cymbals i had made, the are Sabian 8's. Still not completely happy with the sound of the drums recorded, I am using my external mic on the camcorder. Thin...
Made lots of mistakes in this one and still can't get the sound right..grrrr*PLEASE NOTE - LEGAL NOTICE ** THE USE OF ANY COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IS USED UNDER ...
You could leave her kit "right handed" and let her play the HH with her left. It's actually better. Her is a link to a guy who does this very well and it will help you visualize what I am trying to say!
http://www.youtube.com/user/froggpond1s
Thanks again Jessica!
I love the sound of the drums on this one, but as for the fills..... I screwed up a bit...haven't played this song in awhile, rusty I guess and knowing the camera is rolling doesn't help much! LOL
Lisa
Thanks jessica!
I'm not real happy with the sounds on this one, gonna redo it. I should have played around with the settings before I recorded it, but through the headphones it sounded ok.
Lisa
Hi Lisa-thanks so much for the comments! I wasn't sure about doing this song, because I wasn't sure I could do it with enough feeling to pull it off. The beginning was very tough for me to get. My hi hat was going out of control at some points, so I have to work on that. Take Care!-Jessica G.
Hi Lisa-Thanks for the comment, and I agree about the mics. My snare seems to cut through the mix pretty well, because we play kind of acoustic stuff, but I'd like to mic the bass drum, if only to more evenly match with the bass. I'm not sure how to go about putting that in with the rest of the stuff-I guess it would plug into the main board. I might look into it. Take Care-Jessica G.
At 10:28pm on November 22, 2009, Tracy Graham said…
Hi Lisa, thanks for the comment, that is probably my fastest song to play! I enjoy all your videos, you play great and seems you have alot of confidence, that's something I need to work on. Keep up the good work, Tracy
Hi Lisa-thanks for the comment! As for those stolen toms-sheer laziness on my part! I had to move my set in order to access the music, and I just couldn't be bothered with them. I almost wish they had been stolen-that would've made for an exciting story!-Jessica G.
Lisa,
No way you can call yourself technically challenged if you can even conceive of putting together something like that. One of the guys in the band did that with his pal in the USAF. They did their parts separately and then combined them via some magical program and the internet. I guess it's done all the time when you think about recording studios and how they put all the different tracks together. Quite a project you have in mind there.
I like the sound of your old band. Actually that's why I had originally picked Angi as singer because she had done mostly karaoke and I thought that would make for less ego. And I guess to some extent it did, but I had no control over what could change. If only I had nieces who could sing LOL - actually I do have one, but she's more of a choir voice - soprano-ish. Maybe I could adopt the next singer so there'd be family ties. Ok - so I'm going a little nuts today. Good luck with your project, but don't push yourself on the other styles of music right now if you're having fun with the Beatles - there's no law that we have to instantly know all types of music. Why not work on something you love? It's not like you're never going to do other music. Enjoy!
Lisa,
Feel like I haven't been on the site in ages. The new "band" is shaping up. Have my new bass player, a lead guitar and we were just joined by a rhythm guitar last week. We picked out about 10 songs to begin with: Twilight Zone(Golden Earring), White Room (I'm trying to get it more like the cd than I have before), Wonderful Tonight (Clapton), Gloria (Van Morrison), Midnight Hour & Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett), Born Under a Bad Sign (Cream) and a couple more. Once we all start practicing the same song, we should start sounding better. It seems like I work on two songs, bass works on two others, lead guitar works on two others and of course rhythm is brand new. At least we're getting in a lot of practice. Of course, some of the songs we can all fake our way through. Just don't have all the bells and whistles in the right places yet. My plan is to work on a lot of different stuff and when it starts sounding like it's shaping up, then we'll worry about snagging a singer. Singers don't usually like to show up till it's almost time to play out. Of course, the ideal would be to find maybe a keyboard player/singer. It's on my wish list, anyway. Apparently the rest of us can't sing. I watched a band the other week that had four out of their five members that could sing (really well, too). I was thinking there oughta be a law that they have to share that talent with other bands. LOL
What have you been working on lately?
Hi Lisa! Well, that snare looks and sound beautiful, and I completely understand why you'd feel like a kid waiting for Santa! Your reading skills are very good. I absolutely love the Latin style of drumming. I have some notation that I'd worked on earlier that, for me, required some interesting interactions between the snare, cymbal, hi hat and bass-really challenging coordination stuff that, when I finally got it down, sounded really cool! That, and jazz, are uncharted territory for me. You're right about the use of one tom; you can get downright creative with fills, just out of necessity. I always feel my fills are lacking, because they don't utilize more "drummerly" types of fills, like using rudiments and certain patterns. Then, I realize that, while it's cool and educational to learn some of those types of fills, it just means I sound like everyone else. That's not bad at all, but my wish is to be creative and just come up with what I can. I'm still sounding a little like a thunderstorm at times, but I try to come up with new stuff. Have lots of fun!-Jessica G.
At 12:46am on September 23, 2009, Jessica G. said…
Hi Lisa-are you playing these songs by ear? I'm extremely impressed; they just sound really good! You don't seem to miss a detail, and those details really add to the song, so it's better not to leave them out. If those are your new drums, how do they differ from your previous set? They sound just like the acoustic drums. Have fun, and take care!-Jessica G.