Where there is space for two feet - play hi hat then bass drum. (Where there is only space to fit in one foot use the hi hat stepped. The left hand plays the melody on the snare drumĪll the missing notes of a triplet are played between the hi hat (stepped) and the bass drum. I've been working on a few more ideas lately. Dave had me play every "short" note (any 8th note in the syncopation melody) as a stepped hi hat and then all the "long notes" (everything in the melody that is longer than an 8th note) on the bass drum - meanwhile all the missing parts of a triplet played as ghost notes on the snare drum and the ride swing pattern in the right hand of course. It was exactly the first part of my lesson with Dave Cutler in 1980 and the second part nicely ties in with Alannah's post. The right hand and left foot play a standard swing.Įxcellent ! Thanks for posting that. It is just the first 24 measures of page 38, with the bass drum playing the original notation and the snare filling in the gaps.
I've included a little cheat sheet with the applied system discussed by Gavin. Thanks - I'm doing fine and somehow seem to be working more than before the "lock-down". I appreciate your humility and your musicality. Gavin! How are you? You're one of my favorite "modern" rock drummers.
I just to end up with something I can play to. It is really important to feel as comfortable as you can on stage - but it's never ideal because the drums themselves make SO much sound - it's virtually impossible to have a 'great' mix. It's a bit of a complex monitoring configuration but it's pretty consistent from show to show - apart from the sound of the venue and the proximity of the sub speakers. I can change anything I want from that desk via my iPad - although I almost never touch it during the show.
However - all of this is being pre-mixed via the band's PreSonus desk. Snare drum in channel two (plus some reverb and compression)Ī mix of my (toms and overheads) and the band in channels 3&4. I also have the bass drum in channel one (plus I have the Porter & Davies system that gives me the bass drum directly into the stool top). I guess some of it depends on which in-ears you use and if they are custom molds or generic fit? How much outside sound is leaking into your ears passed the in-ears? I think before that - I used the exact same one you have. I'm now using a similar desk MG10XU right next to my drums. (Pronounced Aa- bee- ram, the Hindu version of Abraham or Ibrahim) Its just a lot of work! Thinking about these ideas seem a lot easier than actually working through all of them. But talking about possibilities, just keeping an ostinato on any two limbs and playing the patterns on the third limb and filling in remaining notes on the fourth limb, trying all limb combinations, opens up a ton of possibilities. But the idea that Gavin Harrison suggested seemed pretty cool to me and I guess I would like to focus on that. But haven't really got to it and started working on it. I did get my book about a year back on Amazon. Probably a copy available to buy online for a similar price Sorry to butt in! Not sure where you're based, I got my copy from a shop in Denmark St, London several years back for £6.95! Still haven't gotten through nearly as many possibilities as I wanted but it's soooo worth it.