>>>>> I vote for changing the name of this topic to "Dave Dicenso official thread" or something. He deserves it. I revisited this Dicenso´s drum solo and it´s in the top 10 drumsolos of my list. Modern Drummer 2006 It´s awesome in every level. I´m working on selecting some cool parts of it...

Awesome grooves. But did he really need his usual massive kit with a billion toms for those two songs? Seems a bit overkill to me. I think Simon uses/plays every piece of his drumset on those tunes. And he often says: "If I would take off some piece of this set, the general sound of the kit ch...

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This is what I call "The perfect first take man".
Posted in the past, but wow...again.

Great job Kaide!! I don´t like those tunes much (the original compositions I mean), but I´ve listened to your covers. What I feel, and more every day, is that the HiHat is that forgotten weapon/friend, that well arranged gives the song a very big plus (phrasing, dinamics, broken lines...but without ...

Thanks guys! I actually recorded the drums to a click without any music - then added Logic loops on top afterward. It was fun! That´s what I did with the improvised grooves videos I did (on HODer´s videos), but with shorter grooves. It´s really a very joyful and creative way of music/drum productio...

Cool !!
Vinnie on Ringo´s kit.

Incredible playing and good tunes !!
Strange, only one vocal and nobody else doing backing vocals.

^^ Great playing by all !!
What´s that in Don Felder´s voice ?
It´s a "vocal effect", it´s seems a flanger some times, or live autune or it´s just me ??

Thanks Pocket Player,
Yes, dynamics !!
I´m really interested in them, combined with a "strong" backbeat, applying it to my main musical context (pop, rock, funk...)
And that is what I recorded on those two videos, some examples for using with students.