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by langmick
Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:54 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Russ Miller leaves Yamaha- Yamaha moving to China?
Replies: 162
Views: 100000

Re: Russ Miller leaves Yamaha- Yamaha moving to China?

Yeah, just reading that one. WOW.
by langmick
Fri Mar 29, 2013 2:57 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Anybody playing in a metal/heavy group? Let's hear it!
Replies: 13
Views: 9336

Re: Anybody playing in a metal/heavy group? Let's hear it!

Where is Jim Richman? Hes is a killer heavy drummer.

I cant stand the people I come across that want to play metal here in Michigan so I dont even bother with it anymore.

And i love metal.
by langmick
Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:25 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Improving your time keeping
Replies: 30
Views: 19278

Re: Improving your time keeping

There is another important component to good to time and that's confidence and intentionality. Im gonna play this at this tempo, and then keeping conscious attention to the feel and listening. Maybe there is practice good time and playing good time, and they are similar but not the same. I find that...
by langmick
Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:33 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Steve Holmes vids
Replies: 249
Views: 211026

Re: New video lesson: 32nd note phrasing

Gotta work on that stuff.

Good vid.
by langmick
Mon Mar 25, 2013 11:18 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Improving your time keeping
Replies: 30
Views: 19278

Re: Improving your time keeping

With the Ableton loops, I was also able to put some silence in, that was a lot harder than I thought it would be.

I set it up for the fill turnaround on the bar.

There are a ton of things you can do with Live like that.
by langmick
Sun Mar 24, 2013 6:24 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Improving your time keeping
Replies: 30
Views: 19278

Re: Improving your time keeping

Speaking or singing a melody or vocalizing read notes really is a great way to improve. I spent almost every morning for a few months, until my PC blew up, creating a loop in ableton at various bpm. I used these rather than a metronome. Grip is important, I find. The whole feel of your body when pla...
by langmick
Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:27 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Check out the track I recorded recently!
Replies: 53
Views: 25633

Re: Check out the track I recorded recently!

It needs a Phil Rudd or Mickey Curry solid groove. you can never go wrong with playing like those guys. Good for you getting the chance to play a tune like this, seriously. Its a prime opportunity. Everyone could use more things like this. What about all the hod dudes getting a chance to play this t...
by langmick
Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:56 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Your personal heroes?
Replies: 63
Views: 41572

Re: Your personal heroes?

Another couple heroes for me. Danny Gottlieb and Paul Wertico. Great playing by both, hard playing, but always sounding in the music. That killed me, totally floored by the lighter playing that was still intricate and powerful. That's a hard combination to pull off. And Danny's hands are insane. He ...
by langmick
Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:21 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Songs identifiable by the drums
Replies: 24
Views: 12995

Re: Songs identifiable by the drums

Whip It

Tom Sawyer

Layla

Anything by missing persons

Isn't it interesting that adele and most of the popular music I know of have indistinguishable drums and sounds?
by langmick
Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:13 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Songs identifiable by the drums
Replies: 24
Views: 12995

Re: Songs identifiable by the drums

Rock and Roll.

Living after midnight.

Beat It

Hypnotized by Fleetwood Mac

Anything by Fleetwood Mac

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