Drum solo - Too short, too conservative

D. Slam · Posts: 860 Join date: 2008-01-05

I really need to stop being so scared... I need to learn to just let it fly and let whatever happens, happen. Rolling Eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-WVszMr-ng

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Anders · Subject: Re: Drum solo - Too short, too conservative Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:23 pm

That was a good drum solo Don! Yes, too short, but I really dig your "attack" and somewhat aggressive approach. There is something of Dennis Chambers in your playing. Those fast single strokes sound impressive. Keep up the good work!

Kind regards,
Anders

D. Slam · Posts: 860 Join date: 2008-01-05

Anders wrote:

That was a good drum solo Don! Yes, too short, but I really dig your "attack" and somewhat aggressive approach. There is something of Dennis Chambers in your playing. Those fast single strokes sound impressive. Keep up the good work!

Kind regards,
Anders

Thank you, Anders.

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Racman · Posts: 96 Join date: 2008-02-13 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

I commented on YouTube. Great job!

Why was it so short?

D. Slam · Posts: 860 Join date: 2008-01-05

Racman wrote:

I commented on YouTube. Great job!

Why was it so short?

I got cold feet, Rac... I was just thinking about keeping it uniform and it wound up being a uniform of a single color... Sleep

What can I say?! After 42 years of this, I'm still learning... drunken

Thanks for checking it out, Rackster.

D.

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Racman · Posts: 96 Join date: 2008-02-13 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

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uniform of a single color

Don

Different fabrics may share or look like having the same colors yet differs in texture - matter of improv-ing or highlighting it.
Uniformality, or in your words, same color uniforms, do or can have various textures underlayed beneath the basic color (structure). It's just a matter of trying to highlight these textures from the other. I as well am still learning this after many a years too.

Never the less, you sounded great in my estimate. Sometimes we tend to think too much which can interfere relaxing and breathing properly to engage our thoughts. And that can cause us to downplay our comments on ourselves. Dont allow for that kind of mindset to seat in your mind. Thats been a problem with me for sometime now but has gotten better, much better over the years.

Hell....just last week I was called up on stage to jam a bebop song. As I was grooving along, I was suddenly given an open solo that was "unexpected." I had to grab-hold of my thoughts and sort of scrambled for about a couple of minutes until these ideas were harnessed (under control) then approached certain textures that came to mind and exicuted them fairly well. What I noticed was that relaxation and proper breathing was factors that made it work. My arsenal of thought, if put that way, was stuff from Elvin Jones who plays this texture game and color very well.

After my solo, the audience responded very well as were the musicians which tells me this was not a subjective but rather an actual experience that fleshed out. Again, I'm still learning after all these years too.

Keep up the great playing D! cheers

D. Slam · Posts: 860 Join date: 2008-01-05

Absolutely, Rac! I for one am guilty of that (thinking too much). To the point of pulling back as I did in this video or tensing up to the point where I can't execute the necessary technique to properly make the statement I would like to make from behind the kit. I'm finding that even here is a place to "let go and let God."

Thanks, Rac.

D.

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Daveonskins · Posts: 173 Join date: 2008-01-08

Nice work Don,
You kept the groove feel happening which was nice- not really easy to solo AND groove too-

D. Slam · Posts: 860 Join date: 2008-01-05

Daveonskins wrote:

Nice work Don,
You kept the groove feel happening which was nice- not really easy to solo AND groove too-

Thanks, David... These comments mean the world to me coming from you... I'll never forget how much your input helped me on the drum solo section on the tune, "West side worry" on the JC's CD.

Thanks for everything, bro!

D.

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Suss · Subject: Re: Drum solo - Too short, too conservative Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:13 pm

D. Slam wrote:

I really need to stop being so scared... I need to learn to just let it fly and let whatever happens, happen. Rolling Eyes

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Like Jackie Gleason from the "Honeymooners" used to say: OH, HOW SWEET IT IS!!!

From where I sit, and play Nephew, this solo was neither short nor conservative! You said/played just what in your heart at the moment, while you kept in mind the meter of where you were going with the rest of the track with E.C. You spoke in discernable and terse rhythmic structure; never once dropping a beat - and even adding a few stick/feet controlled nuances in the mix.

Technically, you were working off of a full-kit application of the double paradiddle, where the meter can be morphed between 4 and 6. Musically, you applied this subtlety to the interesting application and sounds from your kit. Sure, Dennis Chambers does this, Billy does this and I do this. Who cares who does it better. What makes it memorable is that I've had the opportunity to hear you DO IT in YOUR OWN WAY.

I LOVED IT! You better know that dude!

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D. Slam · Posts: 860 Join date: 2008-01-05

What I liked most about this was the sound of the drums... I thought the tones and the way they were projecting really came off well.... Far better than the actual solo application itself.

Regardless my feelings toward what was (or wasn't) played, I greatly appreciate being appreciated. Even more so when that appreciation comes from someone of YOUR musical stature.

Thank you, Uncle John.

Nephew.

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