Another new version of Dizzy Miss Lizzie with James on drums. (March 6, 2013)

Hi Mark , hey I was listening to this sample you posted . I forgot to ask you after you said you compressed the file before you mixed it .
Was it my drum track that was compressed and did you add more reverb to the drum track ?
I should had said something earlier , it sort sounds like theres too much reverb added to the drum track .

Maybe its my ears right now after just waking up from a three hour afternoon nap .

James

CLEAN


No - I didn't add any reverb to this James - just compressed very slightly.
 
 
Hi Mark , still sounds good I thought maybe you added some reverb in there on the drum track .
I guess when you compress it gives everything more of that Hall effect sound .
 
Thanks for the heads up - James

foxwolfen


Well, James, if this is what you can do with the limited gear you have, then just imagine what you will accomplish once you get it sorted. This was great to listen to. My first thought was "Right on". There are a few places which, I think with time you will also see, needed a bit more fill. The sound and beat suddenly dumped. I did hear compression pumping on the kit which sounded like it came from the source. You might try relaxing some settings a bit and see how that sounds in future projects. Cool stuff man.

           Thanks Shad , when I purchased that $499.00 electric kit I looked at the kick pedal
           wondering is that pedal wold even work well enough for me .
           The first three days working with it I was thinking no this has to go , I need to
           replace it ASP !
           I can work with it but its not easy with no tension adjustment in this kick pedal .
           Its almost impossible to get the same beats out of this kick pedal as you can
           with a good standard kick pedal so it is what it and and its all I have to work
           with for the next two months .
           I plan on in June buying a replacement for around another $300.00 , new Kick pad
           and the purchase of a decent DW kick pedal within my price range .
 
           My fills are not what they used to me back with I was playing on a good set of
          drums but with steady weekly practice I should be back to where I was in six
          months or so .
           You can't expect to play like you did after stopping totally for over 13 years ,
           it takes time to get back into drumming like I was before . I'm also not as
           young and as healthy as I was back then either , this recent heart atack believe
           or not took a big hit on my energy level when playing .
           I can ony play like this for 30 minutes at at time and then I start wearing down
           to the point where I need to stop playing and rest .
           Back when I was playing full time my body weight was 180 lbs , I'm now at
           230 lbs . I need to start losing weight too if I plan on playing full time again .
 
           Anyway thanks , Mark did a great job creating this song and I thank him for
           letting me add drums to his song it was fun for me .
 
 
           James
         

I agree that more fills are n order. James seemed to add rests where fills could go. Some of the rests are good and effective. I could be all wrong though. I'll go oil my kick pedal and shut up.

keep at it james,you have all the tools to be a great drummer,when i say tools i dont mean the drum kit either,i mean talent.skill.the will.

my constructive critisism would be to try using a click track when practicing and when recording,and turn up the volume loud on it.
im not sure you used a click track when doing this,am i right?
if you didnt then im impressed,i couldnt have done this without a click track.
velocity is everything james.remember this ryme;
"hitting cymbals louder than kicks, pounds right through a mix"
i understand your kit might not be the best but dont use that as a crutch.you have good skillz as as a drummer i can hear it.just dont under estimate yourself and dont make exscuses,never do a song and say to yourself "well the kit stinks so,its good enough"
strive for perfection and you will achieve it.

all in all this came out good,a little tweaking and it would have been mind blowing.
like i said,reach for the stars and expect greatness,settle for no less.

good job.

Charlie

James, it is not bad. It does not need to be removed. Just keep working at it. You get will there.

THE NIGHT FOX

Hey Mark please remove this track , I don't want you to get pounded by all of this crap !
I will from now on create my own music and when I buy that replacement kick pedal and kick pad I will prove to them its not just my playing thats throwing me off time when doinging fills . Most of it has to do with the kick pedal and YES I am blaming the pedal that came with this kit GO LOOK AT IT , its junk to work with !

Mark,
I don't recall listening to the original.
 
This sounded like loads of fun!  Enjoyed listening to this

mark,id like to apologize to you as well,
i didnt mean to draw any negetive attention to your song.
i probably should have known better.i didnt think my comments were out of line.

at anyrate,i gave my review on this on your original thread,i think that review speaks for itself.

Thanks,
Charlie

Thanks Charlie , no problem .

Thanks again for your kindness toward me , good luck with your music
projects !

James

I tend to agree with Shad and Mark -- James.  No need to ask Mark to remove this take on this song.  You did a good job on the drums!  We all can use input and coaching on what we might do to make something good be even better (I can certainly use all the help I can get).  Mark had to walk me through this number.  I was getting the timing on the vocals all wrong.  Thanks for your patience Mark and thanks again for including me on this number. 

blipp


Great rockin cover Mark.

The drums sounded pretty good on this, but could benefit from a few fills.

Overall i enjoyed it though.

          Thanks John its great to be playing again , practice and practice to get back
          into shape again thats where I'm at now . Hopefully by the end of this year I will
          be a good player again and will be able to buy that Rolands drum kit I really
          wanted to buy .
          I had the money last friday to buy that electronic kit but bought my nice guitar,
          amp and case instead .
          As the old saying goes when you haven't won the lottery your not going to
          buy out the music store in one day ! LOL

Janet


Well done!  Glad you got yourself a new drumset, James.  Cool!  

         Hi Janet thanks , I just replayed this song for Mark today and he trying to update
         but seems to be having some upload issues .
         I added in more fills and a bunch of other things as well  , I think you'll enjoy
         the next new updated version as soon as Mark can post the updated new version .
 
         Thanks again , its great playing drums again - James

Scottytunes


I agree that more fills are n order. James seemed to add rests where fills could go. Some of the rests are good and effective. I could be all wrong though. I'll go oil my kick pedal and shut up.

         Hey Scotty hows that sqeaky kick pedal doing after you oiled it ! Hey you
         suggested more fills and thats just what I did I replayed it again and added
         in lots of new fills plus more .
 
         James