ME PLAYING DRUMS - 1998

 
Just for the fun of it I found some old practice drumming tapes and made up a three minute sample of me playing my Yamaha electronic drum set to songs at home.
I had a small mixer and ran my music and drum set into a recorder and recorded myself playing to the music .
 
Its bit and pieces of different styles of music I played to just a few , I gave up playing drums back in 1998 and sold my electronic set.
I hope to buy another one just like it so I can start playing my own drum patterns and fills and creating my own drum tracks in real time .
By Christmas of this year I plan on buying another one new from SweetWater, thats the plan .
 
Here is my sample of me before I stop playing the drums , cheers !
 
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=961127&content=music

foxwolfen
So why did you sell em?
 
Medical reasons , wife and I split up and then my father died . Guess you might say the stress of it all pushed me into selling my drums and giving up my music .
But now after getting back into my music again I feel like buying another electronic drum set so I can create my own drum tracks in real time not with software and by doing it that way it sounds natural then using software if that makes any sense.

Cheers!

Nice drum work! You might want to try Roland next time. They have some great drum sounds. I love mine!

Scottytunes
Nice drum work! You might want to try Roland next time. They have some great drum sounds. I love mine!
 
Thanks I played for eighteen years and took private drum lessons for three years off and on whenever my instructor was available  .
He was going to college to study medicine and played in clubs at night plus he was a part time manager for a local record store .
On week-ends he allowed me to sit in with his band to practice what he taught me , his band was really good they played some rock and roll 70' and 80's mostly  and alot of Jazz .
I was the only student he allowed to sit in with his band so that really made me feel good , hes now a full time doctor so hes really making money now .
 
Yes I wish I could afford a three thousand set of Rolands those are really nice.
About eight months ago I walked into a music store here where I lived and played on a set for about an hour really nice I wish I had that set now .

I forgot to say you have a set of Rolands , how long have you played ?
Maybe someday I can buy a nice set of Rolands , they sound great ! 

Scottytunes
I bought the TD-3's a year or so ago and they were only $995. I've only been playing on and off since I got them. I am a novice, but I have fun with them and love the way they sound and how easy they are to record. I used them on my new CD.
 
Just woke up after a four hour nap , only had four hours sleep yesterday .
Anyway I might have to check that out in a few months , I'm looking at Dec or Jan of next year when I might be able to buy another set of electronic drums , I need to fly my wife over to Nashville, TN to spend time with her new grandchild and daughter on her birthday my gift to her.  Thats going to cost me cose to what I might fork out on another electronic drum set , flying plus extras aren't cheap now days .

Sounds like your having fun with them , recording your own drum tracks with a real drum set is much better then using software its more natural in sound as long as you can keep a good even groove going and stay in time with the music your playing to .
I'll have to check your music out , keep the beat going .
 
Cheers!

Similar kind of story to mine James.  I completely gave up pretty much anything to do with music for 10 years after I left working in a studio.  I sold my drums except for one splash cymbal that had been signed by my band members, ditched my Atari 1040, C-Lab Notator (yay!), Akai 1100 sampler, and even threw away a couple of gold discs I'd earned along the way.  I'm also going through the big 'D' right now so am taking refuge within Sonar.

btw - what's the viola/violin patch your using in your 'Fresh Air' track from? It has some quite nice bowing dynamics.

Wood67
Similar kind of story to mine James.  I completely gave up pretty much anything to do with music for 10 years after I left working in a studio.  I sold my drums except for one splash cymbal that had been signed by my band members, ditched my Atari 1040, C-Lab Notator (yay!), Akai 1100 sampler, and even threw away a couple of gold discs I'd earned along the way.  I'm also going through the big 'D' right now so am taking refuge within Sonar.

btw - what's the viola/violin patch your using in your 'Fresh Air' track from? It has some quite nice bowing dynamics.
 
That was me everything was sold except for my drum sticks , a good drum pad , my drum stool and all my music drum books from when I was taking drum lessons and all my cords and cables I used to hookup my drum set with .
 
I would have to buy another electronic set and a good kick pedal for another $150.00 maybe less but I'm sure they are not cheap now not the good kick pedals .

 

Scottytunes
I bought a used Tama kick pedal for around $70
 
Thats not a bad deal if it was a decent model made by Tama , my third Acoustic drum set was a black TAMA set and then I switch over to a SONAR set and finally ended up with a Yamaha set acoustic and electronic .
I'll most likely buy new when I get there , see what happens in the next three or four months .
Maybe I'll get lucky and win the lotto , that would be nice wouldn't it then I could buy a studio or a music store full of nice drum sets , keyboards , guitars , Pianos .
 

Scottytunes


Hey that reminds me I need to go buy a lotto ticket!