Much thanks Freddy!  
 
Jimmy
 

Yes, very nice playing and a lovely tribute to a mom who cared and gave so much. She would surely be proud of her son's drum playing. Very lovely and jazzy sound. Nice one!
 
Peace and Blessings, John

Great playing and nice jazzy tonality.
 
It sounds like the other players were listening to you while they did their thing. :-)

One of my buddies played drums..... I think that he was influenced by his dad who was a truck driver..... but his dad really liked jazz and big band music. I can recall more than one time being forced to set and listen to music with him. Understand that at the time we were into Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, etc.... the rockers of the day....
One of his favorite musicians was Gene Kruppa... what an amazing drummer. I did pick up an admiration for the music he listened to the more I heard it.
 
I enjoyed your playing on this..... but I do think you should have perhaps bumped them a few db or maybe eq'd them a tad brighter....They do tend to be covered up by the guitar...

John - thank you for the listen and sentiment.  It's hard to know how much a parent gives until you become one yourself.  
 
All the best. 
 
Jimmy
 
 

mike_mccue
Great playing and nice jazzy tonality.
 
It sounds like the other players were listening to you while they did their thing. :-)

Hi Mike, I am glad you liked it.  That was an interesting comment about leading.  I my old jamming days, as a drummer I did lead quite a bit.  I could bring the dynamics down or build them up - change beats and all and felt comfortable doing it.  My buddies would just go right with it.  I thought about this just recently and now you brought it up.  You have a keen sense of music Mr. McCue!
 
Thanks much.
 
Jimmy
 
 

Guitarhacker
One of my buddies played drums..... I think that he was influenced by his dad who was a truck driver..... but his dad really liked jazz and big band music. I can recall more than one time being forced to set and listen to music with him. Understand that at the time we were into Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, etc.... the rockers of the day....
One of his favorite musicians was Gene Kruppa... what an amazing drummer. I did pick up an admiration for the music he listened to the more I heard it.
 
I enjoyed your playing on this..... but I do think you should have perhaps bumped them a few db or maybe eq'd them a tad brighter....They do tend to be covered up by the guitar...

Hi Herb, 
 
I appreciate your story and listen.  Gene was an awesome drummer and showman.  He really brought forth the drums as a featured instrument and he had a great energy when playing.  For my mix, I did it pretty fast so you may be right about the drum level.  I tried to emulate standard cool jazz styles.  This was fun and I am happy you liked it.
 
Jimmy
 

Kudos you you on a nice jazz track well played and orchestrated!

Hello Jimmy
I still hear the chops of a great drummer.  Some really nice sounding drum tracks on my end.  Hey Jimmy are you the drummer from Sue Saad and the Next.  If so this is a long way from the New Wave chops of the 80's.  GREAT JOB!
 
 
Kev

Starise
Kudos you you on a nice jazz track well played and orchestrated!

Thanks Tim.  I only played drums to the drumless jam but it was good to do.
 
Rimshot

drumstixkev
Hello Jimmy
I still hear the chops of a great drummer.  Some really nice sounding drum tracks on my end.  Hey Jimmy are you the drummer from Sue Saad and the Next.  If so this is a long way from the New Wave chops of the 80's.  GREAT JOB!
 
 
Kev

Hey Kev, 
 
I am the drummer from Sue Saad & The Next.  I had to hold back a lot back then because of the nature of songs we wrote.  In fact, our songs were much less mature than our musicianship but we got a record deal!  I wish you could have heard our unreleased 2nd album.  We were much stronger and had a number of guest performers on it including Paul Stanley and Vinny Cassano (ex KISS lead guitarist) from KISS, David Foster, and more.  
 
Thanks for the nice comments Kev.  
 
Jimmy