chuckebaby
this song is really good, but again, the drums do need to be quantized, they're everywhere.
you can hate me all you want or say im being negative.
im only trying to help you.
this song could be perfect, mint, if you just looked in to quantizing.
its not hard.
you only need about a 1/8 - (1/16 notes for the fills) to fix this.
my drum playing is horrible, I couldn't even sound half as good as you here, but I use quantizing to make me sound like im great.
you should to.
over all effort is great 100%
but the performance can be done better.
even sometimes I can hear a cymbal but no kick, this can also b fixed.
either dub it in or go to the piano roll.
this is how I fix my drums james, this is a video I made:
http://youtu.be/k83UVo1OiKA?t=4m10s
this is all set up to the point in the video where I record a small 1 bar part and then fix it with quantizing.
as you can hear me say in the video how bad I actually am.
im not afraid to "make fun" of myself because I know I have quantizing. lol
trust me there is no drummer worse on this planet than me but if you listen to my songs, the drums are all there.
this is a video I made of editing notes in the piano roll use this to fix notes when ever you run in to a situation where notes are not as loud as they should be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruAnAPR6-hQ
its all up to you, you can settle for being a half decent drummer or you can better yourself. that's up to you.
i myself hold myself to a high standard.while you may you get upset at me for this comment, you should be thanking me for laying out the tools you need to better yourself.
good luck james, take it however you want.
id just like to see you become the best you can be.
Thanks Chuck , when I added drums to his music it wasn't my best day for playing
and I agree I was off in some of my fills .
I'm hoping by Monday I will be feeling better , last night I felt so bad and could
hardly breath coughing and feeling like crap .
I went to bed last night and didn't wake up untill 9 hours later , I think I'm feeling
somewhat better then last night so maybe in a few more days I can replay it again.
As for quantizing I'm not a big fan of that ,I like a natural style of playing . If I need
to fix it I'm the one who needs to fix it playing naturally without the help from
software .
My drum teacher told me if you want to play great you need to practice , practice
and keep on practicing untill you get it right so I'm a firm believer in that .
When I bought this drum kit and starting playing drums again after so many years
of not playing I never expected to play like I was playing back in the late 90's .
after 14 years of not playing your hand and wrist muscles end up being stiff .
But hey I'm working at getting back to where I left off back in 1999 , the more I
practice the better I will get .
The other thing is back in 1999 my weight was 160 lbs , today I weight 233 lbs .
Back then I weight less , I was much younger and had more energy plus I
was in much better shape then I am now .
Thanks for the tips on quantizing and other suggestions Chuck , I'm not putting
you down at all but for me I would rather go back and replay my drum track
and fix it that way .
Have alittle faith my friend I can fix it I just need to get over this crap I'm dealing
with and practice at it some more , I will fix it .
Cheers - James