Drum It With Brummet

Today we will be sharing a great resource for learning to play better drum solos produced by Keith Carlock. This is Dave's favourite video when he is trying to create a solo. Note at 8.33 minutes his ideas of switching from 6/8 to 12/8 to 3/4. Very special indeed.  https://youtu.be/FtWgZaZ8ElA ~~   Find us online via :  https://taplink.cc/brummet  ~~

  With the home studio being the most likely place where you are going to be recording your own projects and demos, here are some things I have learned to keep in mind when recording percussion. I developed a vital technique from studio work regarding recording shaker and tambourine tracks. Our first instinct is to stand in front of a microphone facing it (like a vocalist) and playing away as normal. Not such a good idea with what I call the swinging instruments like shakers and tambourines. When you face the mic head-on, any back swing of a shaker carries it further away from the microphone making it notably quieter then the forward swings, resulting in an un-natural feel.  Now if you take a step to the side of the mic swinging the instrument “across”  the path of the microphone you get a much more balanced, musical sound. Additionally,  you can visually determine if you are 4 or 12 inches away from the mic and consistently retain that distance. In the case of a tam...

 Never Give Up On Your Dreams * Lillian met Rosalind Winton online & invited her to drop in to share some of her experiences in producing her album, Another Direction . She invites you to visit her on Facebook as well ( facebook.com/rosalind.winton ). :) My name is Rosalind Winton and I’m a poet and song lyricist. I’ve been writing all my life.  In November 2023, my dream of writing lyrics for an album came true. It’s called ANOTHER DIRECTION. It took three years to complete and was a colossal task, but finally releasing it was an amazing feeling. I get asked a lot. “ What comes first, the lyric, or the music ?” My very short answer is “ both ”.  For the album, five of the twelve songs were ideas and melodies that my collaborator, A.J. Clarke gave me. I then wrote lyrics appropriate to the titles he gave me and fit them in to his melodies. Another six were lyrics I already had that A.J. put music to. One of them we wrote together at the same time. Some of the music a...