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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7518888.stm
Here's an excerpt of the article:
Playing the drums for a rock band requires the stamina of a Premiership footballer, research suggests.
Tests on Clem Burke, the veteran Blondie drummer, revealed that 90 minutes of drumming could raise his heart rate to 190 beats a minute. Despite rock's reputation for unhealthy living, Dr Marcus Smith, from Chichester University, said drummers needed "extraordinary stamina".
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I know from experience that this is true. Playing full time in a certain high energy situation remains the most intensely demanding time of my life. I rarely partied and had to take good care of myself.
Have always felt like an athlete (being a drummer) -- it's just a matter of "how good of shape am I in" at any particular time. I try to stay in shape by regular or consistent rehearsing, practicing, performing or recording. Being a singing drummer, I think, releases even more endorphins
Anyone else here approach drumming as "training"? How do you get yourself back in shape after a break...prepare for recording sessions or other substantial projects...anyone gone from once-in-a-while performing to weekly (or more) performances?
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This was a quick read, but don't be fooled -- it's packed.
Thank you, Cheryl!
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Great post, John!
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I thought so, too
And a good way to approach the question!
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If I am soloing on a country song (or going for a major pentatonic feel in other words) over say G maj , C maj , and D maj, would I switch from a G maj pent scale to a C maj pent scale to a D maj pent scale? or would I just use a G maj scale.
Hey Paul,
This is from my good songwriting/lead guitarist buddy Tom Harkness:
Penta would fit more dark ( You crashed my pick-up kinda song) Major would fit the happy ( You cooked me diiner and opened my beer kinda song)
I hope that's some kind of help
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A breath of fresh air and a joy to see young and old players and singers brought together in an unusual and creative way.
I thoroughly enjoyed it.
+1
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Yes Donna, but it feels like I am 5 years old and have just started school. Please can you teach me Mam?
Lol, I feel the same way, Wordflower. What an humble request. I am very old school. Hang around here - these guys nursed me back from a 12 year exile. John Moxey, site owner, is the one to go to, to get up to speed on this industry - especially for us who’ve been away and for the oldschooled. Read him. Read anything he has authored.
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It’s also called oldschool
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Weirdly enough I wrote a blog post on a very similar topic a few weeks ago...
Just thought I throw that into the mix!
Great article!
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Makes sense, bro.
Well, what I've done is renounced the music industry and severed all financial links with it. This means that although I have to do a mundane job during the weekdays, I can choose only to work on projects that I think are going to be fun or interesting.
It just works a lot better for me that way. Recording cheesy jingles for MAN Truck rollouts and such like, while lucrative, just isn't what I feel rock and roll is about and sadly that is where most of the bread and butter comes from for a sound engineer, corporate gigs. They have crazy amounts of cash to spend and throw it around liberally, but... Yich!
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Mind meld, Tom. I thought about replying along the same lines...that cultivating a sanguine temperament helps, because the sanguine is kind of like a small child who tends to not get fixated too deeply on any one thing (because they also look for ooh pretty shiny! in everything). But I didn't want Prometheus to think I was pooh-poohing away the reality.
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Good stuff, Alana!
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Marketing? ("...'pitched' a product on your behalf", that gave it away, I was originally thinking that it had something to do with fixing the pitch for vocals or something, but brokering was throwing me for a loop, so thank you for clearing that up)
Legitimate mix-up! Which wouldn't have been decades ago, but is now because pitch-fixin is now so commonly used or known.
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Don’t fall into the trap of feeling that the race is not going well just
because you’re not at the finish line yet. The race has something to
celebrate all along its track. What becomes tiresome to the aspiring
musician is not achieving some significant milestones.
Insert from Peter Spellman's "Developing Music Careers in Uncertain Times" - eBook
This is key, imo, and how to address the 'I got the blues paying dues' state of mind which can accompany an artist's weariness.
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Thanks a lot, Rob!
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Hey Rob,
OK, I saw the youtube. Boy, that's tempting! (I cheecked out where it's available/price).
*Can this video mic also be used as a traditional recording mic?*
Thanks for all the info! I'll have to scout around this subforum - I have never shot a
video before (unless I'm forgetting something - tis possible).
Anyway, I need new beginner instructions...I'm so curious as to how one can shoot
sections (plural! - when multiple cameras are used on the spot or one camera in
subsequent takes) then pick/choose footage from these sections and somehow make
it into a whole.
FYI, I think mainly the camera will be on a tripod or meatball-mechanics equivalent.
Like for those times I've the whole place to myself and inspiration hits, or band rehearsal
when obviously no one there will have an extra hand to video.
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Yo,
Well, I've put this off long enough...
Is there an affordably priced camera who's audio is good (or decent/respectable) for recording live band or single
person? I just know I'm gonna end up doing this, the video-ing aspect. How do I start? like HOWwwww
As you can see, not relishing the thought of starting ground zero on yet something else.
You guys know me! I'm A-OK with 4-track audio, I do not at all need the super duper since-the-90's digital
perfect audio capabilities (altho...gotta be separartion of instruments somehow, cool if that has to be gotten
in editing/mixing).
I don't want to "have" to rely on a pre-recorded track -- I want the live thing to be enough audio-wise.
(Optional do not have to read this ---> In fact, I've been interiorly mourning the absence of personality and variety of
sound mixes in newer stuff. The 60's and 70's was full of them. It wasn't just the musical personality of the
band, but musical personality of the SOUND. And so now I bow to ENGINEERS. I think it was THEM that done
it, baby, not the producers or the final mix per se, even if Engineer did do the final mix. No, it was the beginning,
the set up, their levels and colors w/ eq or lack therof, that is my hunch, I LOVE them, I miss them terribly!
----> told ya, it was truly optional reading)
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That's very kind of you, WBro.
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When we are in the middle of writing a song, it seems so relevant and certainly a "hit." A year later we may feel completely estranged from it. But there it is, mocking us!
Well said.
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oh hey... this thread is a few months old. lol sorry I didn't notice that.
But in any case, still pretty good artwork.Glad you commented, Gemini
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Ah, are you doing this recording live? I was thinking of a way of multitracking using an external device for bouncing...
Yah. O well.
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How many microphones do you have Donna?
Four. For this situation, example if I was doing guitars, two would go to mic each amp, then two for drums (one o'hd, one inside the kick).
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.....tough one! If you had 3 channels & mics, I'd tell you to go with 2 crossed overheads & the 3rd inside of the bass drum.
With just 2, I think I might go with one overhead & the 2nd either partially or totally inside the bass drum.
Totally will get you better segregation & punch, but depending on where you decide to put the overhead......if you end up needing more presence from the high toms -partially might get you some of that + what you need from the kick. In the end, you know it's gonna come down to trial & error....get what you can get! Good luck with it!
Tom
Thanks Tom -- woo hoo batter steps up to the plate.
Yes, the mic is always inside the kick - in fact I had to kinda nestle it inside the various wrappings
(heh - what IS in there? - flannel sheets or what-not), too hot otherwise. I think the toms will cut
thru w/ the new o'head placement I'm thinking on. You're right, trial & error. I appreciate the con-
firmation and your support. ♫
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