With my rockabilly/blues/country group here in Ottawa:
Went alright...quality of sound isn't the best, though. (But you know how live mixes are.)
I don't often get to see drums from this forum in action, so thought I'd throw this out there, just 'cause.
Let me know what you think!
Well, sound aside, you did rock it, and they sound great, nice and deep as they should.....the 3 ply shells really kick like cannons, I love it!
See if you can find a powered 16 or 32 channel board from the 70s, a Yamaha. We ran one for almost all of of our gigs and were able to work magic with that hard working little board. It was a full on recording station, 300 watts on the 16 and 500 on the 32. No sound geek needed, unless it was someone you trust, and it could be run almost anywhere. No separate amp/board system needed, except of course for the git-fiddles and bass thumpers, but it all ran through the board so monitors could be used.
Man, that was one nice set up, 4 "Voice of the Theater" speakers, the board, Leslie's for the B-3...talk about a great sound system on the cheap and it really would rock.
Simplicity I tell ya, too easy to run. You could set the board on stage and, since the monitors were right there, a quick walk around the stage and floor, you could set it all up right from there and not worry about some dick messing with the EQ on your drums or a guitar player turning up his noise too loud! My favorite trick? Turn up his monitor so he thought he was really getting over on everyone, and since I had the master volume and all the channel volume controls, I could really phuck with the guitar player....
Not my kind of music - but I like the way you play open handed in between.
I also see analogy, as I like to combine my Star set with modern IC pedals as well (love the idea to stay with the same company then, although now called Tama)!
Ralf
great drummin nice drums!!!Chewie:
Set has a great vibe for that style,good playing also,from you and the guys,if I walked in that club and saw ya'll playing I would stick around.
Great groove!!
Cheers
HA! That was great! Those old tubs sound as good as they look!
Ahhh... it's always amazed me that when you do a short solo on drums, the crowd gets fired up. Not so with anyone else... maybe a sax, but it's always the drums that gets 'em goin'...
As it should be, of course... :D
Hey, I'm in Ottawa also. Don't get out much these days, but I'd be keen to check you guys out sometime - cool tunes. Ever get out to Greenfields? I can walk to that place.
awc, that was great! I really like your snare work! It was light yet, the accents were placed in just the right spots. Your short solo was tasteful and the right length for the song. I too am a Star man but, more in the old tradition of rock. I certainly enjoyed your song though. Well-done!!! I too would sure stick around to hear more of you guys!
Brian
Thanks for the kind words, guys! Really appreciate it...
And DaddyNowhere: no we haven't played Greenfields before, but it'd definitely be fun to do. I'll let you know if we ever get anything hooked up out there...
