http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRMpJg4osis
I’m definitely still in the “wannabe” rockstar stage, but I have been improving (I’ve also been working on my videography skills). As of 3 month ago, I couldn’t work the double bass pedal hardly at all!
Note: the fills at the end of the song don’t match up at all. I haven’t yet leaned them ; ^ )
For comparison sake, here’s a video of me a year ago after getting my first real drum set:
Thats some nice progress for only playing for a year
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It’s official, I fucking hate you.
Envy
CS
Your seat’s too high.
Great! Not the easiest stuff to play.
Hey thanks. I’ve actually been playing for 3 years, but the first 2 were on an electronic kit and I had no real direction. Finally when I picked up this kit last year I started working on rudiments, fills, timing, practicing with a metronome, etc.
This winter i really ramped up my practice schedule. The way I look at it is that one should achieve the same success with any activity that they do with triathlon if they approach it with the same attitude. So I’ve tackled this with organization, schedules, and goals. There was a period of time when I was drumming 3 - 4 hours a day. Now it’s more like 1-2 hours, and some days I don’t get much in but will still try to squeeze in the 15 minutes (3 songs) before heading out to dinner, etc.
Anyway, I’m getting there. Thanx for the encouragement.
Actually I had a “seat too low” problem for a while. I talked to the instructor I worked with and he said, “yeah, yeah, yeah, I’ve got long legs too.” “No, I have really long legs.” “Yeah, yeah, me too. Here, let me get you set up. Okay, there. Now sit down…holy crap dude, you’re not kidding. You DO have some really long legs!” I had to raise the seat another 4" from what he thought a 6’3" long legged guy would need.
If you look at the side shot, you might just see what I’m talking about. ; ^ )
I bow to your awesomeness
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The camera work was pretty damn good. What did you use to stitch it together?
The drumming wasn’t half bad either. I’m impressed, and just a little bit jealous.
I use a simple Canon Powershot to shoot the videos. The editing was all done in Imovie which comes standard on a Mac (just picked up my first Mac this weekend!).
I have a friend who does similar videos (is where I stole the idea from), but he shoots it with 3 cameras and does the song in one take (though he may redo the whole song if he doesn’t like the take). I used just one camera and then played the song 4 times (hope I didn’t ruin it by revealing the studio magic).
I used a different effect on each angle: front - cartoon, rear - dream, side - old world, bottom - romantic, and then I used aged film for the albumn cover at the end and threw in a little slow-mo effect when I threw the sticks at the camera.
These videos are becoming a bit of a hobby of mine. I’m putting a web site together with all of them:
www.myspace.com/tristaterockvideo
Here’s an example of a local show with 16 metal bands that I shot 3 weeks ago (done on Windows Moviemaker)
Awesome job Barry, those are some skills!
That’s great stuff Barry now you need to work on your flare and showmanship, check out Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater to see what I’m talking about the guy can really twirl them sticks…lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4WEAHRLorM&playnext_from=TL&videos=4IO3A-uKA2o
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Hey thanks. I’ve actually been playing for 3 years, but the first 2 were on an electronic kit and I had no real direction. Finally when I picked up this kit last year I started working on rudiments, fills, timing, practicing with a metronome, etc.
This winter i really ramped up my practice schedule. The way I look at it is that one should achieve the same success with any activity that they do with triathlon if they approach it with the same attitude. So I’ve tackled this with organization, schedules, and goals. There was a period of time when I was drumming 3 - 4 hours a day. Now it’s more like 1-2 hours, and some days I don’t get much in but will still try to squeeze in the 15 minutes (3 songs) before heading out to dinner, etc.
Anyway, I’m getting there. Thanx for the encouragement.
Rudiments and timing make all the difference. You have to build those chops and sense of timing and it looks like youve done a very good job.
Ever play Metallica’s Fuel? If you’re taking youtube video requests, put that on the list.
My son uses this software thing like a metronome to learn songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DtQjRWCjnQ
Here’s the song he was working on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0GWU8PKyoM&feature=related
He is trying to get into a new band that actually gets paid
Was that your son on the drums? I thought he was a bass player. Is he doing both?
If he sticks with it he should have no problem pulling in $100-$150 a show if he wants to play in a cover band. Problem is, young guys never want to play in cover bands. I was having this conversation with a 24 year old drummer recently. 99.5% of cover bands will make more than 99.5% of original bands. That other 0.5%, however, is the dream goal of any musician…most of them don’t do much better than cover bands and they have to live their lives in a van…but they occasionally get to play some really cool shows.
It’s funny, most athletes figure out what their potential is going to be no later than 23-24 years of age. Did you get cut freshman year of high school? Did a good college pick you up? Did you get drafted? Did you start getting a lot of playing time by your second season?
Your son, however, is a lot closer to the carrot than most. He’s probably in that top 1% with a realistic chance of hitting the 0.5% mark.
But hey, who am I to poo poo on anyone’s parade? A friend of mine just got an opening gig with Prong (one hit wonder metal band of the 90s) and Fear Factory (big metal band of the 90s with a recent resurgence).
Since we are talking about bands, this is my brother’s band. Since last summer they signed with a booking company and cleaned up their show a bit. Note the costumes ; ^ )
Mike is the guy with the trombone. If you check out their videos, I was the one who shot them.
He plays both. Been off the drums a long time though.
You are right but in his mind a cover band is selling out (at this point anyway)
<He’s probably in that top 1% with a realistic chance of hitting the 0.5% mark.> LOL Exactly
This band he is trying to get into has played at the Warped Tour and Spirit West Coast. They sort of float between the Christian music world and secular. Kind of like Switchfoot or POD. They have switched their style a bit. No more screaming, more pop music. Here’s an older song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwU1W-F7YJo
Lot of head shaking going on
Wow, a ska band?