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HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« on: December 27, 2007, 07:30:15 PM »
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one day! lol.

this is me on the kit. Check it out and give me some feedback! Thanks... God Bless!



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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2007, 07:42:58 PM »
LOL!!!! NICE TOPIC!!!!!  But for real man, you have a really nice pocket.  And your bassist is killing man!!! Great clip.  Keep it up and represent for us Hispanics!!! LOL!!!    Take care and God Bless.

Carlito

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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2007, 08:02:02 PM »
...I absolutely love the pocket bro'.  Don't be afraid to throw in some nice fills here and there. ;)  That's one of my favorite songs to play although I'm sick of playing it. :-\ ;D ;) 

...what kind of:  A.) Kit are you using  B.) Snare  C.) Heads


...keep reppin' CVJ.  I agree with M'Doza though, the bass player sounds real good papa.  God Bless.
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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2007, 08:32:00 PM »
Good stuff Bruh!   Not too much, but plenty to enjoy. 

Quote from: JFunky on December 27, 2007, 08:02:02 PM

...keep reppin' CVJ.  I agree with M'Doza though, the bass player sounds real good papa.  God Bless.

I'm there with yall.



If you don't mind me asking, are you the son of fellow drummer the Late, Great Carlos Vega?  If so, he was off the heezee.  I just saw him over the weekend on and old episode of Saturday Night Live playing for James Taylor.  I also remember seeing him playing for Sheena Easton in a few videos.  If you are his son, I'm sure he's proud of the legacy you're continuing.  If not, that's a great name to have just the same.   
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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2007, 08:47:54 PM »
Quote from: BigFoot_BigThumb on December 27, 2007, 08:32:00 PM
Good stuff Bruh!   Not too much, but plenty to enjoy. 

I'm there with yall.



If you don't mind me asking, are you the son of fellow drummer the Late, Great Carlos Vega?  If so, he was off the heezee.  I just saw him over the weekend on and old episode of Saturday Night Live playing for James Taylor.  I also remember seeing him playing for Sheena Easton in a few videos.  If you are his son, I'm sure he's proud of the legacy you're continuing.  If not, that's a great name to have just the same.   


....Wow Dude!!!  Not a lot of cats know about Carlos Vega.  He's truly missed.  That dude's feel for music was crazy.  He was like a Latin Jeff Porcaro with blazin' chops. Truly missed but not forgotten by the right people, ya know?
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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2007, 09:22:50 PM »
Quote from: MENDOZA on December 27, 2007, 07:42:58 PM
LOL!!!! NICE TOPIC!!!!!  But for real man, you have a really nice pocket.  And your bassist is killing man!!! Great clip.  Keep it up and represent for us Hispanics!!! LOL!!!    Take care and God Bless.

Thanks man! I know... the bassist used to play with Anthony Hamilton. If you look for the clip of Anthony Hamilton on Dave Chappelle show on youtube... he is the one playing the keyboard (sick keyboard too).

Quote from: JFunky on December 27, 2007, 08:02:02 PM
...I absolutely love the pocket bro'.  Don't be afraid to throw in some nice fills here and there. ;)  That's one of my favorite songs to play although I'm sick of playing it. :-\ ;D ;) 

...what kind of:  A.) Kit are you using  B.) Snare  C.) Heads


...keep reppin' CVJ.  I agree with M'Doza though, the bass player sounds real good papa.  God Bless.

Thanks again man! I like to keep it pretty simple... but fills are a must most the time.

To answer your questions:
A: I wish i knew... but that kit was made up of like three different drumsets... lol.   EXCEPT...(b:)
B: i was using MY DW Maple Snare 13"
C: Evans Coated AMB with a hazy. (remo on the other toms i think)


Quote from: BigFoot_BigThumb on December 27, 2007, 08:32:00 PM
Good stuff Bruh!   Not too much, but plenty to enjoy. 

I'm there with yall.
If you don't mind me asking, are you the son of fellow drummer the Late, Great Carlos Vega? If you are his son, I'm sure he's proud of the legacy you're continuing.  If not, that's a great name to have just the same.   

No man... Just got lucky with a great name. I wish... but its a great for discounts at GC centers.. lol... AND great when i meet famous drummers/musicians....
But thanks.




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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2007, 09:35:37 PM »
tight drummer mate. well done ;D
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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2007, 09:39:57 PM »
thanx for the share i really liked... Keep that up!
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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2007, 11:32:16 PM »
Quote from: BigFoot_BigThumb on December 27, 2007, 08:32:00 PM
Good stuff Bruh!   Not too much, but plenty to enjoy. 

I'm there with yall.



If you don't mind me asking, are you the son of fellow drummer the Late, Great Carlos Vega?  If so, he was off the heezee.  I just saw him over the weekend on and old episode of Saturday Night Live playing for James Taylor.  I also remember seeing him playing for Sheena Easton in a few videos.  If you are his son, I'm sure he's proud of the legacy you're continuing.  If not, that's a great name to have just the same.   
Sounds good bro!!!

BFBT - Bro what you know about these old school drummers? LOL ;D
Seriously, when I first started playing, ( Iam really a horn player* trombone, baritone & tuba, I never had the opportunity to play drums until I graduated high school '84)  my music teacher would give me books and magazines on jazz and classical music and some albums as well. I read about and listened to alot of different drummers, Carlos Vega being one of them. Bro, you just took me back down memory lane 8)
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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2007, 12:32:51 AM »
For your enjoyment!!!!!!!  Reminds me of Vinnie.....Check it out...What a loss!!!!!!   :-\ :-\ :-\



Take care and God Bless.

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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2007, 01:00:29 AM »
Quote from: JFunky on December 27, 2007, 08:47:54 PM

....Wow Dude!!!  Not a lot of cats know about Carlos Vega.  He's truly missed.  That dude's feel for music was crazy.  He was like a Latin Jeff Porcaro with blazin' chops. Truly missed but not forgotten by the right people, ya know?

Jeff Porcaro is one of my biggest influnces.  I still listen to him on the regular.  I got so many recordings he has played on.  Toto, Boz Scaggs, Donald Fagen, Michael Jackson etc. 
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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2007, 01:03:40 AM »
LATINS DOING IT BIG ON LGM!!!!!! we do it for EL AMOR DE REY!!!!



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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2007, 01:23:14 AM »
Quote from: Lildrummaboy66 on December 27, 2007, 11:32:16 PM
Sounds good bro!!!

BFBT - Bro what you know about these old school drummers? LOL ;D
Seriously, when I first started playing, ( Iam really a horn player* trombone, baritone & tuba, I never had the opportunity to play drums until I graduated high school '84)  my music teacher would give me books and magazines on jazz and classical music and some albums as well. I read about and listened to alot of different drummers, Carlos Vega being one of them. Bro, you just took me back down memory lane 8)

The old school cats made me who I am.  Clyde Stublefield(James Brown) and John "Jabo" Starks(James Brown) are my biggest influences.  I was playing ghost notes back in high school(mid 80's).  When "Poison" by BBD and "It's Real" by Jams Ingram were hot, I was somewhat of a local celebrity because I could play them on the kit.  Some of the drummers that have influenced me over the years are as follows.

Clyde Stubblefield
John "Jabo" Starks
Jonathan Moffett(The Jacksons, Cameo, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Elton John)
Zoro
The Late Yogi Horton(The Late Luther Vandross)
The Late Jeff Porcaro
Dennis Chambers
Omar Hakim
Vinne Colaiuta
Abe Fogle(Guy, Najee, D'Angelo, Chico DeBarge)
J.D. Blair(BeBe and CeCe Winans, Take Six, Shania Twain...The brutha wearing the ski goggles)
Ricky Lawson

I would keep going, but that's another thread.  These guys taught me to respect the music and the band when I play unless someone decides to "give the drummer some."  Sorry if I have hijacked...........


Anyway, CVJ, you're good.  I can appreciate you respecting the music instead of trying to show all that you can do and leaving everybody else behind you.  In this day and age, you're a rare breed.  Keep uo the good work.  I'll probably look up and see you on TV one day.








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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2007, 02:00:46 AM »
Very cool video CVJ. Welcome to LGM!

Thanks for sharing.

Quote from: ludwig_rx on December 27, 2007, 09:35:37 PM
tight drummer mate. well done ;D

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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2007, 02:02:37 AM »
Hey i'm Hispanic too....sick...keep representing man....tight work....GB
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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2007, 06:58:45 AM »
Nice clip.  Youre headed in the right direction fam just keep tightening it up!  Hispanic on Gospel Chops?  Well, I'm used to eating chicken and watermelon while watching Gospel Chops but I wouldnt mind adding a chimichanga to my diet!   ;D  Hispanics can play too!  I hear yall out there!  Be blessed   ;)
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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2007, 10:09:54 AM »
Quote from: fretai03 on December 28, 2007, 02:00:46 AM
Very cool video CVJ. Welcome to LGM!

Thanks for sharing.

Welcome to LGM ludwig_rx!


...LOL.  Hey Fred, CVJ has been here longer than you doc'. LOL  He just doesn't post.  I guess it's more like a welcome back. ;D

Quote from: BigFoot_BigThumb on December 28, 2007, 01:23:14 AM
The old school cats made me who I am.  Clyde Stublefield(James Brown) and John "Jabo" Starks(James Brown) are my biggest influences.  I was playing ghost notes back in high school(mid 80's).  When "Poison" by BBD and "It's Real" by Jams Ingram were hot, I was somewhat of a local celebrity because I could play them on the kit.  Some of the drummers that have influenced me over the years are as follows.

Clyde Stubblefield
John "Jabo" Starks
Jonathan Moffett(The Jacksons, Cameo, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Elton John)
Zoro
The Late Yogi Horton(The Late Luther Vandross)
The Late Jeff Porcaro
Dennis Chambers
Omar Hakim
Vinne Colaiuta
Abe Fogle(Guy, Najee, D'Angelo, Chico DeBarge)
J.D. Blair(BeBe and CeCe Winans, Take Six, Shania Twain...The brutha wearing the ski goggles)
Ricky Lawson

I would keep going, but that's another thread.  These guys taught me to respect the music and the band when I play unless someone decides to "give the drummer some."  Sorry if I have hijacked...........


Anyway, CVJ, you're good.  I can appreciate you respecting the music instead of trying to show all that you can do and leaving everybody else behind you.  In this day and age, you're a rare breed.  Keep uo the good work.  I'll probably look up and see you on TV one day.

...dude, on the real, I want you to know that for the last six months that I've been reading Modern Drummer, all of the greats have been constantly telling the younger drummers to go back and listen to ......."Old Skool" drummers.  Dude, that's all I've been doing.  I've come across many and am studying...........Lenny White and David Garibaldi. ;)
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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2007, 10:16:29 AM »
Quote from: MENDOZA on December 28, 2007, 12:32:51 AM
For your enjoyment!!!!!!!  Reminds me of Vinnie.....Check it out...What a loss!!!!!!   :-\ :-\ :-\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlHhQ18ZtpQ

Take care and God Bless.

Carlito


...yo Doza, you play like Carlos Vega though, for real.  Keep doing your thing man.  It's crazy how I'm watching this clip and thinking about the last time I saw you play.  You have blessed skills man.  8)

**Goes back to the Garage** ;D
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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #18 on: December 28, 2007, 10:45:16 AM »
Quote from: JFunky on December 28, 2007, 10:09:54 AM


...dude, on the real, I want you to know that for the last six months that I've been reading Modern Drummer, all of the greats have been constantly telling the younger drummers to go back and listen to ......."Old Skool" drummers.  Dude, that's all I've been doing.  I've come across many and am studying...........Lenny White and David Garibaldi. ;)

Man, I've been trying to do the same thing on here.  But because they're not "blazing," then it doesn't appeal to the younger generation.  I posted a James Brown clip a while back and told them to listen to how the drummers were driving the groove extra hard and how that made the song more than chops ever could.  I don't believe I got one response at all to that thread.  You just keep on studying. 


 
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Re: HISPANIC ON GOSPEL CHOPS?
« Reply #19 on: December 28, 2007, 10:57:22 AM »
Quote from: JFunky on December 28, 2007, 10:16:29 AM
...yo Doza, you play like Carlos Vega though, for real.  Keep doing your thing man.  It's crazy how I'm watching this clip and thinking about the last time I saw you play.  You have blessed skills man.  8)

**Goes back to the Garage** ;D

DUDE!!!!!!!! Man, you have just given me the best compliment I have ever heard.  I'm humbled and honored to even be close to Carlos.  This guy is one of the cats that I really look up too.  He's one of those down low cats that just worked and changed the game.  That's how I would love to be remembered too LOL.  Don't need the spotlight, but would love to offer something new to the music community.  J thanks again man!!  I know you've been in the garage and can't wait to see your progress when I head down there in March!!!!  Take care and God Bless.  You're the man.   Take care and God Bless.

Carlito

p.s. Everyone on LGM for real listen to the older cats!!!  They are seasoned pros and offer sooooo much, just have that open ear and listen to what they are doing and what they ARE NOT doing.... Sometimes we get to caught up with all these licks and stuff, but listen to the nuances and the details and you'll find out why they keep getting called back!!!!
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