Preparation is everything!!!
Cgrats J_Kay.
There is only so much preparation that you're gonna get from watching a shed clip. We as drummers, and deeper still MUSICIANS, need to be striving to get to the point that we can be fruitful in any musical situation.
Growth is the word for the week.
That's funny allot of that sounded like my summer.I feel you. Sounds like my summer and every sat night. I did a studio recording session with the rock group Night Ranger and with no rehearsal, 4 songs on the spot and they walked out of the session extremely happy. If you allow yourself to be used by the music then you can pull off the impossible with no rehearsal.
Personally, I learned the necessity of a large musicically applicable playing vocabulary. Be ready in season and out of season.
As well I witnessed how important prefessional presentation is...
BTW... the artist Sunnie Paxson's son is an accomplished and endoresed drummer so she knows what is need. Below is a brief bio of her son:
Jimmy Paxson jr. (drums): Jimmy is the son of two accomplished Philadelphia jazz musicians. Growing up in a household influenced by great 70's fusion music and the drumming of Tony Williams , Elvin Jones , Lenny White , Billy Cobham , fused with the wackiness of Soopy Sales , Monty Python , and Benny Hill coming off the television ... it is no wonder why he is such a truley perverse drummer. Though accepted at Julliard by age eleven, it is his years studying in Los Angeles under the tutelage of the late, great Murray Spivack that best honed his skill and style. Jimmy has recorded and/or performed live with Stevie Nicks , Alanis Morissette, Edgar Winter , Sophie B. Hawkins , Rod Stewart, Steve Vai, Ronnie Montrose, Robben Ford, Zohar(uk) and Glen Hughes.
j_kay finds this out upon setting up for the gig.... no pressure right!?
I feel you. Sounds like my summer and every sat night. I did a studio recording session with the rock group Night Ranger and with no rehearsal, 4 songs on the spot and they walked out of the session extremely happy. If you allow yourself to be used by the music then you can pull off the impossible with no rehearsal.
I remember Night Ranger from the 80s. You are doing some work doc. Glad to have pros like you participating here to broaden the scope of the musicians here.I was thinking about posting a ruff draft of one of the(instrumental) tracks that was done. It's some really good, solid rock drumming being played on the material. I know that you would most definiately appreicate it SK. You old school ;). But I'm a little reluctant to so. Plus, I should probably get permmission first. We'll see. :-\ :)
Man, I thought that you were joking when you said that you were going to put this up... *lol*J-Kay, this needed to be posted brother. What you did is in NO way an easy task. You just took a quantum leap in your evolution as a pro drummer. As for your str8 ahead stuff, go out and get a real book. It doesn't have to be written in classic drum chart form, I don't even think that they make real books for drummers. Just get it. Learn all as many jazz standards as you can. And just swing man. Find a good jazz bassist and shed with him. Jazz has a feel that must be pulled out. FEEL Bruh FEEL is the key to the kingdom. Good job man! Very proud of you...
Anyway, thanks for the props. I did not go to work on that Friday (10/13/06), and was no my way to get that weekly cut (I had the date mixed up - my appointment was for Saturday, and not Friday, but I digress *lol*). Around 11a, I got a call from the drummer that holds the seat for this group, and was advised that he had another gig. Because fo this, he could not make it, and wanted to know if I could fill in for him - the gig was for Saturday. Honestly, I hesitated in my reply (for about a few seconds) because of the short notice. I hate cramming, and I like to be very prepared for anything, whether it's a test or anything music related. I accepted the offer, and got the bandleader's contact information. While speaking with her, she stated that she wanted me to meet her at the Westin Grand Bohemiam, at 5 (she had a wedding rehearsal dinner gig that night) to get the CDs (yes, CDs) and the drum book (yes, drum book). This was the first time that I have had the opportunity to take my kit out of my drum room, and out in the 'real world'. This was her first date, and she was a beaut (I have some clips and photos that were taken by Sabianknight)! I had less than 24h to prepare for this gig, but I felt that I did just okay - I am my harshest critic, lol!!!
I got a call from the drummer on that next day, and he stated that he was told that I did really well, but on today, he called me and said that he was told that I needed to work on my straight ahead stuff, but my funk was incredible (lol). That's cool, because it gives me something to work on!
Thanks for the props, everyone!!! ;D