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    Charles Berthoud's tapping

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    2 hours ago, SpondonBassed said:

    If he could tap dance at the same time he'd make a great music hall act.

     

    But he does tap dance well, and at the same time, he can tap semi-quaver triplets on his Blakey's Tap Shoes protectors.

    As Sir Thomas Beecham probably said after hearing him..."The English may not like his music, but they absolutely love the noise he makes..."

     

    :D

     

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    Anthony Jackson and Steve Gadd

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    2 hours ago, Hellzero said:

    Try this, with the late great Michel Petrucciani, or listen to the album Trio in Tokyo.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    I have the 'Trio In Tokyo' album and it is really is quite dynamic. Outstanding playing all round.

    We all know about Gadd & Jackson, but Michael Petrucciani was an extraordinary musician. It was such a shame he passed so young. 

    Oddly enough, I was working on a show in Tokyo when they recorded this at The Blue Note. Although, unfortunately, I didn't know until after the gig.

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    The Non Bass Musicians thread...

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    I have been a life long fan of Dave Grusin. A top, top keyboard player who just happened to compose knock out Film Scores and very memorable TV Themes.

    His bands and Orchestras were often filled with a lot of my favourite musicians as well - A win win for me.

    :D

     

    I just so happened to watch a film last night called 'Havana' and Dave Grusin composed the score.

    A mixture of Latin Music and Orchestral cues. This piece below 'Cuba Libra (Se Fue) is from that film.

     

     

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    Recommendations for a simple metronome with a BIG flashy light.

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    19 hours ago, TimR said:

     

    It's not the drummer's job to keep the band's time. The first paragraph of the link says its the drummers job to keep time. 

    Even the OP realises that the drummer isn't there to keep the band in time. The band can do that themselves -  especially when the drummer isn't able to and needs a flashing beacon stuck in their line of sight. 

    I wasted years playing with a drummer who sped up if I stopped playing. Every song we played I had to lean back on the beat in order to keep time. One gig I had had enough and went with him on the final song. It just crashed and burned when it was going so fast the singer couldn't get the words out.

     

     

    Maybe at the time, you should have recruited a Drummer who could keep time. You could have avoided all those wasted years.

    In hindsight, maybe you should have got him "A Simple Metronome With A Big Flashing Light"

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    Recommendations for a simple metronome with a BIG flashy light.

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    16 minutes ago, Acebassmusic said:

     

    I think having 1 person in the band to count in all songs can give a bit of consistency to start tempo. The number of times I've played in bands where another musician (usually the guitarist) would start the song at a totally different speed due to nerves / adrenalin / last song played / they just feel like it! 🤣

     

    In my band we try not to leave much space between songs and use the drummer as the focal point. They're queing up the next tempo whilst the guitarist checks tuning or someones changing patches etc. Everyone knows who does the count in and should there be any technical problems they can signal to the drummer to hold off. It seems quicker and pretty efficient.

     

    I agree that it's everyones responsibility to keep time together but it's the drummers role to provide the pulse that we keep time to. If the drummer can't keep to the rehearsed beat then you've got problems...... I'm in the house band for a local jam (so no real pressure on getting things right) and we regularly play "Le Grange" which on the record is about 160bpm. The guitarist always starts it off about 170bpm and by the end of the song we've achieved 190+bpm :facepalm: Our drummer is usualy solid but for whatever reason on that one, goes astray 🤣

      

     

    Yep, and most of this in the link below as well.

    Please enter at your own risk - It's a dot com for Drummers.

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    This Is Why Drummers Are So Important In A Band

     

     

     

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    Recommendations for a simple metronome with a BIG flashy light.

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    3 hours ago, Marky L said:

    Wotcha

    Well, as it says above (but add in cheap). Anything anyone can suggest? I want to be able to biff in the bpms and hit go and a big assed light begins to flash.. so I can shove that in our drummers face so he can count in songs at the right speed. (Something he seems to think only he can do).

     

    Thankee.

     

    Do you have to shove it in his face? If not, can I suggest you get a vibrating metronome, because I can think of a better place to 'shove it'. 

     

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    What are you listening to right now?

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    13 hours ago, Mykesbass said:

    Interesting choice. One of my favourites was from two years later:

     

     

    I remember getting this album when it first came out (I was 15). I still listen to it quite a bit these days.

    Some really nice arranging from Don Sebesky and of course, produced by the late, great, Creed Taylor.

    Both who were the team behind 'The Other Side of Abbey Road'.

     

     

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