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  1. Indeed. Marcus Miller nearly always uses a four. ....runs for cover.
  2. Yes, velocity sensitive keys will make a difference with dynamics. There are many videos on 'finger' drumming on YouTube worth looking at. Dom Sigalas has a decent tutorial. It's about twenty minutes long with a chapter list. There are probably better videos out there, but this one is short and sweet:
  3. That was London born, Ralph Sharon, his MD/Pianist. He was on the UK Jazz scene until he moved stateside in his early 30's. He was still doing loung/hotel gigs until a couple of months before his death. Another one who lived a long fruitful musical career. I believe he was 91 or 92 when he died. EDIT: My oldest boy noticed this. https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ralph-sharon-20150412-story.html
  4. Marvellous voice and a terrific entertainer who was liked by all generations. One of the greats. R.I.P. "I have a simple life. I mean, you just give me a drum roll, they announce my name, and I come out and sing. In my job I have a contract that says I'm a singer. So I sing...I'll call it a day when I die. It's a wonderful occupation for me. I've never worked a day in my life." "If music sounds dated, it means it wasn't very good in the first place." Tony Bennett
  5. I found this reply post amusing on the OP Twitter thread... "There’s two types of scat. There's nonsense-singing by singers , and then there’s ‘jazz noises’: the involuntary Tourette’s-type vocalisations made by piano or bass players when deep in the throes of instrumental improvisation. The latter tends to be the more interesting sort."
  6. Someone over on the 'Cakewalk' forum has put together an excellent list of VST's and VSTI's. It seems like it's being updated quite a bit. Well worth a look: https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/52223-the-curated-list-of-free-recommended-sample-libraries-soft-synths/#comments
  7. Mo being interviewed by Scott Devine. Just a short clip (under five minutes). The last minute or so...
  8. Bass > Avalon U5 DI/Preamp > Steinberg Interface > Computer.
  9. Yes, and for me. Also his Bass on the 'Bergerac Theme'. R.I.P. Mo Foster. A UK session treasure.
  10. This live 'Don Grusin' concert has some smashing grooves on it. A great line up with some terrific playing all round. It has both Abe Laborial and Nathan East on it as well. They actually play together on the last tune:
  11. 'The Way It Is' by Bruce Hornsby. When I first heard it I was hooked and have been ever since. Mike Verta has an indepth YouTube tutorial on how to play the tune/piece (below).
  12. I was on holiday in Jamaica recently...I didn't think of my Bass once....well, until a local Dude offered me a Jazz Cigarette, man.
  13. "The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes." – Thomas Beecham
  14. Yeah, I like it too...The whole band are right on top of it with some great playing and a very good arrangement. Thanks for posting.
  15. For anyone new to home recording, or toying with the idea, 'Musicradar' have a couple of articles regarding putting together a free 'Virtual Software Studio'. https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-best-free-daws-2021-the-best-free-music-production-software-for-pc-and-mac https://www.musicradar.com/news/build-music-studio-free-plugins
  16. I think this live version is the best version. The whole band are right 'on it' and Marcus is in all his glory.
  17. Maybe it's from the DAW end... I presume you have looked into preferences/midi? If not, have a look at the video below. The section that may be of interest to you starts at 0:42 seconds:
  18. Of course, you are 100% right and I do agree...although, 'alleged', is pushing it a bit.
  19. Velocity X-Fade as well, which is also great for rolls, crescendos and decrescendos etc. The VSL Syncron Player is excellent for this via Mod Wheel or whatever Midi controller that yoy want to use. X-Fade is very useful in real time playing as well, although, of course you can program or draw in the Midi data after. Getting pretty authentic results/mock-ups out of Virtual Instruments these days has never been easier....or cheaper!! There are some great deals around with constant sales on if you keep your eyes open (and a few very decent freebies as well).
  20. Yes, there are a few Software Virtual Drummers that do this. Also these days, look out for libraries that have 'Round-Robin' samples. I've lifted the below from elsewhere, which sums it up nicely. "I doubt that you'll need to read a tutorial. Round-robin is simply a way to let sample developers play back a different sampled version of the same sound each time you hit the same key, so that just like most acoustic instruments each note sounds slightly different for more realism. This feature becomes particularly important with drum libraries to avoid the 'machine gun' effect of rapidly repeating the same (for instance) snare drum sound. By having two, four or eight slightly different snare samples, played back in sequence, you avoid such artificial-sounding effects, since if you keep hitting the same key it will play back (for instance): Sample 1, Sample 2, Sample 3, Sample 4, Sample 1, Sample 2...Sometimes they are random Sample1, Sample 3 etc..." I
  21. Yeah, he's great...He does a whole bunch of excellent arrangements on his YouTube channel. I like they way he goes about his voicings. A very talented musician:
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