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re: OT: Drum machines vs. Human beings

Wow, another amazing Rick post!

Part of the history of jazz has been repeated in West African
drumming.  Traditionally, there are three dunnuns(barrel drums
played with sticks) each with a bell, and three drummers on
them.  Each drum would be mounted sideways.  The ensemble
would also include lead and accompainment djembe players.  To
save travel and payroll costs when the groups toured, the
drums were turned vertically and put in a 'kit' so a single
drummer could play all three of them at once.

Regarding drum machines, as a drummer I am uninterested in
them, but like Rick, interested in extending the natural
tonality of my accoustic drums.  Rick, any discussion of
technique here on that is welcome.  As I said once before,
it's weird but fun to take my beautiful, natural accoustic
drums and make them sound like cheap drum machines.

Yours in rhythm,
Steve


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   Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 23:07:06 -0700

   From: "Rick Walker/Loop.pooL" <GLOBAL@cruzio.com>

     To: "Loopers Delight"
<Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>

Subject:  OT: Drum machines vs. Human beings


Dave wrote:
"Years ago I read an interview with Stan Ridgeway, then still
with
Wall of Voodoo, where he said that drum machines ought to sound
like
appliances. I liked that. If you want human feel, get a human!
"

I laughed at this quote!    There is a place where I agree.

I have been a professional drummer and multi-percussionist all
of my adult
life and am constantly besieged
with questions about both drum machines, sequencers and looping
devices............."Aren't you afraid of
putting musicians out of work"  These are my thoughts about
this sort of
question and my feelings about
drum machines in general.

...

I feel like the companies are trying as hard as possible to
make their drum
machines sound realistic and I'm heading in the opposite
direction................I guess I just dig the "NEW".    I'd
be happy to
talk about some creative ways for looping drummers
to create new timbres for their acoustic drums that sound like
they are on a
Portisehead record or whatever.  Again,  just let me
know.



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