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One of the albums that i still find amazing is Peter Gabriels melting face and the security album.There isnīt one single track where you hear a hi-hat or a cymbal! this was of course after Peter came back from africa.he was doing a lot of linn drum programing but I also read somewhere that Jerry Mariotta looked at Peter in awe as he told them to take all the hi-hats and cymbals away before recording the album! --- Jesse Ray Lucas <jlucas@neoprimitive.net> wrote: > I write some pretty percussion intensive music that > is all sequenced. > Here's an eight bar MIDI file for a breakdown > section in a tune I'm working > on right now. Just thought I'd share an example > rather than just talking > about it. > > Mr. Walker mentioned a drummer's right hand being > dominant over left, but I > didn't catch anything about drummers' tendency to > accent beats one and three > on the "ride" instrument in a rock groove. I > usually put about a > ten-velocity difference in the hats, or ride, or > crash or whatever is > keeping the quarter note. The louder hits are on > the kick and snare, the > quieter ones in between. You don't really notice > it, but I notice it when > it's not there. > > Also, notice that I've kept my drummer to having two > arms (for the most > part, I think), so at the beginning when there are > two cymbals being hit, he > doesn't play a hi-hat under them. It's the little > things... > > This is a swung groove, too, so examine where the > offbeats are. Notice the > ghost notes, stick drops, etc. Obviously, this is > written to sound good on > the drum kit I made for the song, but I listened to > it on my Soundblaster's > General MIDI soundset and I think the idea still > gets across. > > http://www.neoprimitive.net/jlucas/tmp/drumsdemo.mid > > You may have to open this in your sequencer and tell > it to use a drum kit, > on channel 10, if it doesn't automatically do it. > Good luck, y'all. > > -J > ===== www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/