monthly drum challenge?

[liv_rong]

Sounds good Miner! I would have played this totally differently, I heard it differently but I didnt write it! I think your drumming sounds good. Dont sweat over the little stuff with these challenges, it is not about perfection. Really it is about stepping outside of your comfort zone and trying things you dont normally do, drumming to styles of music you normally wouldnt, exploring the kit more. The tiny imperfections dont matter here, its just about belting out some ideas and seeing where it takes you. That's why its important that we try to find songs that we didnt make ourselves and dont have drums on them. This gives us the opportunity to add our interpretive layer to the piece. Now if we dont find anything we should totally just use something one of us has done so we are at least doing something, we did that a little less than half the time at the other place. Im going to try to find something now and post it and see if you want to take a shot at any of them. My new job makes it a bit easier to make time for recording so Im definitely going to do the next one.

[liv_rong]

Ok, Ive got two here Id really like to do, been trying to get one of these in a challenge ever since we started back at the other place. The are both short, about a minute and a half, easy to follow even without a click because he hits the strings on the 3 nearly every time and they have cool changes/moods and lots of room to mess around. Id be up for either or maybe one now and one later down the road? What do you think Minerman?

[Minerman]

Liv: Thanks for the compliments dude, I'm trying to learn to be competent & consistent, but have a long way to go...Putting your own spin on someone else's stuff, will improve my chops, & expand my drum "vocabulary"...


I downloaded your tracks, & I'll have a go at 'em...
Since I picked the last deadline, it's your turn...

[liv_rong]

Well, pick one of those if you'd like and let's do this weekend a month from now.

[Minerman]

Well, pick one of those if you'd like and let's do this weekend a month from now.

Sorry I didn't get back with ya yesterday Liv...let's just do 'em both & set the deadline for the weekend 4 weeks from now...

That'll put a little more pressure on me to get 'em done...

[liv_rong]

Sorry I didn't get back with ya yesterday Liv...let's just do 'em both & set the deadline for the weekend 4 weeks from now...

That'll put a little more pressure on me to get 'em done...

[liv_rong]

Sept 19?

[Minerman]

Sept 19?

That's good for me if it's good for you & everybody else dude....

Dunno if you realize or not, but "I'll Be Over You" is a Toto song from the 80's...While most of their music I just didn't get into, I do have to admit I like the original drummer, Jeff Porcaro, & they had a couple songs that were ok...

[liv_rong]

Sept 19?

That's good for me if it's good for you & everybody else dude....

Dunno if you realize or not, but "I'll Be Over You" is a Toto song from the 80's...While most of their music I just didn't get into, I do have to admit I like the original drummer, Jeff Porcaro, & they had a couple songs that were ok...

I actually did realize this after posting. We dont have to do it if you dont want, we can just do the other one if you'd like. You decide.

[Minerman]

That's good for me if it's good for you & everybody else dude....

Dunno if you realize or not, but "I'll Be Over You" is a Toto song from the 80's...While most of their music I just didn't get into, I do have to admit I like the original drummer, Jeff Porcaro, & they had a couple songs that were ok...

I actually did realize this after posting. We dont have to do it if you dont want, we can just do the other one if you'd like. You decide.

No dude, it's fine, I was just sayin'.....It's all good...

[liv_rong]

I have mine done, just no time to go downstairs and upload it today. Gotta do a little mixing yet too. Hopefully get it up tomorrow.

[Minerman]

I have mine done, just no time to go downstairs and upload it today. Gotta do a little mixing yet too. Hopefully get it up tomorrow.

Dude I have totally forgotten about the deadline for my homework, I'll get on it in the morning...Sorry man...

How many points are you take off my grade for turning my homework in late???

I've been busy trying to be a carpenter the last few days & this completely slipped away from me...

Again, sorry dude, I'll put my version up tomorrow...

[liv_rong]

It doesn't matter lol you missed the last one and we are the only ones doing this anyways.

[liv_rong]

Here is mine. The bridge for the second song is a train wreck, kind of forgot what I was doing there and was buzzed while doing these. Fun songs to play to though.

[Minerman]

Dude, I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to skip this one, I just can't get my ass in gear over here...I've got so many things going on I'm going in circles...I'll give your tracks a listen later today, but again, I'm sorry but I just can't squeeze it in this time 'round...I feel like a squashed turd over this, so I'll make it up on the next one...Sorry dude...

[liv_rong]

All good. I missed the last one!

[WhiskeyJack]

Here is a sticky thread for you dummies. Good thread!

[Minerman]

Hey Liv,
After a couple months of being an ass, I'm ready to be an ass trying to be a drummer again...Throw me something up so I can redeem myself...

[liv_rong]

lol dont worry about it, I missed the one before the last one too.

The only thing I have is one of mine, I actually need to work on the drums a bit as this is a scratch track for something I am working on. I can use this as an opportunity to come up with something better. Let me know if you want to have a go at it. BPM is 118

[Minerman]

I'm a few days late, but here's what I came up with for this go-round....