Hello Ardith,
On Sat 2039-Apr-02 23:56, Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) wrote to Richard Webb:
I always wanted to do the drum triggers under clothing,
i.e. the "drum suit" but never did that one. WAs
considering it quite a bit when I was doing the midi
enhanced one man band act back in the early '90's.
I'd seen a guy do something similar before or just
about the time the midi standard was developed, early
'80's iirc on the Tonight show.
Ah... so while this idea isn't new to you, it was
apparently new to the BBC reporter(s). I should have guessed! In
any case it might have some potential for folks with two working
hands but rather limited mobility. :-)
Indeed, and was used successfully to assist drummers
otherwise too injured to play a trap set, i.e. the drummer
for the metal band Def LEppard (spelling) after his bad auto accident.
I'm always finding objects that are interesting tonally and
tapping my fingers along with music to the point where I
used to drive my dad crazy when I was a kid. THe "drum
suit" was just the natural extension of that idea.
I'm trying to think of the prog rock act I saw when doing
sound and stage crew stuff back around the same time, he'd
come out on stage, remainder of the band not present, walk
up to a set of drum pads on a stand, play them through
triggers giving him usual trap drum/percussion sounds, get
his beat started then jump back on his regular trap set,
play along with it, do something else with the pad setup,
jump back on the traps, etc.
I learned a lot of tricks to working with the midi and
sequences and regular drummer effectively. ONe thing i used to do for drummers
I'd work with in the studio using it was
start them out with the metronome stick clicks, then once
they'd found the pocket bring in something such as the sound of maraccas doing 8th notes, etc. THey didn't complain as
much about the stick clicks interfering with their sense of
the "pocket" even though with the stick clicks they might
try pushing or pulling the tempo a bit without even
realizing it.
Getting them a good headphone mix that didn't allow the midi to overpower other
instruments but still audible was a trick too.
Regards,
Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+
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