whisdom from vinnie 2017
Category: drumming tips
twisted rosanna
funky sunday beat
the pathfinder
it seems, whatever jojo mayer touches, turnes into something beautiful, spectacular and highly aesthetic. his film “changing time” turns out to be one of the best music-documentaries out there, giving insight to personal history, creative thinking just as everyday life moments of one of the most proficient ad innovative drumming musicians on our planet. an absolute must watch!
the invincible
with the drumKAT, u.s.-american manufacturer kat inc. / alternate mode developed the probably best and most complex percussive midi controller ever built. it is a dinosaur, but one that even today still knows how to impress. i wrote a little “secret tip electronics” on bonedo.de featuring my very own drumKAT, version 3.8 – unfortunately german language only.
https://www.bonedo.de/artikel/einzelansicht/elektronik-drums-geheimtipp-1-alternate-mode-drumkat-38.html
electronic drumming 4.0
with sensory percussion, new york / los angeles based drumtech-company sunhouse have started a true revolution. their unseen sensor-technology in combination with their software application enables the modern drummer to enter a whole new world with a sensory-percussionized acoustic kit – including all new and creative possibilities to manipulate sounds. i was lucky enough to get a four-sensor-complete-kit, which i recently introduced, explained and reviewed on bonedo.de in word, pic & video
(only in german language).
the drummer makes the tempo
in the past years i have been in regular contact with andrew robertson from the centre of digital music at london’s queen mary university. he has been working on his vision of a device to make ableton live follow the tempo provided by a live drummer. he later came up with “b-keeper” a maxforlive device, which did quiet a good job. and now, this has turned into “beat seeker”, a handy and simple to use piece of magic. just switch between variable and fixed tempo using a midi controller or footswitch. this maxforlive device is fantastic for everyone who wants to free himself from having to play to a clicktrack, as soon as a sequencer running.
bum tschak groovelab: ableton live as setlist, clicktrack & preview-machine
ableton live used in a different way: live as a tool for previewing songs on stage, including a clicktrack with visual feedback and a flexible setlist.