Phrogge's "silver coyote band"

[PHROGGE]

THESE ARE THE 1ST RECORDINGS FROM SIR PHROGGE
SINCE MY 2 STROKES (APRIL/MAY 2013)

ON THESE RECORDINGS I AM USING
MY ROLAND SPD11/K8 KICKPAD EKIT
2000 PEARL 3 1/2"X13 " MAPLE PICCOLLO SNARE
13" SABIAN AAX FUSION BOTTOM HIHAT
13" ZILDJIAN K BOTTOM HAT (AS TOP)
18" PAISTE ALPHA 802 CRASH/RIDE
20.5 " SABIAN AAX CHAD SMITH EXPLOSION CRASH AS RIDE
8" LP ICE BELL & LP BLACK MAMBO COWBELL (COVERED IN DUCT TAPE)...

I SING LEAD VOCALS ON "WALKIN AFTER MIDNITE"
BACKROUND VOCALS ON ALL OTHER SONGS...

QUESTIONS COMMENTS & CONCERNS ALWAYS WELCOME AS ALWAYS

IT IS CLASSIC COUNTRY ,,,ITS MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU DONT PLAY,,,

http://www.bandmix.com/silver-coyote-band/
THXS FOR LISTENING...

[pastor_bob]

Cool stuff PHROGGE! Good to hear that you're getting back on track.

[PHROGGE]

Thanks pb,,,,
i am making this my only project for now
(probably thru end of year)
i wanna make sure ive gotten it all back
b4 i take on more,,,,

i need a drum tech/driver...nxt level
since i cant hardly see no mo....
That will require mo $$$$...

Ive already turned down
a "blues brothers tribute show"
cuz my strength & energy cant take it yet...

Still time & desire
to teach an old phrogge some new tricks

[Markadiddle]

Good stuff Phrogge! You have a very nice singing voice sir.

[Drumbledore]

Nice work Mister Phrogge! Sounding good.

[PHROGGE]

Good stuff Phrogge! You have a very nice singing voice sir.

MARK..
THANK YOU KIND SIR
I HAVE OFTEN SAID
I PRIDE MYSELF MORE AS A SINGER/PERCUSSIONIST
RATHER THAN "KIT" DRUMMER...
USUALLY THE ONLY REASON I PLAY KIT IS BECAUSE
I CANT FIND SOMEONE AT LEAST AS GOOD AS I AM
WITHOUT AN ATTITUDE,,,,THATS WHY I FAVOR MY
ROLAND 808 HUMAN RHYTHM COMPOSER...IF I DONT LIKE IT...
I SHUT IT OFF !!!!!

IVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS AS A VOCALIST AS EARLY AS 8 YRS OLD
PERFORMING IN REGIONAL & STATE VOCAL CONTESTS (WINNING TWICE)
HAVING MUSIC THEORY INBRED IN ME SINCE SUCH EARLY AGE,,,
MAKES MY HARMONIES AMONGST DA BEST IN THE BIZ,,,,

OVER THE YEARS...MY STONG POINT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
MY VOCALS ARE AS GOOD (IF NOT BETTER)
THAN MOST "STARS" IVE BACKED UP!

PLZ UNDERSTAND,,,I'M NOT CONCIETED,,,I'M CONVINCED!!!!!

[PHROGGE]

Nice work Mister Phrogge! Sounding good.

MICHAEL...
THANK YOU MUCHLY MY PHRIEND...
AS SOON AS I FIGGER DAT SPD11
I'LL PROBABLY BE PROUDER TO PLAY "MORE DRUMS"...

I TOLD MY SINGER (MIKE PENN):
AS SOON AS I GET MORE COMFORTABLE WIF DA MACHINE
I'M GONNA DO MORE",,,HE SEZ///
"I LIKE HOW SPARSE YER DRIUMMING IS;EXACTLY WHAT I WANT
YER SCARIN ME IF YER GONNA PLAYMORE STUFF"

NEXT STOP ON DA JOURNEY IS USIN MY ROLAND 808
HUMAN RHYTHM COMPOSER "ROXANNE B ROLAND"
(LEGAL NAME I HADDA BUY A PLANE TICKET FOR HER FOR A SEAT
COS I WANTED NO DAMAGE GOIN TO LA TO PLAY WIF
MICHAEL MCDONALD{DOOBIE BROS} SISTA....)

MY HUNGER FOR PLANET DRUM
DRIVES ME TO PROVE
"YOU CAN TEACH AN OLD PHROGGE NEW TRICKS" !!!!

[slinky]

hey PHROGGE, sounds good , I wish your snare was just a tick louder in the mix.

[N2Bluz]

Great stuff! My band plays several of those same songs (although not as good). We do Move It On Over as a Texas Swing or Rock-a-billy..depending on the crowd. IMO- You're dead-on with what your playing right now. Clean & simple, but with energy and drive. You MIGHT be able to throw a touch more simple fills and cymbals in a few spots...but not very much. You guys have that clean, vintage '50s country sound....but yet it's YOUR OWN sound, and it works. I would kill to have a steel guitar player like that....or a voice like yours. Too bad I'm 1300 miles away. I would love to be able to jam with you guys just for fun.

[PHROGGE]

Slinky & n2bluz...thxs fellas,,,,i agree...
Coulda played more,coulda had snare louder....
"woulda shoulda coulda"....
I scare the guy (mike the singer) enuff
with my voice & agressiveness about biz,,,
gotta "wean the old guy into sir phrogge's world"
not my band (initially,,,but "equal voice" now....)

i tried alot of different stickings like:
Using my black mambo cowbell covered in duct tape
(instead of closed hihat to "ride" thru patterns)
brushes,blastiks,lightening rods...
Or one of the above in one hand,,,,stick in the other....

Keep in mind also this was recorded with da roland spd11/k8 kickpad ekit
i didnt mix it & in doin the recordings
either the pearl 6 1/2"x14" frre floatinng snare or same size
pearl stainless snaare was louder than hell....
So we rerecorded some uusin my 3 1/2"x13" pearl maple piccollo snare
or he pulled in down in the mix....

Also in alot of "classic country" there are next to no drums
in many tracks "patsy cline's walikn after midnite"
i wantrd my voice on top (im whispering more than singin)
and im suckin oxygen thru a compressor while recording!!!!

Some tunes *hank sr" he complained cos he wanted to be true
to da recordings so i played none when there werent none...
& i won when he asked me to play some more (or louder!!!!) ta dah !!!!


Live shows are more phun

cos on stuff like "65 pontiac"
ive slowed it down abit so it drives more like
"born on the bayou" by ccr....
Live on "run for the wall" altho i use only hihat & bass drum
when it builds on the ending & the bikes come in
(cool & loud live cos he sampled his own harley!!!)
i use the tympani pads for da rolling drums (more dynamic)

both the singer & guitar player have guitar "vocalizers"
so with them singin,,the machines harmonizing & me in da mix
it sometimes appears to have 7 vocalists!!!!!
Nuffin in phx like it !!!!

I intend in the very near future to start incorporating my
roland 908 human rhythm composer for a variety of reasons:
The more "she "(legal name is roxanne b rollin) does
the more i can incorporate different roland pad sounds
more percussion (shakers,zydeco tie,spoons)
and it will have an inbred "click track"...

One of the major challenges in playing simple & clean is that
tempo sticks out like a sore thumb if it aint groovin,,,
this is a new adventure to me & i intend to take it so far out da box
that nobody & i mean nobody will sound like or duplicate
the phine art that is "sir phrogge"...

Im laughin to myself as i say that cos some correspondence
i get from old aquaintances say:
"yer kinda hard to forget yanno from yer approach
to yer voice & yer passion for music"
when i hear that from some of the biggest names in the business
my phriends,,,it makes my heart smile & my soul to dance....
And i know "music is what i am as much as who i am!!!

[longgun]

Im laughin to myself as i say that cos some correspondence
i get from old aquaintances say:
"yer kinda hard to forget yanno from yer approach
to yer voice & yer passion for music"
when i hear that from some of the biggest names in the business
my phriends,,,it makes my heart smile & my soul to dance....
And i know "music is what i am as much as who i am!!!

Sounded great Phrogge.........................ain't it something how music can make you feel that way. I hope I'm still playing when I'm your age brother.

Good luck with your health and keep on jamming....................wish I was closer to hear you live.

[N2Bluz]

I liked it just like it was. It's about the song and the feel, not the instruments....especially that style of music (as opposed to the "guitar rock" era). I think you guys nsiled it, and I understand why talk of adding more to the drums makes the other guys nervous. Everything focuses on the vocals and the feel of the song. I agree 110% about the difficulty of playing simple and clean requiring you to be (and stay) in the groove. To me, that's what makes playing the old Country and Bluegrass so much fun....and frustrating at times, LOL.

[PHROGGE]

Longgun...thxs....
I aint "that" old,,,(trees & dirt are older)..
Its just kinda phunny to me after"funy music"
and zep & deep purple & shotunes & schtick humor
and 45 years later my passion still fans a flame
that yearns to be so simple & "out da box" at da same time...
Who woulda thunk dat country music would grant me that?

Just goes to show
as my mentor al dennison
(keyboard player for hamilton ,joe frank, & reynolds
gold record winner introd to da biz by steve gadd...
As early as 1963 tellin me:
"the only limitations you have
are the ones you place on yourself"

[late8]

Sounding great Phrogge! Keep it up brother!