i play to dance music
bands like the prodigy and pendulum ...also aphex twin
just thought i would share something i enjoy doing.
i like to find fascinating movie scores/music and play along and add grooves and fills and cymbal work to emphasize highs and lows of the orchestra, its hard for me but it brings out alot of creativity.
i bought the soundtrack to edward scissorhands and i was taken back by how big and amazing the music is. it is composed by danny elfman he has done most of the scores for tim burtons flicks and many theme songs such as the simpsons.
know any other different or odd inspirations for drumming?
i play to dance music
bands like the prodigy and pendulum ...also aphex twin
I play to video game music.
Mario Bros is hard to do though :S
Today, on Ethel The Frog...
yeh, anything that has a pulse/motion, is inspiration to me,
check out bernard purdie and his locomation explanation, this guy is one of the all time great groovers and now i know why.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI8pF...eature=related
enjoy peeps. It aint flashy, it aint showy, but just listen and watch the pulse flow outa this guy.
Official cowbell hater.
This guy Andrea Vadrucci does this.
Super Mario Bros.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF9e2ZVAapE
William Tell Overture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3vLQ7iCz94
Barber of Seville:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O-hCtPfef8
MacGyver Theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW0hHJFrhrA
vadrucci is awesome i have spent hours on youtube watching his vids haha
I enjoy playing bass to Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair.
sounds fun. i cant think of who i read about that would play drums to hong kong kung fu flicks. has anyone seen footage of how they used to record cartoon scores with the cartoon playing in front of the orchestra?
maple goodness......
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...12802333_l.jpg
This is the guy who originally did the mario tune, here he takes on william tell . great idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3vLQ...eature=related
Official cowbell hater.
That's exactly how most films are scored, funkster...
There may be themes or actual songs that are part of the soundtrack, but most of the score is mood music that underscores what goes on on the screen...
for example, lively "busy-busy" music for a opening scene showing the hero going into a downtown office building...
a slow, sweet, soggy violin arrangement for a grandmother remembering her happy times at the old homestead before moving to live with her daughter in the big city...
or a loud, bongo-driven soundtrack for a criminal chase (preferably in speeding cars or down dark alleys)...
Some examples of background music that became hits in their own right were "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" (Percy Faith, 1960) and a little piece from the 1971 movie "Bless the Beasts and the Children" that became the "Theme from 'The Young and the Restless'" when that soap opera premiered in 1973, and later became "Nadia's Theme" when Nadia Comeneci used it as background music for her Olympic performances in 1976...
IMHO, no different than jamming off of radio broadcasts or records--if it helps you sharpen your chops and you love it, go for it!
keep the beat goin' ... Don't keep it to yourself!
Charlie
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." --Henry David Thoreau, "Walden," 1854
"There's a lot to be said for Time Honored tradition and value." --In memory of Frank "fiacovaz" Iacovazzi
"Maybe your drums can be beat, but you can't."--Jack Keck
jamming to any tim burton movie would be challenging and fun. danny elfman has done some pretty amazing scores.
maple goodness......
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...12802333_l.jpg
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