Studio Drummer – Great New Studio Product

November 13, 2018

I have been working with great US producer, Sylvia Massy (Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Prince, Jonny Cash etc).  A great producer, communicator and does very fine work!

We are both excited about a new product that is going to make online session musicians very happy.  This platform is called Sessionwire.  www.sessionwire.com

This platform allow a person, say, myself to be tracking in my studio and for the producer, who is in NY city to be able to hear my take that I’m performing, in real time with full bandwidth audio.  2.  The other great thing is that there is video and speech communication at the very same time!  So imagine as a studio player you’re performing your track and the producer, artist and engineer can all see, evaluate and access your take, in full bandwidth stereo audio monitored through their own monitor system of which they are fully used to, another big bonus!

The listening party can stop, interject and generally produce in real time a player performing on the other side of the world with complete immediacy and efficiency, all the while hearing and evaluating professional audio.

It’s just a fabulous concept and a platform that we are very confident is going to go wide as far as adoption.   Have a look at the website and peruse the features.  Again I get nothing for this.  However I am excited about more quality artists being equipped with this tremendous tool…

Enjoy Online Studio Drummers and musicians of all stripes

 

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Studio Drummer – Common Thread Of Great Producers

October 26, 2016

Just worked again with one of the greats from LA and it struck me again…Robbie Buchanan, great keyboardist and a huge producer with a discography that is stunning to say the least.  What struck me is that a common thread with people that are great in the studio, with huge track records is they set a tone and create a great environment.  One that is harmonious with creating and not one based on ego and disruption.  The very best producers that I’ve worked with and for, all do this.  It’s not confrontational unless it has to be and there’s a situation where someone has to step in and correct it.  It’s an environment that allows players to access their creative powers and abilities at a potentially higher level.  The right amount of back pressure that access’s one’s own higher creative abilities.. I’ve worked now in the studio and live with Robbie and I really appreciate that about him.

Apparently Daniel Lanois is another such producer that ’tills the earth’ if you will, sets the environment and the tone of a session to allow the player’s and artists personality and artistry to flourish.  I’ve worked with the opposite of this from a producer’s chair… I’ll get into that story next time because it’s a prime example of the exact opposite!

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Studio Drummer – RADAR High End Studio Recording Platforms

October 20, 2016

If you’ve ever had the privilege to record onto RADAR digital recording platforms you’ll know what a sonic treat it is.  The hardware is second to none as well as their beautiful preamps!  For a digital platform it has a true analogue richness and creaminess without the noise floor of analogue.  And without the degradation of tape storage.  Anyone that’s had to ‘bake’ a 2 inch reel or a 2 track reel knows exactly what I’m talking about.

RADAR is the bomb!  Be sure to go to @radarrecording on twitter and instagram and read my tips and thoughts on modern recording!

Cheers!

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Studio Drummer – Tricks For Tendonitis

October 7, 2016

We musicians and studio players are all prown to have repetitive motion issues!  Guitar players have it bad as well.  I had an issue with my shoulder for a couple of years.  It was very painful to play anything above shoulder height.  Since then I’ve had very deep tendonitis in my right forearm.  It’s been a constant bother.

I did find an answer though.  It was not a medical centre, pills or anti-inflam’s.  For me it was topical extra strength Voltarin anti-inflamatory cream that my doc recommended I try.  There is a light version and an extra strength version.  It made a remarkable difference right away!  And by using it on an ongoing basis it helped my body get ahead of the inflamation and eventually correct itself.   I highly recommend it.  It’s not expensive and it’s not perscription.

Another trick to try if you’re in a bind and you have to play but the pain is taking over.  WD40!  Yup sounds crazy.  A great guitar player friend of mine told me about it.  Spray some of it on the affected area an hour or so before you play.  I don’t recommend using it ongoing being a petroleum product but it might help you through a one time emergency…

Cheers and good health!

 

 

 

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Studio Drummer – Livin for the City

July 28, 2016

It’s a crazy world for people in the arts!  Not surprising that all throughout history musicians and artists have been subsidized either by the wealthy or by government.  Why?  Because cultures that had any intelligence knew that a strong arts community was good for their civilization and their country and for their countries’ intellect and IQ.

Yes!  It’s generally a hard life for arts related people in this era, more so than perhaps even in the past.  The devaluing of the arts in general is almost hard to believe.  I can look back 25 years to a different time, a literally different time and experience when I would say the arts were much more revered than they appear to be now.

But here is the upside.

You and I have to remember this…You are doing exactly what you want and exactly what you were put on this earth to do.   So take heart!  Any stories welcome..  What’s it like living in your community as an artist?

More on this to come…

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Studio Drummer – Tracking with Bob Rock and Dave Pierce

October 5, 2015

Did a great session with arranger/producer Dave Pierce and engineer/producer Bob Rock at the Warehouse in Vancouver last week.  Working at the Warehouse which is Bryan Adams studio is a beautiful complex and always a treat.  It’s been a few years since I worked with these guys but they are truly talented and consummate high end heavyweights.  We were working on a Sony world release for a Sinatra type singer (can’t say his name!)  and also for the boy band Human Nature from Australia who have been tearing it up in Las Vegas.  Some great tunes and great productions with full orchestra.  Hope to do more in the very near future!

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