Tons of audio!

[MNdrummer21]

It's been a long time since I posted any audio of my playing, so I figured I would post this big batch of audio I recorded fairly recently. The play along tracks are from John Riley's The Art of Bop Drumming and Colin Bailey's Drum Solos: The Art of Phrasing. The live tracks are from a performance at McNally Smith's(college of music) summer jazz workshop. Any questions regarding setup(recording, drums, or otherwise), comments, criticisms, etc are welcome. The live tracks are fairly quiet and it is difficult to hear the upright bass and bass drum. Also, whoever mixed the band had the snare quite high in the mix, so it is a little too upfront for my taste, and I know it was not that loud live.
So anyway, check them out, and give me your thoughts!

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=615382

[MNdrummer21]

Added two new tracks, recorded with my laptop mic and audacity. They are backing tracks from my Roland TD-12's module.

[LoneStarDrummer]

there's some quality playing in there man. great job. haven't heard everything yet, but i'll keep listening.

[MNdrummer21]

C'mon people, no comments?

[Seafroggys]

People don't listen to audio aroudn here. They only care about pwning Berk and TimJim and posting useless threads about "OMG I just got like a new screw for my stand PIX!"

[saars]

nice grooving!

[LoneStarDrummer]

i like them all, but i think chitlins con carne is the best.

what ride cymbal are you using? it has a very nice jazz sound to it.

[Panopticon]

i just listened to the very bottom track...very sweet groovin there man...it was really smooth.

EDIT: same with the 2nd last one.

[Seafroggys]

listened to about half of them. You're a great player. Can't really comment much because I'm not familiar with the styles.

[Leprechauns1021]

Damn..thats some good stuff. I listened to a few of the tracks...those Jazz tracks seriously impressed me. They sounded like it could be professional. It was some really good stuff. Good job mann

[MNdrummer21]

Thanks for all the nice comments and taking the time to listen! The ride I used is a Dream Bliss 22" crash-ride model.

[MNdrummer21]

Anyone else?

[Chippy569]

i have time for one song right now. which one would you like me to do?

[MNdrummer21]

any one of them is fine.

[MNdrummer21]

bump

[Retarded Chipple]

Damn, that is some SUR-WEET playing! Really dig it, you totally pwn!

How old are you and how long have you been playing?

[MNdrummer21]

Thanks Chipple! :) I'm 18 and have been playing for a little over 2 years now.(like 2 years and 3 months I think)

[MNdrummer21]

Any more comments?

[RushHourSoul]

I listened to the chitlins con carne which had some excellent grooving ! thats real good stuff, and for playing for 2 years thats incredible progress. You must practice rudiments like mad. 'Prowl' is cool too, a little sketchy but you can tell your just having fun and messing around with the beat. Keep it up!

[Retarded Chipple]

Thanks Chipple! :) I'm 18 and have been playing for a little over 2 years now.(like 2 years and 3 months I think)

Crap!

You're far too good!

How much have you practiced etc to get so good so fast!!?

Are you as confident in other completely different styles as you are jazz?

[MNdrummer21]

Well, I would say that I have averaged 3-4 hours of practice on the drumset daily, and 1-1.5 hours of work on rudiments and hand technique on a practice pad for the past year; since I really began taking it seriously. My first year of playing I would say that I probably only put in about 1-2 hours on the kit. I would say that I am confident I could sit in and play most styles, though maybe not completely authentically because one must fully immerse oneself in a style to really know it. My primary areas of focus are funk, fusion, R&B, gospel, and obviously jazz. I attribute my success to my drive to succeed and see results as well as having a good teacher who really pushed me to strech my abilities and expand my expressive capabilities on the drumset. Though my progress has not come without sacrifice, as anyone who sticks to a rigid schedule knows, there were plenty of times where I had to pass on social activities to ensure that I adhered to my schedule. I can assure you though, that the satisfaction I get when I sit down to play with others and can play the things I hear in my head(or at least a small fraction of them) far surpasses that of the short-term glorification of other things less meaningful to me.

[Vertigo]

Wow awesome groove man! Loved it

[MNdrummer21]

One more bump in case anyone wants to leave a comment.