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As I've got it in my head that drumming can be melodic, I started by recording the melody first, on the drums.
I tuned them up and got the recording set up. There was no intentional pitching of the drums. When I got the piano set up, I realised that the drums were tuned to the key of C. That's quite a good starting point for melodic drumming.
I recorded an improvisation that felt very warm and uplifting, as that's how the kit felt resonating together. I took the dampening out of the kick, and as I always do, let the drums resonate with as much fullness and harmony as possible!
I developed a theme that built up from an idea I had yesterday and started writing into an exercise. I had 3 long takes and on the second started filming and keeping track of video takes.
What followed was to let the other rhythm section instruments accompany the drums as simply as possible, like drum patterns with only a few notes, so that the drumming carries the main melodic interest. What resulted here ended up relying largely on timing to maintain interest, and somewhat of the original plan. This is an approach I'm enjoying taking further with as much variety as the idea brings, that will narrow down and focus as I go along.
Well, a few pieces got finished, but next time I will approach this differently. It wil be less of a drum solo, and find more ways to stick to a groove.
Oh, and I'm aware that not every single note of this melody solo is linear. There is one note that is a drum and cymbal in unison. I'm sure you will spot it. I'm really excited by linear playing and in fact it's probably my favourite way to play. But having one unison balances things out just enough don't you think?
5 июл 2024
