hello
thanks for your kind comment.im going to build a simple bass drum with the snare on top.i think theres one in the gallery,or i may turn the bass on its side not sure yet.
all the best adam uk
what music style(s) are you playing on your cocktail kit?
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Pat McNeil
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Well, I don't really play much yet, (just learning drumming now) but I do have two fairly unique uses for my cocktail kit. Purists may wish to hide at this point!
First - I've built a sample library of my kit & used that for various productions I've been involved in. I just liked the sound of the kit & wanted it available when I travel so other drummers can trigger it via pads or it can be loaded into a sampler.
Second & more important : I'm not really a pop music guy in my own work. (You can visit http://www.patmcneil.org to hear what I do. Mostly experimental electronic & more traditional chamber music.) However, I just finished a piece for tape & solo percussionist. It occurred to me that the cocktail kit would be an *ideal* setup for executing this piece.
Could this be the first ever avant-garde concert piece for cocktail drum?
Concerto for cocktail drums! Yeah!!
If anyone's interested, I can make the score & tape part available to them. Send me a message via my page & we can discuss.
Take care all!
Pat
First - I've built a sample library of my kit & used that for various productions I've been involved in. I just liked the sound of the kit & wanted it available when I travel so other drummers can trigger it via pads or it can be loaded into a sampler.
Second & more important : I'm not really a pop music guy in my own work. (You can visit http://www.patmcneil.org to hear what I do. Mostly experimental electronic & more traditional chamber music.) However, I just finished a piece for tape & solo percussionist. It occurred to me that the cocktail kit would be an *ideal* setup for executing this piece.
Could this be the first ever avant-garde concert piece for cocktail drum?
Concerto for cocktail drums! Yeah!! If anyone's interested, I can make the score & tape part available to them. Send me a message via my page & we can discuss.
Take care all!
Pat
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Captain Nemo
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Hey Pat
I think it's cool that you've sampled your kit. In fact, I've done the same and I also record loops as part of some of my practice. So this stuff sure doesn't offend this purist!
Incidently, I do a good amount of composing myself and some of it is in abstract realms; though I haven't done anything that features the cocktial...at least yet.
I think it's cool that you've sampled your kit. In fact, I've done the same and I also record loops as part of some of my practice. So this stuff sure doesn't offend this purist!
Incidently, I do a good amount of composing myself and some of it is in abstract realms; though I haven't done anything that features the cocktial...at least yet.
what type muzic
Hi guys im a bit new to this site 
just got me cocktail kit,hope to play the same style on that as i am on my tradish kits im a bit of an all rounder (do a lot of dep work) play for 4 total dif style bands from rock,jazz ,funk ,r&b ,pop & so on, yes there is rockabilly in there aswell , just sorting the kit to suit me at the moment (left handed)just the addons .
Ive been brouzing round the site to get some idears bin a great help in lots of ways
Im a bit of a volume freek,wat i meen is .....more volume lighter playing....
As you might aready no im from england & there is no one in my town that uses a kit like this on gigs so far so i hope i start a trend ,there all same old same old
The other 2 kits i have 20" bd kit 5peace & a hip gig 16" bd 4peace gr8 sounds from both hope i can get the same frm me cocktail.
just got me cocktail kit,hope to play the same style on that as i am on my tradish kits im a bit of an all rounder (do a lot of dep work) play for 4 total dif style bands from rock,jazz ,funk ,r&b ,pop & so on, yes there is rockabilly in there aswell , just sorting the kit to suit me at the moment (left handed)just the addons .Ive been brouzing round the site to get some idears bin a great help in lots of ways
Im a bit of a volume freek,wat i meen is .....more volume lighter playing....
As you might aready no im from england & there is no one in my town that uses a kit like this on gigs so far so i hope i start a trend ,there all same old same old
The other 2 kits i have 20" bd kit 5peace & a hip gig 16" bd 4peace gr8 sounds from both hope i can get the same frm me cocktail.