Someone posted some videos of our first show with the new Straight 8s line-up from Saturday. Not bad for a first shot at playing these songs live together...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmkF5CJExXI
I wish the audio was better, but this will give you an idea of our sound/vibe AND see the Phattie cocktail kit in action. I never knew playing drums could be THIS fun (but I still have a long way to go to be a more effective cocktail player). This particular song doesn't feature any work on the tom, but the bass drum sounds pretty good!
-murph
Link to Straight 8s video on youtube
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dcharrison
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Snare
Is that a concert stand holding up the snare? I just bought one and I was wondering how that worked out.
Nice groove, by the way! Kind of Rockabillious.
Nice groove, by the way! Kind of Rockabillious.
Re: Snare
Thanks, guys. That was my 3rd show playing the kit (and with the band), so definitely still ironing out a number of kinks.dcharrison wrote:Is that a concert stand holding up the snare? I just bought one and I was wondering how that worked out.
Nice groove, by the way! Kind of Rockabillious.
And yes, that is a Pearl concert stand... single braced (to keep it lighter), and also features fingers that cradle the drum (and minimize dampening the resonant head). Pearl has a name for those fingers, but I don't recall. The angle adjustment for the basket it is close to infinite, so you can really get it just where you want it.
For the style of music we play, I really felt that a full size snare was required, so the stand-alone concert stand provides very stable support that is easy to setup and can be moved around as needed.
Show #5 is next Thursday... we're opening for The Supersuckers at the Berkeley in Raleigh, NC.
Glad to see some activity again on the board!
-murph