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Posted: Aug. 28 2010, 04:59 |
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| Quote (Ugo @ Aug. 27 2010, 11:10) | It took me repeated listenings to make up my mind on this, but I'm finally able to comment. So what I note down here is what doesn't sound "right" to me, or however what could be improved. Everything else is perfect.  I know it's not easy to keep up with Mike O.'s rhythms and beats, especially when Mike O's rhythms are very loose. Anyway, these are just suggestions of mine, it's up to you to implement them or not or do whatever you want to do with them - even throw them all in the garbage bin! [And I don't mean Windows' "recycle bin" - I do mean the trash bin!!  ]
7:25-7:26 - Too many bass drum hits.
8:29-8:31 - A bit too busy, maybe?
11:04-11:05 - Off-beat fill.
11:59-13:38 - You should do all of this section with the same beat. As the music never really changes here, it sounds useless to me to do first half-time and then double-time (it sounds very nice on most other sections of the Thunderstorm, but not really here). So you should do all of this section either in half-time or in double-time, but not both. Also, around 13:00 there are some slightly off-beat hits.
14:50 - Too busy. Also, listen to the rhythm guitar here: it goes one-TWO-three-FOUR. That's the beat you should do up to the end of the Thunderstorm.
15:05 - Off-beat.
15:09-15:10 - Too busy and off-beat.
15:12-15:24 - Try not to do the snare on all fours here. Just do two and four. And yes, you may do plenty of cymbal crashes.
16:22-16:40 - Way too busy, you should really not do anything here - maybe just some cymbals, up to the big fill at 16:40, which is off-beat here, and which leads to the big reprise of the "Borla, Dee-ena" theme.
16:42-17:15 - I'm very sorry to tell you this, but all of this section is terribly off-beat. It's the lowest point, qualitatively, of your whole performance. You catch up a bit in the other repetitions (e.g. when the big guitars come in after the singing, which is perfect), but most of it is still off-beat. As I said above, the main beat here is very loose, but there is a beat. To catch it correctly, here, you shouldn't listen to the acoustic guitar, which goes on its own. You should listen to the sung words and count 1-2-3-4 through them. This way you will realize that the beat is much slower than what you did in this performance of yours.
OK, this is all I can say about this right now. Hope it is useful to you. If it isn't, or if you disagree, feel free to insult me. 
By the way, I don't think Mike used a click track anywhere on this, but it was obviously recorded in sections. I don't think the Thunderstorm is all one section - it may be 5 or 6 sections spliced up, or even more. |
Good Grief Ugo!!
You've got the pesky perfectionism of James Cameron - poor old Milamber's got his work cut out with this partnership.
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