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February 14th, 2012:
..........how bout that halftime show at the superbowl..... i have nothing against madonna...... in fact...... her song: "american life".... is actually a cool tune and video..........but......... maybe i'm blind an deaf, (well, i know i'm deaf).. but .....all i heard was drum loops and flown in tracks.........(lame)....... i did c somebody playin percussion, but that was it. ..... and it was nowhere in the mix.... no other band members... (just dancers).. paying somebody that much money 2 have them come out in a $200,000 outfit and sing to tracks sucks.... tom petty did it a couple years ago live and kicked ass...... how bout real cats playing 4 a change..(get earth wind and fire or some kickass rock band).... that would have worked fine 4 me...... real people playing 2gether...... what a concept.
October 15th, 2011:
i watched a you tube interview of a famous studio drummer from back in the 60's and 70's...... his exact words were........ "back in those days, we made records that just felt good"....... in the early 80's, that school of thought went right out the window. the drum machine arrived and everything had to be perfect.... drummers were compared to machines and they had to be right on it.... there's nothing wrong with playin great metronome time as long as it's not sterile.... nowdays, in some genre's, (i.e. contemporary country and some dance music), the musical microscope has sucked the life and "felt good" concept right out of the music...... run a pro tools program through a stones or zepplin album..... fix every mistake and quantize every beat and tempo shift...... you'd ruin it...... perfection is good and bad........ perfect can be boring..... i'm not saying things should be loose, but let's not overdose on the perfect concept...... i don't think the average guy driving his pick up truck is noticing that sweet home alabama ends up a little slower than it started....
July 24th, 2011:
April 15th, 2011:
i have always been fasinated with all the different band names and what they actually mean. " judy and the hindenberg ground crew"......... that is a real band from harftord conneticut that i heard about 10 years ago...... also........ "the john sunflicker band" (from tulsa).... u have to say that one really fast to catch the point....... "the cashew thieves" was a rockabilly/punk band that i saw in nashville about 8 years ago....... i have always thought that band names should leave u wondering (kinda like R.E.M. lyrics). when "colon pal" hit the london scene several years ago, they broke out of the gate with a #3 single....... so, the crazier name, the better....... so the next time "the birkenspotters" come to bogarts, ya need 2 go checkem out....... "helmut brown" (from virginia beach) is touring with them.................... it should b a killer show.
February 14th, 2012:
..........how bout that halftime show at the superbowl..... i have nothing against madonna...... in fact...... her song: "american life".... is actually a cool tune and video..........but......... maybe i'm blind an deaf, (well, i know i'm deaf).. but .....all i heard was drum loops and flown in tracks.........(lame)....... i did c somebody playin percussion, but that was it. ..... and it was nowhere in the mix.... no other band members... (just dancers).. paying somebody that much money 2 have them come out in a $200,000 outfit and sing to tracks sucks.... tom petty did it a couple years ago live and kicked ass...... how bout real cats playing 4 a change..(get earth wind and fire or some kickass rock band).... that would have worked fine 4 me...... real people playing 2gether...... what a concept.
October 15th, 2011:
i watched a you tube interview of a famous studio drummer from back in the 60's and 70's...... his exact words were........ "back in those days, we made records that just felt good"....... in the early 80's, that school of thought went right out the window. the drum machine arrived and everything had to be perfect.... drummers were compared to machines and they had to be right on it.... there's nothing wrong with playin great metronome time as long as it's not sterile.... nowdays, in some genre's, (i.e. contemporary country and some dance music), the musical microscope has sucked the life and "felt good" concept right out of the music...... run a pro tools program through a stones or zepplin album..... fix every mistake and quantize every beat and tempo shift...... you'd ruin it...... perfection is good and bad........ perfect can be boring..... i'm not saying things should be loose, but let's not overdose on the perfect concept...... i don't think the average guy driving his pick up truck is noticing that sweet home alabama ends up a little slower than it started....
July 24th, 2011:
somebody asked me what my favorite kind of music was the
other day.... my answer was (drum roll please): GOOD MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!! when
music becomes an athletic event, i CAN'T STAND IT..... there's absolutely
nothing wrong with someone playin a great kickass (even lots of notes)
type of solo......but....... it's when the solo goes beyond what's needed
for the song..... every style of music is abused in this regard all the
time...... the older i get as a player, the more i’ve come to realize that
simplicity is not easy...... a great drummer once told me....... play
simple until the groove arrives......and when it does, then you can get a
little more creative..... but not until the feel is happening
.......... really....... GOOD SONGS, lend themselves to tasteful playing.......
lots of notes can be cool......... just know when to QUIT....................amen.
April 15th, 2011:
i have always been fasinated with all the different band names and what they actually mean. " judy and the hindenberg ground crew"......... that is a real band from harftord conneticut that i heard about 10 years ago...... also........ "the john sunflicker band" (from tulsa).... u have to say that one really fast to catch the point....... "the cashew thieves" was a rockabilly/punk band that i saw in nashville about 8 years ago....... i have always thought that band names should leave u wondering (kinda like R.E.M. lyrics). when "colon pal" hit the london scene several years ago, they broke out of the gate with a #3 single....... so, the crazier name, the better....... so the next time "the birkenspotters" come to bogarts, ya need 2 go checkem out....... "helmut brown" (from virginia beach) is touring with them.................... it should b a killer show.
Brian Baverman (Drums, Percussion):
Brian earned his moniker "Gigs" by playing thousands of them.
He toured with MCA/Decca recording artists Frazier River in the
90's, and was with The Kentucky Pops Orchestra for a decade.
A session drummer on over 300 albums, Brian's venerable career
has seen him back up Bob Hope, Nelson Riddle, Joan Rivers, and
The Drifters. To our knowledge Brian did not perform in the Glenn
Miller Band during World War II. We are also fairly certain that he
was not on the original recordings Thomas Edison madein the 19th
century. Finally, we can say with 85% confidence that he was not
present with cave dwellers during the emergence of the drum as an
instrument in 20,000 BC.
