Fun stuff! I'm finding multitrack recording fun and rewarding, but very challenging. I love how much more engaged with the music I feel while using these techniques. Using a Tascam Model 12, so I've got quite a few more guard rails and conveniences over the tape, but I think the experience is similar! Your vids are really inspiring.
It is challenging! But I agree, there's something engaging about the process, even when it's difficult and/or frustrating. I thought about that as I assembled this video... during the recording, I was so "in the moment" that I was noticing and assessing "mistakes" that I doubt I'd have noticed a day or two later. I love that engaged/flow feeling... it's one of my favorite things about recording!
I'm addicted to cassette recording and tape . I have a Yamaha MT8X , Yamaha MT120, and Fostex x12 also Roberts reel to reel. After using Fostex , Boss and Tascam digital plus a daw I'm staying with tape
There's something special about it. I'm biased, because I grew up listening to cassettes and did my earliest recording on a cheapo cassette player... but I like the workflow it influence/imposes, and I ~love~ the sound.
listen to the demo tapes pete townsend made for the who, he did his own drums to tape, etc, this is great to help the drummer know what you are thinking
Great recommendation. I love Pete's demos... it's amazing how much he developed those songs before bringing them to the band. If there had been an "indie"/DIY scene in the early 1970s, he could have been its king!
Hey there, brother Jordan, I just wanted to let you know that I have a Tascam porta two that I’m looking to sell. All record functions work as normal however, when I press the playback, button the heads only go halfway and it will not play back the tape. So it’s in need of repairs. If you’re interested in buying it, I’ll sell it for about $90 and then maybe approximately $30 to ship to you. If you’re interested, let me know. And thanks for your inspirational content, Peace, Sal 💪🏻🎸
Thanks Sal! The last thing I need is another multitracker :) But you might reach out to Recursive Delete Audio/Visual, based out of Alabama. They buy, sell, and repair multitrackers, and they might be able to make you a good offer for your device. You can find them on Facebook or other social media. Good luck!
Seems my last comment didn't go through so/but - the fingers are more precise than the wrist, the wrist more than the elbow, the elbow more than the shoulder.. (and more energy is expended as you go up the arm) so don't use the one when the other will do.. also, I'll be your studio drummer if I can figure out (ie - purchase) a proccess in keeping with the signal chain/creative goals. o.O
Oof, this is great advice. I am an absolute hack: probably move with minimal efficiency, hit too hard in the wrong places, etc. But man, what a fun instrument. And so important to a mix... I think often about the quote attributed to Nick Mason, that "A band is essentially a drummer and a bassist plus assorted novelty acts." There's truth to that. I'd love to do something together! I don't know much about musical collaboration: in bands, I was always a role player or simply banging out covers. But you know how I feel about your work, and I could exit cassette if that's what it took to make something!
@@JordanSeal Drums (well, classroom desks and my thighs) were my first instrument, started playing a kit proper at sixteen and I didn't stumble on that kinda obvious insight until my early thirties. >.< The other big revelation for me was that the drum head is a vibrating membrane - so the longer the stick makes contact with the head the more you're dampening those initial vibrations (kinda like palm muting guitar strings). Hold the stick like a folcrum between your thumb and pointer and use the rest of your hand/fingers more to control than grip - kinda "throw" the tip of the stick at the head and let it bounce back on it's own. The drum should ring clearer and louder (and sound better recorded) than if you just bash it to death. When you start thinking about the pivot point, the weight of the stick, balance, and the bounce it almost becomes a whole new instrument. That being said - plenty of great drummers that treat it like a boxing match.. Send me an email - shadowsofbirdsmusic
Awesome video 👌 Drums sound great!
Very inspiring stuff as usual pal!
This was extremely inspiring, humorous, and reassuring. Keep this up, please.
“Trash can folk rock” brilliant name. Considering how you recorded the drums it’s amazing.
keep up the work
Fun stuff! I'm finding multitrack recording fun and rewarding, but very challenging. I love how much more engaged with the music I feel while using these techniques. Using a Tascam Model 12, so I've got quite a few more guard rails and conveniences over the tape, but I think the experience is similar! Your vids are really inspiring.
It is challenging! But I agree, there's something engaging about the process, even when it's difficult and/or frustrating. I thought about that as I assembled this video... during the recording, I was so "in the moment" that I was noticing and assessing "mistakes" that I doubt I'd have noticed a day or two later. I love that engaged/flow feeling... it's one of my favorite things about recording!
I'm addicted to cassette recording and tape . I have a Yamaha MT8X , Yamaha MT120, and Fostex x12 also Roberts reel to reel. After using Fostex , Boss and Tascam digital plus a daw I'm staying with tape
There's something special about it. I'm biased, because I grew up listening to cassettes and did my earliest recording on a cheapo cassette player... but I like the workflow it influence/imposes, and I ~love~ the sound.
listen to the demo tapes pete townsend made for the who, he did his own drums to tape, etc, this is great to help the drummer know what you are thinking
Great recommendation. I love Pete's demos... it's amazing how much he developed those songs before bringing them to the band. If there had been an "indie"/DIY scene in the early 1970s, he could have been its king!
Hey there, brother Jordan, I just wanted to let you know that I have a Tascam porta two that I’m looking to sell. All record functions work as normal however, when I press the playback, button the heads only go halfway and it will not play back the tape. So it’s in need of repairs. If you’re interested in buying it, I’ll sell it for about $90 and then maybe approximately $30 to ship to you. If you’re interested, let me know. And thanks for your inspirational content, Peace, Sal 💪🏻🎸
Thanks Sal! The last thing I need is another multitracker :) But you might reach out to Recursive Delete Audio/Visual, based out of Alabama. They buy, sell, and repair multitrackers, and they might be able to make you a good offer for your device. You can find them on Facebook or other social media. Good luck!
Need this pep talk
King
Seems my last comment didn't go through so/but - the fingers are more precise than the wrist, the wrist more than the elbow, the elbow more than the shoulder.. (and more energy is expended as you go up the arm) so don't use the one when the other will do.. also, I'll be your studio drummer if I can figure out (ie - purchase) a proccess in keeping with the signal chain/creative goals. o.O
Oof, this is great advice. I am an absolute hack: probably move with minimal efficiency, hit too hard in the wrong places, etc. But man, what a fun instrument. And so important to a mix... I think often about the quote attributed to Nick Mason, that "A band is essentially a drummer and a bassist plus assorted novelty acts." There's truth to that.
I'd love to do something together! I don't know much about musical collaboration: in bands, I was always a role player or simply banging out covers. But you know how I feel about your work, and I could exit cassette if that's what it took to make something!
@@JordanSeal Drums (well, classroom desks and my thighs) were my first instrument, started playing a kit proper at sixteen and I didn't stumble on that kinda obvious insight until my early thirties. >.< The other big revelation for me was that the drum head is a vibrating membrane - so the longer the stick makes contact with the head the more you're dampening those initial vibrations (kinda like palm muting guitar strings). Hold the stick like a folcrum between your thumb and pointer and use the rest of your hand/fingers more to control than grip - kinda "throw" the tip of the stick at the head and let it bounce back on it's own. The drum should ring clearer and louder (and sound better recorded) than if you just bash it to death.
When you start thinking about the pivot point, the weight of the stick, balance, and the bounce it almost becomes a whole new instrument.
That being said - plenty of great drummers that treat it like a boxing match..
Send me an email - shadowsofbirdsmusic