Hello Ardith,   
      
   On Sat 2039-Apr-02 23:56, Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) wrote to Richard Webb:   
      
   RW>  I always wanted to do the drum triggers under clothing,   
   RW>  i.e. the "drum suit" but never did that one.  WAs   
   RW>  considering it quite a bit when I was doing the midi   
   RW>  enhanced one man band act back in the early '90's.   
   RW>  I'd seen a guy do something similar before or just   
   RW>  about the time the midi standard was developed, early   
   RW>  '80's iirc on the Tonight show.   
      
   AH>          Ah... so while this idea isn't new to you, it was   
   AH> apparently new to the BBC reporter(s).  I should have guessed!  In   
   AH> any case it might have some potential for folks with two working   
   AH> hands but rather limited mobility.  :-)    
      
   Indeed, and was used successfully to assist drummers   
   otherwise too injured to play a trap set, i.e. the drummer   
   for the metal band Def LEppard (spelling) after his bad auto accident.   
      
   I'm always finding objects that are interesting tonally and   
   tapping my fingers along with music to the point where I   
   used to drive my dad crazy when I was a kid.  THe "drum   
   suit" was just the natural extension of that idea.   
      
   I'm trying to think of the prog rock act I saw when doing   
   sound and stage crew stuff back around the same time, he'd   
   come out on stage, remainder of the band not present, walk   
   up to a set of drum pads on a stand, play them through   
   triggers giving him usual trap drum/percussion sounds, get   
   his beat started then jump back on his regular trap set,   
   play along with it, do something else with the pad setup,   
   jump back on the traps, etc.   
      
   I learned a lot of tricks to working with the midi and   
   sequences and regular drummer effectively.  ONe thing i used to do for   
   drummers I'd work with in the studio using it was   
   start them out with the metronome stick clicks, then once   
   they'd found the pocket bring in something such as the sound of maraccas doing   
   8th notes, etc.  THey didn't complain as   
   much about the stick clicks interfering with their sense of   
   the "pocket" even though with the stick clicks they might   
   try pushing or pulling the tempo a bit without even   
   realizing it.   
   Getting them a good headphone mix that didn't allow the midi to overpower   
   other instruments but still audible was a trick too.   
      
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
   --- timEd 1.10.y2k+   
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