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Brad has a four page spread in Rhythm magazine this month (Not the centrefold Shan, steady on) & I found this little snippet on you tube. Might go over the head of non-percussionists I'm afraid (sorry if that sounds patronising, it's not meant to)
Cheers matey _________________ "The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind."
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Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:18 pm
Stevo Too Hot
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Location: Coventry
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It's a pity we didn't get to see him actually playing the kit, even just explaining the snare tuning or how he hits the rimshots as Nicko McBrain got 3 video clips in the same issue. Now I'm not expecting a 12 minute drum solo from Brad, but a play along to a song would've been nice........
It's interesting to note that while Roddy was forced to forgo his Boss digital guitar effects board in favour of analogue pedals* Brad went the other way & his kit is loaded with technology. I always suspected he was playing along to a sequencer on some tracks (FNSM for definite) & the Rhythm article confirms it. In fact, his fantastic live sound can be down to a mixture of live kit & sampled drum sounds (apart from his snare though)
*Not from Roddy or Punky Steve, rather a member of the crew who told me that, so don't bollock Roddy for moaning, Steve (not the manager) Blackwell. _________________ Kifaru; Roots, Rockers, Reggae.
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Brad would like to add the following -
"... I`d like to thank Stevo for his interest in the drum sound I have put together for the Specials` tours to date. I`ve opted for both analogue and digital sound for a couple of reasons. When we first decided to get back together I believed the live sound should be as close to the original as possible. I achieved my part in that by using “triggered” samples from the studio recordings for e.g. Too Hot (toms), Concrete Jungle (intro toms), and Too Much Too Young (intro toms). I do not play along to a click track in any part of the set, I read the audience. I do however sometimes use a memory jogger in the form of a click before a number as dropping from say Concrete Jungle to FNSM requires a considerable emotional adjustment and it helps. It was a surprise for me to be asked for an interview by Rhythm Magazine and I am flattered to say the least.
Regards
Brad
Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 1849
Location: Coventry
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Paul Willo wrote:
Brad would like to add the following -
"... I`d like to thank Stevo for his interest in the drum sound I have put together for the Specials` tours to date. I`ve opted for both analogue and digital sound for a couple of reasons. When we first decided to get back together I believed the live sound should be as close to the original as possible. I achieved my part in that by using “triggered” samples from the studio recordings for e.g. Too Hot (toms), Concrete Jungle (intro toms), and Too Much Too Young (intro toms). I do not play along to a click track in any part of the set, I read the audience. I do however sometimes use a memory jogger in the form of a click before a number as dropping from say Concrete Jungle to FNSM requires a considerable emotional adjustment and it helps. It was a surprise for me to be asked for an interview by Rhythm Magazine and I am flattered to say the least.
Regards
Brad
I`m working on a live project for later next year so don`t hang up the dancing shoes just yet..."
Blimey! Thanks for the clarification Brad, no offence intended. I would have asked you in person at the 2009 Brixton gig, but the drummer from Special Brew was hogging your attention
I must admit to being amused when the (heated) discussion about Horace playing a Gibson Thunderbird instead of a Fender Jazz bass raged on, I thought I'd best keep quiet about the Roland triggers on your toms, in case they got really upset.......
I noticed that every time you played FNSM you leant over a lot to your left and stayed focused, almost looking at your monitor, normally a tell tale sign of a click track, I could also see you nodding in time before you brought the song in, obviously now I know you were using a metronome. But the MPC is a sequencer with a sampler built in so I hope you can forgive me jumping to the playing along with a sequencer conclusion! And Nik's keyboard playing is so good I could swear there are three keyboard parts playing in that song! _________________ Kifaru; Roots, Rockers, Reggae.
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Thank you for this post Stevo and Willo sharing Brad's note with us. The impresive part is you lot make It look "Easy" big respect _________________ marigold
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Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:56 pm
Hugh Too Hot
Joined: 02 Apr 2004 Posts: 13749
Location: New Westminster, BC Canada
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What were they using for the Moonlight Club?
_________________ There's still nothing wrong with it!
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Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:18 pm
Stevo Too Hot
Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 1849
Location: Coventry
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Hugh wrote:
What were they using for the Moonlight Club?
My money's on Pearl drums Hugh
I love on that clip of Concrete Jungle, just as the music kicks in there's a very camp Terry Hall voice saying 'Head kicked in....' _________________ Kifaru; Roots, Rockers, Reggae.
I can't find the mag in any of my local shops, is it out yet? I see they have my other favourite drum genius in there too, Mr Neil Peart! _________________ "The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind."
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Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:54 pm
Stevo Too Hot
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Location: Coventry
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Yeah, I got a copy on Monday I think Shan. _________________ Kifaru; Roots, Rockers, Reggae.
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