Links to my videos and recordings.

I made a recording today, the quality was surprisingly well, considering i just used my macbook's built in mic, i mean, it's not great quality, but better than i expected.

also, be sure to check out my videos from prior jam sessions as well.


VII on the purevolume is from today.




purevolume.com/matthutcheson

youtube.com/matthutcheson87

great stuff matt. kit, snare, and cymbals sound great!
man I love the guitar playing.

yeah, it's nice to hear what the kit sounds like from out front. Man, those dreams sound sick from out front.

yeah they sound great.
and your bass drum sounds like JJ's on 'welcome' with doyle.

good stuff matt.

yeah, i'm really happy with my kick drum sound right now, especially when i play off the head instead of into the head.

like burying the beater?
yeah it's always good not to do that imo.

Nice recordings matt, that guitar riff is quite hypnotic !

I usually bury the beater, but sometimes i don't! I really don't have a kick technique, i don;t slide, bounce, heel toe or pump. I also switch betweeb heel up and heel down randomly, as long i can play the right rhythm i don't care gow i get it haha.

on my kick drum i plat heel up 99.9999% of the time.

i don't want to say i'm totally burying the beater, but more like just keeping the beater resting on the head, but not pushing it into the head after a note is struck.

J -- i was kind of thinking you had maybe heard the terminology before from marching. i remember at parts being told to really play through the head when we were at the peak of our closer and things like that. or playing off the head when we are marching our ballad. also like when playing marimba and vibes, i was always taught to pull the sound out of the bars kind of...


nice rant, eh?

yeah I know about playing 'off of the head'.

I agree, the guitar riff is quit hypnotic! I like it, except I hate the Macbook mics, as I stated earlier, I far prefer mine on my headphones.

well, next time you are with me, and i'm jamming with my friend at the same time, i'll use your headphone mic! haha

i wish i had have recorded the bit we played right before this recorded one, it was like some sick r&b/jazz/blues it was really enjoyable.

Nice man, the guitar playing is good also. I like yo' jams.

thanks charles!

good to know my jams bring all the boys to the yard.

UPDATE

Three new clips are on my purevolume.

VII is the old clip.

Groove is just a simple groove, it uses both of my snares, the order of the snare playing in that is as follows:
- 12" Snare + Hi Hats
- 13" Snare + Ride
- 13" Snare + Hi Hats
- 12" Snare + Ride

CheckCheckCheck is just a few hits on each item of my kit. The order is as follows:

1. 12" Snare
- hits
- rimshots
- cross sticking with groove wedge
2. 13" Snare
- hits
- cross sticking with wood hoops
3. Floor Tom
4. Kick Drum
5. 15" Dream Hats
6. 19" Dream Crash/Ride
7. 22" Dream Ride

Organ-ic is a jam I recorded with my friend who is a pianist/keyboard/drummer. Just kind of recording a simple beat on the first take, and went with it.

"There's nothing exciting about that"

haha, because my buddies were just sitting around kind of looking at me like "WTF" i told them i just wanted to get a decent recording of each piece of my kit, and they were like whatever man....

haha they just don't understand!

your 14" sounds pretty awesome too!
and the hats! and well the whole kit all around is nice.

thanks man.

The 14" really opened up and started roaring for me more once i put a coated G1 on it instead of the coated g2 or coated ec2 i had had on there.

yeah. that's cool.
I really my floortom to resonate! ahhh!

Man, I love the way mine resonates, i'd just like the fundamental pitch to be a bit lower.

My toms are too open they resonant really really well hence why i put o rings on them to kill it i little bit, they still resonant well but its a nicer sound.
If you want so resonating toms, clear ambs over diplomats/clear ambs.

if you feel yours are too open, try a heavier head, or a coated if you are using a clear....

pure volume says your page isnt there.

sorry man, i forgot i changed my URL

purevolume.com/matthutcheson

Matt wrote:if you feel yours are too open, try a heavier head, or a coated if you are using a clear....

Yea thats why im going for emps over black suede.