wrestling with the medium
By colorful grey on May 1, 2016 3:17 am
Cheerful title, eh?
One of my recent wrestlings was the whole "what instrument am I committed do" drama. I have that a lot. Lute is, clearly, a front runner, but there were some recent new additions to my gear...
This week you get to hear me play drums! I've always wanted a set since I was a kid, and the opportunity arose here lately... I've switched out the heads to Remo Silentstroke and added Zildjian L80 Low Volume cymbals because let's face it, I need some quiet practice before I can rock the neighborhood.
Apart from playing, another problem is recording. I didn't want to drop another couple hundred bucks on mics, so I am recording this with the same mic I always use.
So this is me noodling two lute tracks and one drum track. I had a whole 'nother song that was much more rockin', but my intent remains to have acoustic music without grids and clicks, and this was an important step. I don't really know if lute and drums together are a good idea yet. We'll see...
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