DescriptionThis page is the home of Jdrums The Original Internet Session Drummer an Internet Music Production Specialist This is your one-stop shop for real live acoustic drum tracks plus bass and other instruments as well as full service record production and complete record deals ALL BY EMAIL!! When navigating this page; please use the purple header column and yellow links on the left sidebar... NOT the grey AcidPlanet links at the top of the page. Hi there! I'm J :-) how are ya?!- I am a drummer and record producer in one! Been playin drums since I was 3 Can you get solid recordings of your own performances? onto your computer and sent to me? (vocals gtr etc..?) We can be the ultimate internet band or production team!! email MP3's of your song or rough idea c/o Jdrums@Hotmail.com for free review/evaluation/consultation right now! Welcome to my page! ;-) Please take a moment to relax.. click on my "Play Artist Radio" link (upper left sidebar under songs) and listen to my samples while you read!! Or, for my song list by genre, click "songs" Click each songs' title for a detailed production status report of the song. To check out the latest InternetMusicProduction release, Count Gilbert's debut "Dead Man's Island" click on "Stores" (upper left sidebar) -I co-wrote -recorded live drums, bass -produced, arranged -did pre-production coaching -advanced note for note timing edits on all individual tracks for custom "played together live" sound and feel and mixed and mastered all right over the internet! -I am instantly accessible for full service production assistance 24/7 -I consistently offer 100% personal 1 on 1 assistance in real time. -No auto response emails or website bots.. -it's all me.. "J"... live... right here right now! -I am 100% reliable, friendly, courteous and professional. -All heart and soul!! -Call 818-414-5685 and tell me about your music right now! -or add me on MSN instant messenger at Jdrums@Hotmail.com I offer complete full production deals on your music by internet or snail mail. From quick reference demos, to top major label quality industry standard album masters complete and ready for radio play, pressing/distribution and digital internet placement. Singles as well as full album deals! I will provide brilliant, sparkling live acoustic drum tracks on a moments notice custom recorded to your song or idea on my VERY special one-of-a-kind Slingerland hand restored and custom fabricated drum kit with revolutionary "Jdrums ultimate tone suspension system" (see description below&pics in 'gallery'). Also thumpin fat live bass tracks with huge presence and fuzzy harmonic warmth incl. stand up acoustic bass, elec. and "custom assembled Jdrums SUB bass trax" ALL instruments avail. here for your songs played by top name talent from around the world Including: -acoustic/elec guitars, slide, dobro, pedal steel, mandolin, banjo -real acoustic strings; violin/fiddle/cello plus (new! elec.violin avail!!) -acoustic and elec. piano, vintage Hammond B-3 w/Leslie cabs -vintage analog synths, Rhodes -male/fem bkgrnd and lead vox/+ top voiceover talent -Also Sitar and all ethnic instrumentation from around the world!.. you name it I'll make it happen!! Raw drum tracks and other instruments available seperately of course but "I.M.P. Full Production Deal" is highly recomended for best results! all styles from punk and rock, to delicate, dynamic acous. folk and C&W to brutally aggresive double kick metal! Also.. I specialize in mixing and mastering editing, arrangement, sweetening and optimizing trax with noise/ timing issues. also artist developement assistance, band and artist mngmnt/coaching and consultation There's a 5 year history or 'musical blog' of my years of development as an Internet Music Production specialist and Internet Session drummer that includes over 200 song examples with full descriptions and details of the production status and evolution of each song! (in "songs"upper left yellow link) Also HUNDREDS of client comments and listener song reviews! ARTIST DISPOSITION and MISSION STATEMENT; please read completely before responding! I play with a natural feel and rhythmical spirit in my drumming like no other you've ever heard, from the heaviest bonham-style groove, to the most delicate, subtle, dynamic expression. -I play exactly what the music tells me to play -I take my cues from the sounds I hear. -I don't really have a plan or agenda about where I'm going musically. -I love to play, perform and record. -I listen to everything going on around me at all times. -I have great ears and play extremely intuitively. -I am friendly, kind and 100% professional. -I play directly from the heart, soul and spirit, not from the mind or ego. -I don't like to plan, rehearse or be told what to play... unless you are telling me with your instrument! I've been playing drums and listening to the greats since I was a little kid of 3 years old, and if I don't know what to do for the song by now it just isn't meant to be. I realize that there are circumstances sometimes when it is truly neccesary to tell me in words what to play. The obvious downside to this scenario is that I have to use my mind to do it rather than playing what comes naturally straight from my heart and soul, and I lose inspiration and interest very quickly at that point. I want people to understand how to get the most out of me as a creative force, in any artistic endeavor we may embark upon together. What I play depends on what I hear and how it makes me feel. Spontanaeity, inspiration and creativity rule my world!! I believe that the key to the ultimate drum sound on tape or disk lies in the physical properties and precision tuning of the drums themselves, and the drummers ability to "mix" the drums live as they are played with precision dynamic performance, rather than close miking and trying to control every aspect of each drums level and overtone/sustain with gating and post mixing. However I do close mic kick and snare for an extra level of prescense of attack. I deliver in mixed stero file only unless other arrangements are made in advance I have 2 very special drum kits. One is specialized for studio recordings only. It is a 1970 slingerland kit that I completely custom restored myself from the bare shells up. I modernized it by filling all the hardware holes in the shells, discarding all the mounting brackets, legs and spurs that were bolted onto to the shells. I then sent the shells out to Ross Garfield, founder of Drum Doctors, who custom precision cut the bearing edges for me. Finally I suspended all the drums from a custom aluminum tube rack that I built from scratch with a spiderweb cradle of bungee cord for each drum. There is NO hardware whatsoever touching these shells and even the kickdrum is suspended a half inch off the floor. The drums are now free to resonate in their natural frequency without the dampening effect of all the steel hardware bolted onto them. They now sing out their true musical tone with a sustain that is unmatched by any other drumset I have ever heard or played. This kit is for recording only. It includes 24"kick, 15"rack 18"floor and 20"floor. I have another drum kit for live shows. It is my own recreation and exact replica of the legendary 1973 Ludwig amber vistalite set that John Bonham played at Madison Square Gardens for the Led Zeppelin feature film "The Song Remains the Same" Legendary Led Zepplin drummer John Bonham chose this drum set for a reason... and so did I. This kit is without a doubt the loudest drum set in the history of rock and roll, but at the same time it can be instantly dropped in volume and intensity to a whisper under the touch of a skilled dynamic hand. It includes a 26" kick drum, supra-phonic crome snare, 14" rack tom, plus 16"and 18" floor toms. All the cymbals were specially ordered from the paiste Switzerland main fabrication house for me by Andrew Shreve at Paiste with the exact dimensions and thicknesses of the original bonham line up incl. the original silkscreen outline logos. I also have a wide range of custom snare drums and a vintage Zildjian cymbal selection. Plus a huge selection of hand drums including one very special ceramic middle eastern hand drum that I can express myself very well with. In fact, I feel I can express myself on this drum as completely as with a full drum kit. I get a full range of tones and velocities out of this beautiful one-of-a-kind hand drum... from the most delicate, subtle, dynamic sounds up to a full-on kick/snare vibe and sound. I can cover any musical style with this drum (even trad. C&W believe it or not) I am an extremely intuitive player who requires little or no rehearsal to fit in ANY sit. Historyit ain't where I been folks... it's where I'm goin.
Group MembersHuman beings the world over.
Style a Rock Drummer and MUCH more
Somewhere between Hal Blaine and John Bonham if his musical evolution and live drum recording and production techniques had continued to evolve another 24 years. Influenceseverything I've ever heard.
and all the wonderful music everyone sends me Equipment / Softwaredrums an stuff...
Acid 2.0 Acid 4.0 Sound Forge9 Tascam M-520 vintage mixer hi end room mics and a few 57's vintage ribbon mic on bottom side snare/beater side kick. AKG D-112 front side kick Vintage Slingerland, Ludwig, and Zildjian Dw and Paiste P4 3Ghz p3 68pin on board SCSI Collaborationyep let's hear what ya got!
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JdrumsCitizen Since: 3.6.2003 | Artist Score: 90 Profile Views: 20777  |
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