When the BBC put the
bass drum on the stage we thought that is one thing that's got to stay on there and that's so the nation sees what the campaign means to us and the city of Liverpool and Wirral.
I then decided it was time to get away from the one-man-band thing, and it was either keep my name or keep the name
Bass Drum of Death.
Recorded in Maui, Hawai'i, the island's post-colonial history serves as a backdrop for a number of tracks, most notably the deceptively sing-songy lament "Hawai'ian Love Song." ("That Haole/ he all sentimental, he all inter-continental/ he all thinkin' everybody mental who don't want a border/ Borders Bookstore/ built over their bones/ Hawai'i/ The lovers the dreamers and Elvis so blue/ pineapples are native/ and the labor is too.") JoJoboy and co-producer Adam Capriccio's sample selection (everything from Islamic prayers to slack-key guitar loops to 1980's dance synths and
bass drum hits), well-placed live instrumentation and tight vocal arrangements allow the musical backdrops to do justice to the density of their lyricism.
of Arizona) instructs future teachers in the pedagogical aspects of college percussion methods and techniques, such as basic percussion technique on the snare drum, keyboard percussion, timpani,
bass drum, cymbals, drum set, and other instruments.
Haynes'
bass drum pulsed with the ferocity of a summer rainstorm hitting a metal roof or a nervous soldier emptying a machine gun.
Three musicians were playing
bass drum, a battered trombone and a traditional flute - a motley ensemble considering the quality of the sound they were producing.
As a drummer, Robertson first dips and rotates one shoulder to push down the hi-hat cymbals [a pair in which one is inverted so they hit together], then the other shoulder to play the
bass drum. These instruments are normally operated by foot pedals.
Lang's virtuosic work requires three different resonant metal sounds, eight nonresonant metal timbres (four of which are to be played with foot pedals), two wood blocks of contrasting pitches, and a
bass drum played with a foot pedal.
His next target is to learn to play the
bass drum, which he says will be a real challenge.
It's an exquisitely choreographed routine, dingy yet somehow uplifting, at once in tune and at odds with the jaunty,
bass drum that drives it along.
Jazz Manu Katche Manu Katche Sting's drummer's fourth album for ECM is self-titled and opens with just his characteristic playing: easy, open, with a deeply musical groove, a steady high-hat holding the pace while he creates lines with a combination of snare,
bass drum and other decorative cymbal tones.
Shine Like A Star and Little Thing Called Pear stayed loyal to their signature sound, with wailing guitar and pounding
bass drum.
But it was not until the
bass drum began to kick in on Howlin'' for You that the crowd demonstrated its true appreciation of the Midwest twosome.