drums.

decide on which section you want to go.

dirty (lesson 3)
blend in (dynamite)
break-o-thon (double trouble)
dry (voodoo album)
primotised (push up your lighter)
triggered (what they do)
organic (?uest vs. rahzel)
radio (thinner high end)
club (bigger thinner high end)
jeepable (bass!)

i use those code words first. cats are different.
the reason why the drums make you doubt if it's me or not is based on the outboard gear. playing the pattern isn't even the challenge. that's easy. you just gotta concentrate hard with no distractions (6 out of 10 i track in the dark). if i want lesson dirty i use vacuum compressing. it's hard to find this stuff so it depends on the studio. tracking on a neve board helps in this department. neve boards were used in the 70's and give you a great vintage sound. there are some programs that you can use to make your shit sound like they were sampled via a sp1200. post phrenology i never saw the true advantage of pro tools. now i do. and not the obvious reason stuff either (cause i aint looped myself since illadelph halflife). russ refuses to mix with protools (so analog)...bob on the other hand has jumped in the pool. and i frankly see how. for starters the time we save on rewinding tape is cut by half. wheras "mellow my man" in 94 took 12 hours to mix (member that rhodes echo on "oh shit"! in verse one? he'd listen, make small adjustment, rewind (2minutes), listen, adjust, rewind (2minutes).....took a half hour for that trick alone. with protools? 10 minutes flat. of course the risk is in the computer freezing up (see "lift ya fist" sessions) but you can get more done in a short amount of time. after drums the bass, keys, guitar are put under the same scrutiny. vocals are last cause you have to prepare the "bed" for the vocalist to get in. once levels are set, then you do "drops". (take bass out for 4, drop snare here). after that...tricks :panning, echos, whatever little trickery you hear. then you readjust levels. you break for an hour or two come back with fresh ears and make last minute adjustments. now we take an extra step. we break for the night and come back next day. make whatever adjustments. and print various mixes (clean, radio, drums up, down, etc)

so that's it in a nutshell.















the official bkyle/?uesto "dancing machine"/michael jackson robot dance rating (aka..why i love ebay)

soul train 73-@@@@@
merv griffin 74-@@@@
the carol burnette show-@@1/2
mike douglas 74-@@@1/2
dinah shore 74-@@@@
the sonny and cher comedy hour 74- @@@1/2
cher! 75-@@@@@
american bandstand 75-@@@1/2
the jackson 5ive live in mexico-@@@@1/2
the jackson weekly variety show 75-@@@
the jackson weekly variety show 76-@@@1/2
the rich little show-@@@
the jacksons live in london 1978-@@ (too busy focusing on audience frenzy instead of mike's robot break)
the triumph tour 1981-@@@@
michael jackson 30th celebration 2001-@@

check the resume

organix-93
(from the ground up)-94
do you want more?!!???!-95
illadelph halflife-96
things fall apart-99
(the legendary)-99
the roots come alive-99
phrenology-2002
the tipping point-2004
(the roots present...) 2004
homegrown: the beginne