Cheers, Joel!

They stole

RIP Joe Pollard, a visionary and revolutionary man but his legacy still present even today and even on VST's Plug-ins.

Thanks for the kind words!

Thanks!

Cheers!

True, I mention that in my first comment, Moog was in the game too.

Do you have a favorite electronic kit? I almost feel like I like the early 70s and 80s stuff better than the initial Roland td7 stuff. And your uncle sounds awesome!

@@williamperri3437 You can still put your own effects rack together like a Billy Cobham did in the 70's and experiment with it. Use phase/flange on the snare to get that 70's vibe. Those full size rack effects can often be bought fairly cheap these days. I love the Pearl Syncussion and it will always be my favorite even though the sounds are outdated. But maybe that's what makes it even more unique. Plus it was extremely user friendly. I have a soft spot for those early DDrums that I saw Pete Erskine play on. He played with brushes on it and did double stroke rolls, which was really impressive for an electronic kit. You couldn't do that on any other kit. It was like V-Drums before V-Drums even existed. I like those old Simmons and early Roland's sounds, but those kits weren't exactly user friendly 😂 Just buy a new Roland kit and import those old sounds. The ideal set up for me would be a TD20x/30/50 plus an original vintage 92 TD7 with a Pearl Syncussion. A normal set up plus the TD7 flagship around it as an extension (lots of line ins!) and the Pearl Syncussion to make it fun. What made the 70's and early 80's fun is because it was all still brand new and forced us to experiment. We had no idea how things worked and there was no one to teach us. We had to find things out ourselves. That's how everyone ended up with their own specific sounds and style. There' s too many rules now. They'll teach you to tune your acoustic kit a certain way and to not use tape on the heads, when that's what a lot of drummers did in the 70's/early 80's to get tgat ultradry sound. We taped a coin to the head of the kickdrum for more attack, etc. All things that will be frowned upon if you'd do this today. Today a lot of drummers have the same boring sound, lack of imagination often caused by strict teachers. They will tell you to hold your sticks a certain way, to set up your drums a certain way, to tune your drums a certain way and anything else is wrong, even though something else might really suit you better. Back then you could recognize each drummer simply by listening to the sound of their snare. Billy Cobham VS Bill Bruford VS Alex Van Halen VS Harvey Mason VS Alphonse Mouzon VS Steve Gadd, etc. Remember those old Prince recordings with that weird snare sound? The drummer explained and showed us how he downtuned his electronic Simmons snare to get that specific sound. Trademark early Prince sound. Howard Jones had a really creative drummer and I also liked that Foreign Intrigue record by Tony Williams. Chad Wackerman was another giant. Or those English new wave drummers with their punk background. If you can pick up old equipment cheap then by all means do so to experience what it was like, but personally I wouldn't spend thousands on it. Sure it's vintage, but it also has so much limitations and those old rubber pads are a crime 😂 Just buy the old TD 7 Module for the sounds and use the newer pads that are compatible. Also realize that we didn't have internet or computers yet, so those old modules might be a lot harder to work with. It'll probably frustrate you when you find out that some of the most simple things are extremely hard to achieve or ain't possible to achieve at all 😂

@@williamperri3437 PS. My uncle was a musician, I did my very first pro gigs together with him as a kid. I really miss him.

@@ModernLove100 I had a feeling he was gone... 😔 and I assumed you played with him. So nice you had him in your life! What was the gig?

@@ModernLove100 I love this response! I am gonna youtube the TD 7 and was thinking to myself at the end of your message I may just have to get one I'm sure they're cheap and then you slapped me in the face with the fact that it may be a pain-in-the-ass navigating that module 😱 then again Roland has always been pretty good. I actually liked the Yamaha 502 module and with stacking sounds and messing with the velocity you could get as good or Better Sound than Rolands TD 11/15 but it was so much harder to navigate. I still play a TD 11 and have a pretty good Bonham/Tony and Gadd kit. LOVE Billy! I was pretty sure he used some effects as well. The first thing I ever saw from him was in 1990 and it was the DCI sampler and it had Zildjian day 1984 and Billy killed it! I used to love watching him finishes his drum roll around the drum set and stand up at the end!!! So many copy cats today like you said. To think that Vinnie's 84 famous Zildjian day was the same David Philly played is amazing considering how different they are! As soon as you mentioned that you could differentiate drummers back in the day and mentioned Billy I instantly thought of Alex Van Halen... to me he's tied with Nick Mason as being the most underrated Rock drummer of all time. I know all those snare sounds other than Alfonso Mouzon and I'm guessing he was the guy that replaced Billy in Mahavishnu? I was watching a lot of Lenny white last year on KZfaq and my God he was such a special player. I mean, everybody was compared to Billy I would assume back then but at the same time everybody had their own thing happening. I'm 45 years old and I feel like I want to learn to play open hand at this point... I feel like all the baddest cats on planet Earth can lead with their left hand almost as good as their right and I just visualize myself being very relaxed at the kit with the hi-hat super-low. I just know I'm going to play different as well. Anyway man, thank you for this awesome reply and I'm going to check out all the sounds you mentioned. Btw, I really dig Ebony Emperor "suede" heads but they are a very overlooked Tom tom head.... I like the very dry sound you mentioned but also wide open. Really like the early Gadd sound when him, Tony and Bonham all played control dots tuned high but I don't like the feel of the dots. And I know NOTHING of Erskine playing E drums whatsoever... Oh shit! Almost forgot: WHAT Prince drummer? I think early Prince and I think PRINCE on drums. All I ever believed was he played on the first 4 albums. I know he had to play on the first one or two albums because I studied his sound and feel and playing so much that I just no that's him on I want to be your lover. One of the producers that worked on his first album said the most amazing thing about Prince was his pocket behind the drums. His first producer said he watched him play guitar bass piano sing and at the end sit down and play the drums to all that music that was already recorded!!! And I feel like that has to be Prince on "call my name." I think I'm ahead of myself because you must be talkin about the early 80s albums since you're talking about the electronic snare sound. Yeah his sound was killer on Purple Rain

Thanks!

Whoa, so cool.

I’m telling Dylan

Thanks!

Thanks Ricardo!

Cheers!

Part 1-4 are available on Drumeo!

We're SO glad to have you! :D

@Brandon Toews I was hoping Drumeo would bring them back. I received the email the other day for the 10 year anniversary and jumped on it quick lol

@@insertmetalusernamehere - I love it!! Some very cool things planned for this year and next

That's me!

@@BrandonToews Awesome man, I showed it to a bunch of my high school music friends, Because of our advanced age, lol, we only know about the first half of the songs chronologically, but you crushed them, cheers!

@@davetbassbos - appreciate it!!

when ? any time soon ?