the beat

i wanted to write this post about great drumming and stick to my subject better

what got me thinking about it was the great triple beat near the end of ride's vapour trail.

this track (ie. the original audio, published by sire records in 1990) is not available on youtube, but there is this rather excellent cover by the KeioBeatles

this is worth embedding



if i was presenting this on the radio, i'd have to say something like "that's the keiobeatles, covering ride's majestic vapour trail"

the other great drumming example that always leaps to mind is the walkmen's song the rat

this had been uploaded to youtube by a fan (or "non-authorised entity" i don't doubt, in someone's ledger)

and the audio has been "disabled" (by youtube) because "This video contains an audio track that has not been authorized by WMG. The audio has been disabled. More about copyright"

"you've got the means, but do you have the rights?"

could be the heartbeat of the new era

i really don't know how i feel about copyright law. it seems to me that it's being forced to be altered to deal with a media it hasn't really been based on, and it's struggling to maintain its relevance across such a breadth of techniques, meanings, purposes and fiscal implications.

because the web doesn't really make money, does it? it's possible to sell things on the web, sure, and people do want to buy things that way, but it's also the greatest archive repository and reference available on the planet.

do you want to be referencable? unless you're ashamed of what you've done, then you probably do, so if you don't want some 17-year-old who *does* know how to do it, to do it, then you'd better hire someone to do it for you.

that's what i reckon

~ listener

p.s. "you've got a nerve to be asking a favour..." the rat - the walkmen