American Suite for Unaccompanied Snare Drum: 1st movement
/Live from the PitchBlak recital. Enjoy!
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Live from the PitchBlak recital. Enjoy!
Getting nervous/excited for the recital I'm playing Saturday. It's been awhile since I performed solo classical pieces! Check out this short clip of me, Alaina (tb), and Melinda (p) shedding Stephen Rush's Inner Rebellion. More info on the event can be found here.
Here's a little solo clip from Dante's this past weekend. Sorry the quality isn't better, but it was tough to get a good shot on stage. Enjoy and please comment!
...on an Appalachian trail. Oh, life is better there!
Can't wait to hit the road tomorrow with PitchBlak to play shows in Frostburg and Shepherdstown. Really looking forward to seeing all my friends & family in the Burg. Hope you can make it out.
I had an awesome time finishing tracking the new PitchBlak album at The Bunker this weekend. Here's the whole crew, including our engineer, Aaron Nevezie, and his loyal assistant, Chico.
Live from Public Assembly last night. I <3 playing this song.
It was brought the my attention that, since our Feb. 9 show was cancelled due to the blizzard, tonight is the first full PitchBlak show since January 4! After rehearsing hard for the studio over the last two months, we are ready to unleash some serious jams! Come through and let's groove with Bernie Worrell. I'm secretly hoping Les Claypool will stop by.
Bunker Setup
Here's the setup I'm using for the PitchBlak recording session:
1966 Ludwig Blue Sparkle: 14" Bass Drum, 12" tom
1939 Slingerland Radio King (on loan to the Bunker from JoJo Mayer): 12" and 16" toms
1950's Rogers Eagle Badge 14" snare
Here's somewhat of a panorama of the drum room at the bunker. You can see the string room to the left and the vocal booth straight back (with Ben Brody playing guitar). What a great place to record! Click to enlarge.
Ashley Baier is a NYC-based drummer and percussionist.