this is good, i really like the timing of all these nice percussions. i was tilting the whole time.

Great beat nice one. And thanks for your recent comment.

Great stuff Norm!

Alex tu m'as rappele encore les ceremonies de deces de mon pere ou le hugan a ete joue.

Still one of my favs....

Drum Man!

As for playing with it, I would say, listen to the shaker. It's keeping a steady beat most of the time.

thanks for sharing this. It's great and also educational :)

This is so complex rhythmically that I don't know *how* to play along. I'm not sure if one should - it stands on its own - wow. This is a lesson here. Please send Alex my regards for his skill and sharing his cultural heritage.

Yes, I'm loving these great pieces from Alex - Fantastic! The recording quality has been excellent along the way as well.

Rythmic genius

I really love these, well recorded also,. BTW, I cant believe you didnt keep one of the kitchen cabinets on the drum room- those sounded awesome

Spirited playing. A lesson learned for me.

amazing playing! and when closing the eyes, it transports you there right way.. excellent drums!

norm, nice one man.

Very cool!

This is great that he played this with the "tape" running! Can I use this? I would not alter it, as you mentioned it shoud'nt be.

SWEET!!!!! This are some Awesome Beats!

Wow, sharp shooting voodoo! What a treat! Thanks for sharing!

magic rhythm

One of my all time favorite songs. Great job!

Awesome, sax man!

Beautiful, once again!

Menacing!

Great set. I really enjoyed it.

So when you are playing this song on the Fender Mustang, you are hearing it in Sorog tuning, right? But the note that you are playing on the guitar is changed to another pitch by the Roland, so you must have the headset plugged into the Roland output, right?

Vaisvil's response to my question was enlightening: wild stuff! "well, no actually, it is the Roland GR-20 that gets re-tuned. Performing in many tunings with acoustic instruments is problematic and while I've seen a few attempts none of them I could afford. One could de-fret and re-fret a guitar but not only is it time consuming you then have either many guitars or a commitment to one tuning for a good space of time. So.. long story short - musical electronics are making microtonal music practical. Of course this is purely from a western perspective - other cultures have been performing microtonal music for millennial. Or, as a Turkish composer told me - the west is the real microtonal music because its the compromise compared to other cultures."

This is brilliant. Perhaps my favorite of your work so far.

Way to collaborate, guys! Bravo!

Great tune/voice. It is interesting how a particular smell or sound can instantly summon the gift of recall.

You actually tune the Fender Mustang to the Sorog tuning, right?

You've done a great job of really listening to the conga pattern - you picked up the "melody" the drums are playing and duplicated it nicely with your guitars. Man, when I hear it together, it becomes very clear how off key my drum tuning is, and how a membranophone, by its very multi-tonal nature, is really tough to accompany when it is played in a melodic fashion. It is very brave of you Brian to even attempt to collaborate with such unconventional drumming – if I expect others to collaborate with my percussion tracks, I would probably be wise to produce patterns that are less melodic… and leave the melody up to my fellow collaborators on the chordophones, aerophones and electrophones. Well done!

The vocal harmony work on this one is right-on!

I still love it.

I've seen that video before, and always cherish it when I can have dreams like this at night. One of my favs! And listening to this song while watching it adds another dimension! Great voice, mix, orchestral support and over-all production. Well done!

Very nice!

Great voice work!

All of your stuff sounds so pro. Well done!

@Sha-Pink: Thanks! I have a wide variety of different drums - you can get one view of my studio from the cover of my "collaborations" playlist. Various congas, bongos, djembes, bass drums, bells and effects instruments... but no trap-set.

Yes! In the groove. I love it when that happens... it remains a mystery to me how that works, but I think part of it is really listening to each other.