GH plays Futile Big Band Style

[Josiah]

great playing, great sounds, beautiful arranging and venue!

[Matthijs Ament]

...WOW...

[Juan Expósito]

Hi Gavin,

About the sound in this video, could you tell us what devices (mixer-console-interface) are you using for capturing the sound to the computer ?

Thanks !!

[moose]

Awesome arrangement by Laurence Cottle. I hear lots of sly little references in there.

[sejuba]

Hi Gavin,

About the sound in this video, could you tell us what devices (mixer-console-interface) are you using for capturing the sound to the computer ?

Thanks !!

yes, i´m also very curious about how you mixed it too. i´m listening on crappy speakers and the mix is translating quiet nicely.
There´s NOT a lot of reverberation as I´d expect for such huge space...

awesome playing, always beautiful to watch you.

[Rodge]

Here one of my very favorite Gavin's video, it sounds so fresh, spontaneous and funky, I just love it !!!

[Lucas Ives]

bleep yeah @1:50 .....

[Gavin Harrison]

Regarding he recording of the audio on the big band "Futile" tune. I spoke to the sound engineer before I came to do that clinic and he offered to multi track record it for me. He had a Presonus 16.4.2 firewire desk and he hooked it up to his MacBook Pro and recorded the whole clinic using the Presonus software. I took all the audio files from him (on a USB stick) and then mixed it here at home on Logic. I wish I had taken a hi hat mic. (All the mics apart from the overheads were mine from my studio). On the close mics you couldn't hear any of the reverb that was in the church. So I added some in Logic - just to the toms and the snare drum.

I might mix and edit some other bits from that clinic. Thanks for the kind words.

cheers
Gavin

[Matus]

Outstanding performance Gavin! And a great arrangement, doesn't lose the original's identity at all.
BTW, I've been wondering since last year's Sonisphere fest in Madrid, do you usually work with your sound engineer to achieve "your" drum sound? I mean, those were clearly your mics but the big PA mix sounded like you right away without much of a soundcheck. You were actually the best sounding band in the whole fest along with Faith No More.

[Gaddabout]

Here one of my very favorite Gavin's video, it sounds so fresh, spontaneous and funky, I just love it !!!

Yeah, man, I've worn that tune out in the practice room. Without the slamming snare sound, it kind of reminds of the gentle funk you'd hear from someone like Harvey Mason back in the 70s. Especially with that snare tuned a bit lower and ... snare-y. Really allows those grace notes to breath and become apart of the groove. It's a cool, groovy approach to that kind of music when I think a lot of guys would want to crank the head and slam a high-pitch 2&4 (which is often more annoying and distracting than funky with that kind of keyboard-driven groove).