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I finished the cymbal cart

The cymbal cart is finally complete. It holds all of my cracked cymbals and has freed up a lot of floor space in my shop. This was a fun project and was great welding practice. I realized that I still have a long way to go until I can consider myself a good welder. This means that I have a lot of good things to learn. It’s pretty exciting, actually.

Lathe Bed Extension

I just installed the bed extension for my Nova Comet II lathe. I can now turn something up to 41-1/4″ in length. I intend to make a number of rainsticks and tube toms with this configuration. The cool – and slightly ridiculous – thing is that I can add another bed extension if I want to. In fact, I can keep adding them as far as I want. I guess that would come in handy if I wanted to turn a telephone pole or an alphorn. You laugh but I just might make an alphorn.

New clips on YouTube

I got a good opportunity to record the other day but I didn’t have anything in particular that I needed to get recorded. Instead, I just played. I put down about 8 minutes straight of brushwork to use for the backing track for YouTube videos then I played a series of short beats for stinger music.

The video above is one stinger beat that I particularly liked because I got to play around with my chime cymbals a bit. If you’re interested in what a 12″ Sabian Glennie’s Garbage sounds like, that’s the last cymbal that I hit.

The next video is part of an eight-minute improv brush performance that I’m going to add bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, and percussion to. The end result will be an eight-minute background track for some of my YouTube videos that I’m working on.

News – October 15th, 2018 – YouTube Videos, Upcoming Articles, and General Shop Updates

News

Trent DavisOctober 15, 2018December 10, 2021

Making Progress on YouTube Videos

I’m currently working on three videos.

The first one is just a test video showing the turning of a wooden bowl. I’m taking my time with it so I can try different things and see what works and what doesn’t. I’m currently in the editing phase on this one.

The second is on the construction of a light grid (see below). I’m still in the filming stages of this.

The third is going to show the construction of a musical instrument of some sort. I’m still in the early planning stages of this one and the details will probably change.

Building a Light Grid

Since I’m making videos in my shop I decided to build a light grid. I’m making it out of electrical conduit and junction boxes and I’m putting in electrical outlets at some of the junction boxes. I’m making a video of the construction of it as well.

Upcoming SawStop Articles

I’m working on a series of articles that are focused on choosing the right SawStop for your application. I will be covering some of the more common questions I hear such as the difference between the Professional and the Industrial saws and the benefits of 3 HP over 5 HP. I’m hoping to have these articles done soon in order to aid in Christmas tool shopping.

News – June 5th, 2017 – Recording Progress

Music, News, Percussion

Trent DavisJune 5, 2017June 5, 2017

Recording Progress – Bright & Shiny

This weekend I managed to get time to record two more songs for Bright & Shiny. The two songs are titled This Waiting and The End Holding Your Hand.

I was particularly happy to get The End Holding Your Hand recorded because of how I go about recording. While I am working on a song, I listen to it repeatedly while I drive to-and-from work each day. I use that time to write out different parts and memorize the structure of the song.

Unfortunately, I don’t get many opportunities to actually record since I need to get the family out of the house. This means that I may sometimes end up listening to a song quite a bit before I get to actually record it. In the case of this song, I listened to it repeatedly for over three weeks. As you can imagine, I was pretty damn sick of it by the time I got around to actually laying down the tracks.

When I record, I also film. I am working on videos of each song to compile into a mini documentary on the recording of the drums and percussion for this album.

I only have two more songs to record then I’ll be focusing on the auxiliary percussion.

Here are rough-cuts of the drum performance videos. The drum tracks need to be mixed properly and the track I’m playing along with is only a temporary scratch track. I’ll update them when I get a final mix of the songs.

This Waiting