samuel prather

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@rodneynightingale8444 Күн бұрын

Thanks Sam, you summed it up with "sistas groovin'"

@djusel 7 күн бұрын

why would anyone put chaotic background music on an instructional music production video? I felt like lex luther was wringing his hands and laughing while i was attempting to listen to him

@blackpranther 6 күн бұрын

@@djusel sorry about that. When I first started doing these videos, I was hoping to also draw attention to some of my own music at the same time. In newer videos I think I got the balance better. Thanks for the feedback!

@julinaonYT 10 күн бұрын

I wonder if sports teams ever feel like they're in the Pocket.

@blackpranther 10 күн бұрын

@@julinaonYT I’m sure they do. It’s like the pick and roll in basketball; it feels good and just works

@jman12849 21 күн бұрын

thanks for the video! i'm trying to learn how to program jazz drums especially.

@blackpranther 20 күн бұрын

@@jman12849 Dope! Listen to the records first. You can’t faithfully make a jazz drum performance if you don’t know what you’re aiming for.

@matheusmenezes3771 21 күн бұрын

That didnt feel right

@blackpranther 21 күн бұрын

@@matheusmenezes3771 It was not as good as it can sound these days, and maybe it can’t ever fool a real jazz aficionado, but it’s better than what I hear out here sometimes. Thanks for your comment ✊🏾

@matheusmenezes3771 21 күн бұрын

@ It's really not fair to compare it with jazz in real life, but you're right it's very good because it's digital, maybe if the drums were tuned higher it would get closer to a more realistic sound

@FilminatorOfficial Ай бұрын

Great work from one creative to another!

@fixedunfixed7610 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, very good explanation. I didn't know the definition of that word but I know that feeling very well. Whenever I've wanted to explain it I've said that it's like entering a trance state with other musicians.

@idcharles3739 2 ай бұрын

How about this definition: being in the pocket simply means that, for the key 1 or 2 beats, you are absolutely bang on the beat. And maybe you don't all need to be absolutely on the beat for those key beats, but somebody has to be. And that person has to be the most prominent sound at that moment. Which in practice means, if you can't nail those key beats, shut up and let someone else nail them. If the band has got the key beats nailed really clearly every bar, then they can all go loosey goosey muso around that. Don't forget that the track Thriller was all drum machine.

@Skinnyriver 2 ай бұрын

So what was your favorite band that was playing in the pocket?

@blackpranther 2 ай бұрын

I don’t have one favorite; that would be like trying to pick my favorite kid. Some obvious contenders would be D’Angelo’s band on Voodoo, the mid 60’s band with James Brown, Earth Wind and Fire, and the band with Tye Tribbett on his “Life” record

@Skinnyriver 2 ай бұрын

@@blackpranther thanks! I meant the one you went to go see with your wife in concert whose opening act wasn’t in the pocket. Was just curious, thanks

@blackpranther 2 ай бұрын

@@Skinnyriver I’m not gonna get messy like that on the internet LOL If I told their name, then people would be able to figure out who the opener was. But thank you for watching and commenting!

@Skinnyriver 2 ай бұрын

@@blackpranther ok was just trying to find some good music np

@blackpranther 2 ай бұрын

@@Skinnyriver check these out (from an unlisted playlist of mine) if you haven’t heard them definitely some pocket being played here kzbin.info/aero/PLG3aYcAxBJhLsCWLuhlDagnxEu4xMNvsN&si=NpqgbbUOK7bNvRN7

@SamuelHaak 2 ай бұрын

Really helpful Sam thanks :) I think it's the fast tempo, but I find it hard to break down jazz into the bits I need to write it. So your videos have been great for me.

@blackpranther 2 ай бұрын

@@SamuelHaak awesome! glad to hear it!

@theunboundsound 2 ай бұрын

This is a great video thank you for sharing your knowledge

@Goyatte-vx4rk 3 ай бұрын

People played music in the 60s. This new crap is trash!

@SyncrisisVideos 3 ай бұрын

You guys sound great nice job

@blackpranther 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@SwingClickApp 3 ай бұрын

Spot on summary! For musicians wanting to actually train this skill, the Swing Click metronome app is the one!

@DL-1 3 ай бұрын

Are you still using @Reason Studios? Are there any more mixing or production techniques that we should be doing to make our music more competitive with people that are using other DAWs, Fl Studio/Ableton/Bitwig, or people that are putting out commercial level and radio ready music? Thank you. This is the second video of yours that I have seen. KZbin suggested your videos to me today. Thanks again

@blackpranther 3 ай бұрын

Wow! Great question. I think if you check out my video “You Can Mix In Reason Pt.4”, I go into a technique I call ducking; it’s a different take on side-chaining. It’s a pretty cool way to get more power to the kick that’s a lot easier to do in Reason than other DAW’s because of the access to the routing. I’d start there. Thanks for your comment!

@xbjrrtc 3 ай бұрын

Ah, thanks for distinguishing metronomic time. I feel like I finally understand pocket

@oyajiblues 4 ай бұрын

all the things you said apply. however my understanding has always been the bass and drums locking in. however the bass is not pushing the beat…. either the bass or the drums are “laying back”. bass is slightly behind the beat. silly me. the truth is this frustrates the hell out of me. My first bands were blues and I played with some great blues drummers and bass players. Now I have a country band and the drummer and bass come from different genres. and they can swing but the flat tire or similar is not great. however playing on the beat has its advantages too. what I really don’t like is when the beat is being pushed…I can tell when the pocket is not happening, but could not for the life of me I can’t describe to either of those guys how to fix it.

@blackpranther 4 ай бұрын

@@oyajiblues thanks for your comment!“Locking in” can still happen with the bass a little behind the beat in my experience, but there is something that feels good when the bass and kick drum are both dead center for live performance. The only time the bass player playing in front of the beat that feels good to me in a straightahead Jazz situation. Thanks for watching!

@oyajiblues 4 ай бұрын

@@blackpranther I have always known when it was happening and repeating could be elusive. However, I tried to push it on the band playing guitar and that shit is hard! It’s one thing to need your limbs to each have a brain while that is going on there is another level. I guess it’s like singing the hardest stuff is what seems wrong to your ear.

@michaeldavis9954 4 ай бұрын

Amazing. So instructive. Thanks!

@whataretheycooking 5 ай бұрын

I just discovered your channel. I frikkin love you dude

@blackpranther 5 ай бұрын

@@whataretheycooking Awesome. Thanks for watching and commenting

@FirstPrincipleMusic 5 ай бұрын

Ive just found your videos, very well made and informative.

@navierproductions709 5 ай бұрын

pls do more writing from scratch videos of popular scores like avengers transformers and schiendkers list

@dwaynemorton2539 6 ай бұрын

Insane!!!!

@michaeldavis9954 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic

@wkenneth8752 7 ай бұрын

6:51 shuffle 8:45 swing

@lusarmientomusic 7 ай бұрын

Loved the explanation 🎉

@cariboux2 7 ай бұрын

Sounds great. It's nice to hear a real musician talk about progeamming for a change!

@blackpranther 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@kevinmcgriff8222 7 ай бұрын

Digging’ it!! 🎯

@sciocezze68 8 ай бұрын

👌

@sciocezze68 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant Version

@juanmcgruderjr6982 8 ай бұрын

Today's a first for listening to your channel, and I MUST say, this is one of the BEST explanations of "the pocket" I've heard described in a video! I was looking for something to share with a bass player at my church. He often seems to drag behind the piano, but drags only a little less when our drummer is present. I'm sharing it with him to help him hear and see what a gospel, spirit- filled, rthym section lives for (pocket). I think pocket starts with an appreciation of the various waves emitting from others helping to form the "pocket." It's a comfortable, musical search for that conjoined sonic wave that you "feel" when you arrive there!!! It's a beautiful ride when you feel everybody pushing it in the same direction. As a jazz vocalist, I count on the pocket to help me groove with it during solos. Many gospel melodies are specifically written to ride on and around the pocket, with emphasis often expressed during various vamps as the song builds.

@guyguerra3695 8 ай бұрын

You put out some great ideas here. I’ve been using Reason for about eight years, but two months ago I did some audio groove extractions and Pro Tools has some features that Reason doesn’t. I decided to switch to Pro Tools for a while, but I miss working in Reason, and DAW uses like this could pull me back. Great video.

@blackpranther 8 ай бұрын

Yep! Each DAW has advantages and disadvantages. I love reason because I know my way around it best, but I know that there are other programs that are better for certain applications. I think there’s a place for both programs in most people’s work flow

@candacemiller3400 8 ай бұрын

bass line...whoa. layered on top all the exquisite rest, a perfect mix, really superb

@popcycles 8 ай бұрын

So...are swing and shuffle synonymous?

@blackpranther 8 ай бұрын

I’d say so, especially for production. Live performance is a little different because “Shuffle” or “swing” is the name of a specific family of drum grooves for drummers and “swinging” is used to describe a state of rhythmic danceability in jazz similar to the way “grooving” or “in the pocket” would be in funk or R&B

@GriffinPoole 8 ай бұрын

there's only but so many sounds that would actually occupy the exact same frequency range as a kick drum, so why would u sidechain every track in the mix to the kick??? i understand sidechaining the kick to the bassline, but that's because they occupy the same space... but sidechaining every sound to the kick??? i've been mixing for over 25 years & never met another engineer who did that, i would love to hear what it sounds like.. do u have any videos where u actually did that?

@blackpranther 8 ай бұрын

Great question. Even though there’s not a lot of bass in some sounds, there’s some in a lot of places you wouldn’t expect. Its easier to take it from everything else because if it’s not there, there’s nothing to take; but if there are a few db of lows I can “borrow” for a few milliseconds to give to the kick, I’ll take em. It really adds up in larger mixes. Also remember with a multi band comp, I can use the same concept to borrow a few db of 5k for vocals or 1k for the snare etc. Here’s a video where I went more in detail on that particular technique. It doesn’t have an example switching on and off with the effect but you can hear what it’s doing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH-4ioqGhMqLiM0si=5ccNafDMS9BlC82i Also, here’s a full tune I mixed with this technique music.apple.com/us/album/ill-never-barry-marion/1457146974?i=1457146975

@GriffinPoole 8 ай бұрын

@blackpranther makes sense Bro, now I get it... I thought there would be a pumpin effect, but I didn't hear anything like that... Great execution, I gotta use that... Thanks Bro

@blackpranther 8 ай бұрын

@@GriffinPoole Np! Thanks for watching and commenting

@deantehw 8 ай бұрын

This was the best visual!!!

@deantehw 8 ай бұрын

Let’s go Sam!!!!!

@lewysg241 8 ай бұрын

Glad to see you back making videos. These are definitely some of the most useful reason guides out there!

@sattv9370 8 ай бұрын

Same here, am glad - he is back

@okayranks- 9 ай бұрын

The pocket is your ability to transition from lyric to lyric and be in sync with the beat simultaneously.

@OG_Mereles 9 ай бұрын

Would you say that whether brothers are dancing or not is as good as a metric to infer the quality of the pocket? ♥ Is pocket gender sensitive? Thank you for sharing and much love to you. Take care.

@blackpranther 9 ай бұрын

I only singled out the ladies because in my 20 years of playing professionally, women usually dance first. With the exception of some really bold fellas, men often play the wallflowers until women are dancing, whether just small movements in their seat or full on with friends on the floor. Of course there are exceptions to any rule, but a guy dancing first isn't a bet I'd take in Vegas.

@patriciavernon3643 9 ай бұрын

This is my cousin Samuel Prather. Keep playing music. I’m so proud of you. Your cousin Patsy in Florida❤️🙏🏾🥰

@blackpranther 9 ай бұрын

Thank you🙏🏾

@kevinkilpatrick7510 9 ай бұрын

you could also address how relaxed playing (never rushing notes slightly ahead of the beat/metronome, and instead instead falling slightly behind if not dead on with the click), makes engineers’ jobs WAY easier if a recording needs to be edited to improve the groove. that in addition to be much groovier than rushing notes, of course. to fixed rushed playing, the engineer has to add time to the track (or group of tracks), which can cause displeasurable audio stretching artifacts, or distracting duplicated “air”, or ugly, artificially extended sustains. but removing time is much simpler for the engineer (ie ableton’s cut time function and pro tools’ shuffle mode), and does not create the hurdles and artifacts of adding time/air

@blackpranther 9 ай бұрын

Interesting! I’d agree except I think most folks that rush aren’t attuned enough to micro timing to make those type of adjustments. It is much easier to cut than add time though

@kevinkilpatrick7510 9 ай бұрын

this is a great explanation. 2:18 🎯🎯🎯 ***the pocket is NOT the grid*** (sometimes it can be, but don’t assume that shifting notes or LFOs onto the grid will get the best groove out of the track)

@chusmaestro 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! I love the explanation but also the background music: what's the name of the song?

@blackpranther 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! The background song is a track from my record with the solos muted lol music.apple.com/us/album/miss-timbo-pt-i/1457146974?i=1457147141

@LarryTesta 10 ай бұрын

What a load of waffle. The pocket is often mystified and overcomplicated but it's a pretty simple concept; it's just where you hit the beat in relation to where it technically 'should' be in a flat count. Say we have a 4/4, .. we're counting a flat 1 2 3 4... now imagine the snare is on the 2... the pocket refers to where you place that snare in relation to the flat 2 beat. Do you push the beat and have it come before the 2, or pull it and have it come after, and if so, how much? This is how you define the pocket and determine the feel or groove of a beat. A band all playing in the pocket has nothing do with the actual pocket, and more to do with their time keeping abilities.

@blackpranther 10 ай бұрын

Some people might think my description is simpler than what you just wrote, but that’s why the Internet is great to learn; there are so many great resources so you can find the one that clicks best for you personally. I would strongly disagree that it’s only about where the two and four falls, the upbeats are really where the groove lives in my opinion.

@LarryTesta 10 ай бұрын

popNemo @@blackpranther

@theewarriorgoddess 11 ай бұрын

One of the best songs I ever wrote

@TheEvastarProject 11 ай бұрын

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! THANK YOU!!

@cesarin521 11 ай бұрын

I use reason 12, is that reason drum kits a plug in that comes with Reason? I would appreciate any feedback. thanks

@blackpranther 11 ай бұрын

I think it comes with 12…

@cesarin521 11 ай бұрын

@blackpranther thank you for the reply. I will check on my next session. I just found you a day or ago and totally love your videos! Great job explaining things.

@cesarin521 11 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks for posting!

@शिव_सागर Жыл бұрын

Thank You Very Very Much Sir!

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