http://www.thepurefire.com The Pure Fire Blog! - Or is it? Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:45:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While the beginning and end of a phrase can always be more clearly defined when the tremolo is used, yet it is possible to indicate slurs on guitar and mandolin with the down and up strokes. This method is best adapted to the two note slur, and requires a slight ... http://www.thepurefire.com/guitar-and-mandolin-phrasing-and-strokes/ Hey I often hear the same question : should I go with Tama Drums or Dw Drums or Mapex, Pearl, etc. well the answer is really simple! It does not really matter! - Get what ever you like and GET ON WITH YOUR DRUMMING! - That is the most important aspect ... http://www.thepurefire.com/tama-or-dw-drums/ Today I wanted to talk about the drum pedals I used for the recording of Hyper Dance. As you may already know I used semi rhythmic techniques to perform an underlying rhythm and simultaneously a solo on top of it, - The rhythm was played with my feet and the solos were played on toms ... http://www.thepurefire.com/drum-pedals/ What happen to the Pure Fire? And where did the old website go? OK lets see... So we were recording the drum tracks (which took me quite a bit of time cause we simply were not ready to record anything of that caliber technically) we needed drum mics, stands, EQ and compressions. ... http://www.thepurefire.com/welcome-to-pure-fire/