Jim Davis Drum Demo Reel (medley of 30 sec. clips from various style recordings)
JimDavis-DrumDemoReel.mp3  

Recording Projects


For Robin Snyder:
"New Morning" (sample) 
"Table For Five" (sample) 
"Spitting at the Sun" (sample) 
"Scenic Route" (sample) 
"Valentine" (sample) 
"Deja Blues" (sample) 
"Danger on the Rocks" (sample) 
   * short version appears on Bogner Amplification demo website (see DUENDE 15 watt 6V6 demo by Robin)
"Unseasonably Cool" (sample) 
"Heartstrings" (sample) 
"A Day May Come" (sample) 
"Atonement" (sample) 
"Back Burner" (sample) 
   * appears on Roger Linn AdrenaLinn demo page website
"Take Love's Call" (sample) 
"Seeds in the Garden" (sample) 
"Somberella" (sample) 
"Elsewhere" (sample) 
"Levity" (sample)  
    Selected songs from above are on the albums "Fusion - Jazz, Rock, Roots, and World", "Cool Jazz Universe - Smooth and Groovin' Fusion" and "Moods for Massage" under artist The Instrumental Guitar Project on iTunes and Amazon.


For Joe Long:
"Change My Heart" (sample)  
    Musicians: Joe Long, Jay Alton, Nate Slemmer, Jon Edmonds, Jim Davis.



For Chris Schaffner:
"Hit it, my man!" (sample)  
"On the Verge" (sample)  



For Rodolfo Vazquez and Sean Ferguson:
"Blackbird" (sample)  
"Mother Nature's Son" (sample)  
"Ashokan Farewell" (sample)  
    Notes: Blackbird was recorded with brushes played on a cajon, Mother Nature's Son with a muted djembe and jingle ring (with a few cajon hits at the end), and Ashokan Farewell with a triangle and cabasa. Tracks recorded by EVE Audio Services.




Others Side Projects for Fun


"Slang"  
    Drums added to portion of Jaco Pastorius' famous bass solo "Slang"

"18+1 Musicians"  
    Drumset added to portion of Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians"

"Drums Behind the Waterfall"  
    Drumset added to portion of David Lanz & Paul Speer's "Behind the Waterfall"

"Acoustic" (sample)  
    Recording with Jim's nephew Chris Davis on guitar (also wrote the song) and Chris Schaffner on bass

"Delilah"  
    Tribute to Max Roach with Jim trading phrases with Max (Jim on left channel, Max on right channel)

"Pesos"  
    Played to Peter Erskine play-along music-minus-drums track

"Swamp Thing"  
    Drums added to shredding guitar song from Turn It Up Lay It Down Vol. III play-along music-minus-drums series

"Armando's Rhumba"  
    Drums added to Chick Corea and Gary Burton duet "Armando's Rhumba"

Funk  
    Played to Igoe's Groove Essentials play-along music-minus-drums (Groove 11 fast, Track 22)

Slow Songo  
    Played to Igoe's Groove Essentials play-along music-minus-drums (Groove 42 slow, Track 75)

"He's a pirate"  
    Drumset added to theme from Pirates of the Caribbean (by Klaus Badelt)

       
       


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