Dear All,

I find the Terry Clarke Swing and Bossa Real Drums excellent.

However, I find the more modern patterns (JazzModernTerryClarke; JazzModJDTerryClarke; and JazzModEv16TerryClarke) much too 'busy' or 'aggressive'.

In particular, they have a lot of crash-cymbal histrionics on the pre-fill and fill patterns (Bars 4 and 5) for both the A and B sub-styles. I'm not criticising: I'm sure this is perfect for some numbers and people.

I would find some laid-back 'Bill Stewart-style' RD's incredibly useful. I'm sure Terry Clarke could knock out some of these very easily.

For me, the distinctive features of what I've called the Bill Stewart style are:
a) The dominant sound is simply stick-tip on ride cymbal - with very little resonance or sizzle - essentially a 'tap' only.
b) Complex, varying, ride-patterns which swing - but often seem like an Even-8 pattern.
c) Sparing, funky punctuation on the snare, rim-shots, bass drum & toms.
d) Very subtle stuff at the pre-fills and fills, rather than exploding crash cymbals.

If Terry could do something like that for a good range of tempos - and just in sticks and brushes (no need for all the other variations) - that would be really fantastic.

Thanks for your help as ever - Best - Andy