Sebastiaan Cornelissen

New material available for educational use!

2012-01-16T07:28:00.000-08:00

Hi Everybody!

I've been working hard on new material since the release of my most recent album 'On Impulse'.
The idea was to create music together with video, which could be more than just a composition to listen to.
A lot of the people who are interested in my music are musicians themselves, so I thought it could be a cool thing to have some new songs available on my website that you can listen to, but also play along to yourself!

On a regular basis there will be new uploads here. Each song you download comes with a variety of minus-ones, charts to help you on your way, plus a video of the band during the recording session(s).

The first song is called 'Oddfellows'(S.Cornelissen)
Recorded @ studio 27333, Germany
Coen Molenaar - keys
Frans Vollink - bass
Sebastiaan Cornelissen - drums

After your purchase, you will receive a download link that features:

-mp3 of the complete mix as we recorded it.
-minus-one mp3's (for drummers, bassists, harmony instruments)
-a pdf with basic chart with melody/accents/chords
exercises and explanations
-video of the session (multiple cams)

Odds snippet by sanchez cornelissen

Officially released: On Impulse!!!

2011-11-04T08:08:00.000-07:00

It took a while to finish, but finally I can proudly announce the official release of my 5th solo album!

Sebastiaan Cornelissen - On Impulse, officially available from November 4th 2011.

This project features some of the most influential musicians of this time such as:
Nigel Hitchcock - sax
Randy Brecker - trumpet
Francesco Cottone - vocals
Mike Outram - guitar
Steve Hunt, Jim Beard, Rob van Bavel, Coen Molenaar - keys
John Hondorp - hammond
Oscar Schulze - vibraphone
Evan Marien, Frans Vollink - bass
Ruud Cornelissen - double bass
Teaser on impulse by sanchez cornelissen
Order your copy here:

Official release On Impulse November 4th

2011-11-01T03:40:00.000-07:00

On Impulse release date & pre-order

2011-10-11T03:03:00.000-07:00

It took a while to finish, but finally I can proudly announce the release date of my 5th solo album!
Sebastiaan Cornelissen - On Impulse, officially available from November 4th 2011.

This project features some of the most influential musicians of this time such as:
Nigel Hitchcock - sax
Randy Brecker - trumpet
Francesco Cottone - vocals
Mike Outram - guitar
Steve Hunt, Jim Beard, Rob van Bavel, Coen Molenaar - keys
John Hondorp - hammond
Oscar Schulze - vibraphone
Evan Marien, Frans Vollink - bass
Ruud Cornelissen - double bass

I'm excited to mention that you can already pre-order this CD here. Those who place their order will get a link where they can directly download 3 bonus tracks, extended liner-notes with backround information and more. (Available for limited time only)

More updates, live-shows and reviews will follow shortly, so stay tuned!

Teaser on impulse by sanchez cornelissen

Upcoming gigs for September

2011-08-18T05:43:00.000-07:00

Here are the dates for upcoming shows in September:

2nd Bergen jazz fest - On Impulse, feat Rob van Bavel, Frans Vollink
3rd Lambooijhuis, Hengelo - On Impulse
4th Koek&bier, Alkmaar - On Impulse

6th De Singel, Zwolle - Bryan baker, van Luijt, Cornelissen
7th pizza express, london - Bryan baker, van Luijt, Cornelissen
8th pizza express, london - Bryan baker, van Luijt, Cornelissen
9th panama, amsterdam - Bryan baker, van Luijt, Cornelissen
10th doelencafé, rotterdam - Bryan baker, van Luijt, Cornelissen

Hope to see some of you there:)

Teaching Aalsmeer & TuneUp(Haarlem)

2011-07-27T01:33:00.000-07:00

Dear all,
As from now, I'll be able to take on new students again in the area of Amsterdam (Aalsmeer).
For those who are interested, you can send me a mail on sebastiaancornelissen@gmail.com to set up a schedule for private lessons or if you'd like to know further details.

I'm also starting my lessons @ 'TuneUp', a really nice school based in Haarlem.
We're currently setting op my schedule there and there are still spaces for extra students, so get in touch with them if you're up for this.

Check their website for more info: www.tuneup.nl

DK Drumworks

2011-07-07T11:40:00.000-07:00

Below a nice vid in HD of me playing my new DK Drumworks kit.
A great piece of art by Kris Demey.
I play an 18x18 kick
10x7 tom, 14x11 floor
13x6,5 snare
These 'alpha' series European Hickory DK-shells sound absolutely killer.
Also thanks to the woodhoops and satinoil woodfinish, it looks stunning too.
Best kit ever:)

A couple pictures Kris made while working on the set:

On Impulse podcast nr. 2!

2010-10-14T05:06:00.000-07:00

here's another little podcast about the title track of the up coming cd, On Impulse..
Hoping you appreciate the effort, lol. This one features Randy Brecker, amongst others.
enjoy!

Pod2(2) by sanchez cornelissen

On Impulse - podcasts

2010-10-12T03:22:00.000-07:00

Below you can listen to the first of a few podcasts I made where I talk about how some of the music on my up coming 3rd solo album 'On Impulse' came together.

This 1st one is about the composition 'Details' which features:
Francesco Cottone - vocals
Oscar Schulze - vibraphone
Evan Marien - bass
Seb Cornelissen - drums, git and everything else.

Details podcast by sanchez cornelissen

Studio Done! ready for recording and teaching again:)

2010-08-31T11:23:00.000-07:00

Now that my studio is done and amazing, I can do private teaching again too. Both there, as well as in central Bremen. So if anybody is interested,..just drop me a message on sebastiaancornelissen@gmail.com and we can set up a time or schedule.
Also for recordings etc. I've got two Ayotte custom drumkits ready to go. Wide selection of Se electronics microphones. Mackie HDR24, Mac g5 with Logic, Apogee converters, Tascam total recall console Fender Rhodes, loads of cymbals,... you name it:)
The room sounds fantastic and the surroundings are wonderful too.

Uturn- Album update!

2008-07-24T02:14:00.000-07:00

For over the last 2,5 years(but could be more), I've been working hard to get a new ' solo' project out on CD.
It's been taking a lot of time due to the amount of guests appearing on the tunes, and my personal situation changing back and forth a whole lot. Hence the title of the CD.
Most of those changes were positive though (at least at the end).
I kept recording new tunes and ideas along this peculiar ride and ended up with enough tunes for more than one album. But that's good, coz this will maybe be a start for whatever comes after the release. The idea was to compile a bunch of compositions that showed a bit of a different side of me, compared to my previous releases. Secretly I believe I succeeded a little; because it's far more produced, more groove orientated at times, layered with loops, fills and effects etc.
I enjoyed using a variety in sounds, like the instrumentation I have at the studio and the use of brush-playing and the digitally edited rhythms and waveforms.
The other musicians helped making this possible and gave the songs it's final shape. Each one of those amazing players added something truely special. I feel very lucky to have them all on board.

Uturn features:

Gerard Presencer - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Scott Kinsey - keys
Gary Husband - keys
Steve Hunt - keys
Susan Weinert - guitar
Leonardo Amuedo - guitar
Richard Hallebeek - guitar
Alex Machacek - guitar
Mike Outram - Guitar
Frans Vollink - bass
Johnny Copland - bass
Jimmy Earl - bass
Gary Willis - bass
Tom Kennedy - bass
Sebastiaan Cornelissen - drums, guitar, loops/samples and additional keyboard parts

More news and details will follow soon!

Basic brush patterns

2008-02-17T07:22:00.000-08:00

I would like to take this opportunity to help whomever interested, on his/her way to start the use of brushes into their drum-playing.
The brushes can improve one's technical & musical skill in so many ways.
One big benefit is that you are able to practice at any given time because of the softness in sound they produce. Not only good to stay friends with the neighbours; you don't need to use earplugs to keep on going for longer periods of time. It works perfectly to imitate a complete groove on just one drum by using all it's colors in sound.Most drummers I know who play brushes, have developed their own 'tricks' and pattern- combinations. Usually, the techniques used with sticks, familiar to these drummers an myself, have been adapted to holding brushes instead with much less bounce when played on a drum/cymbal. It's a good idea to do realize that they do have some bounce, and I would recommend trying to get the most out of this.
Eventually this comes in hand even more when you grab sticks again. Obviously what it comes down to, is learning how to control even the slightest motion between pifit point in your hands and the response you get on either a downstroke or sweep.

Guidelines I use to try and maintain a good sound:

-always keep all movements in time.
-circular sweeping motions have a maintaining pulse with each beat on a repeating simular position on the head.
-preferably always keep 1 brush on the head to get a ' closed' ongoing sweeping noise.
- when playing double strokes, instead of letting the down strokes fall direct horizontally on the drumhead, experiment with a slight angle from the side. You will get a fuller more legato sound.

Below you will find 4 basic brushpatterns I use. I believe they are fairly simple in concept, which makes them easy to alternate and adept to any particular groove/tempo.
You could practice them both in swingfeel or straight 8ths/16ths.

Hopefully you will get something out of this and feel free to comment on this.
Lastly I would like to add that this is just my personal approach to brushes, and that it seems to work for me, but do try and figure out your own patterns and ' tricks'. Once you get the hang of a few patterns, things will start to happen by themselves. You might want to repeat and memorize some of these ' accidental variations' and develop them more.

Good luck!
Seb

blue = left hand
light red = right hand
small outlined light red dots = taps
All examples are played on 100bpm. Some of it half time at 1st.

Reading and understanding brush pattern-'maps' can be some what ambiguous. That's why I've quickly videotaped them and put a clip next to each one of them in order to try making it a little easier.

Example 1

Notice the light red dot bottom right being the down beat of 1 and 3. I also sweep towards the dot in the middle(the 2+). When I play an accent with the left hand, I don't actually lift the brush from the head completely. Instead I push the full spread of the wires onto the head quickly and you hear that tap sound.

Example 2

As long as you keep the motion going with the right hand, You can lift it from the head in time and create different accents. Half way the clip I change to a variation on this pattern:

Example 3

This one is great for ballads, and to combine with example 2 as well. You can either use the full surface of the head, or make the circles much smaller for uptempo tunes.

Example 4

For more audio&video material check : www.myspace.com/sebastiaancornelissen