jazzbox

Me and my buddy are trying to put a set-list together with the theme mentioned in the title.

"Unassuming places" is intentionally a little vague, but the idea is that feeling of "damn, I did not expect a song from this [insert piece of media] to be that good," or when you sit down and really listen to something you are surprised at well-composed it is, or songs that sound simple and reach a wide audience, but are actually a lot more complicated under the hood.

Some examples of the sounds we're going for are:

• Disney tunes like Someday My Prince Will Come and Bear Necessities
• Children's songs/show themes such as Castaways by the Backyardigans, or the iCarly, Arthur, and Flintstones theme songs
• Songs from Nintendo games (really the epitome/inspiration of this list) like KK Jazz and KK Bossa, the Eterna Forest and Littleroot themes, Hateno Village theme, or the Underworld theme from Super Mario Bros.

You might also be able to call this list "songs geared towards children but are actually good" but I feel like that has more of a nursery rhyme-ish connotation and I'm hoping to branch out of that.

We're a guitar duo with a jazz background, so songs that could potentially fit that mold are preferred, but I don't want that to hinder anyone from giving suggestions! I'd love to see what anyone can come up with.

I want to explore and learn more about snare tones, and was curious to hear some favs around here.

Bonus points for describing how to get that sound :) I'm a recording engineer and would like to experiment with any ideas people have!

For me personally I love the super tight and muffled sound of JD Beck's snares, like in this video. Seems like he usually tunes it super high and mutes it with random objects. Putting things like splashes to mute the sound AND have another percussive voice is really smart too.

I'm also a sucker for super open and crunchy snares, like the one in the beginning of black enuff by redveil. Tuned a little high(?) but letting it ring and compressing it until it distorts. It's just so ANGRY

I've been a musician for quite a while but finally bought myself a drum kit.

As a guitarist I know not all practice is good practice, or at least productive practice. For example, practicing scales up and down the neck will help learn those scales... but can make soloing sound super robotic.

Was hoping to get some advice for being productive while practicing rudiments, but any other practice advice is welcome too :)