blog.myspace.com/echoroomproductions : " Recording primer 2 *DRUMMERS* we all want a good drum sound right? of course! good sounding drums are a HUGE part of making a good record. here are some steps to take to make sure your drums sound just the way you want: first off, we need a good (decent anyway) kit. CBs and old kits that consist of 5 different kits that all sound like poo wont cut it...sorry kids. if possible, TRY and borrow someones nicer kit..come on, we are all in bands, we all know at least...what...156 drummers? next. either tune them yourself very well, or have someone else tune them for you, i would REALLY advise to get them professionally tuned, it makes a huge difference, a very well tuned tama rockstar, will record 100 times better then a crappy tuned pearl session or DW. before you go about with all that tuning shenanagans...get some new heads. put them on a week before you start recording to break them in. now this is the part where alot of people make a h...

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"Recording a Great Drum Sound Recording Drums Recording a great drum sound should not be difficult. Start with a great sounding room and tune your drums well so that they sound good in the room. Then all the engineer need do is put up a few decent mics and record. I remember a session I recorded with the fabulous engineer Gary Mankin. Someone came through the control room and asked him how he got such a great drum sound. He said it was VERY DIFFICULT, he had to put up a few mics and run them into the board – that’s it – no eq, no gimmics, no tricks. Just a well tuned drum set, in a good sounding room, played well and we had a great drums sound. I have been fortunate to recording in some very nice recording studios, I have also been involved in some very low budget recording projects. You don’t need a high priced studio to get a great drum sound, it helps a lot, but it is possible to get a great drums sound in a low budget situation too. You need a great sounding room! With the por...

"A paradiddle is a rudiment that combines single and double strokes in such a way that alows drummers to make more interesting patterns, free up a hand so that it can move somewhere else on the drums and of course makes for a lovley variety of beats particularly in the funk genre. here are the major paradiddles and their most common names then: paradiddle RLRR LRLL double paradiddle RLRLRR LRLRLL triple paradiddle RLRL RLRR LRLR LRLL paradiddlediddle RLRRLL or LRLLRR paradiddlediddlediddle RLRR LLRR LRLL RRLL inverted paradiddle RRLR LLRL permutated paradiddle RLLR LRRL double inverted paradiddle RLRRLR LRLLRL double permutated paradiddle RLRLLR LRLRRL triple inverted paradiddle RLRLRRLR LRLRLLRL triple permutated paradiddle RLRLRLLR LRLRLRRL"

Cures For Common Drum Problems SNARE DRUMS Symptom: The Snare Drum has too much ring. Cures: 1. Tune the heads lower. 2. Use a heavier head (i.e. Coated CS with Dot on Bottom or Coated Emperor). 3. Use a full or partial muffling ring. 4. Use an alternate Snare Drum. 5. Have the edges checked and/or recut to a flatter angle. Symptom: The Snare Drum doesn’t have enough ring. Cures: 1. Tune the head higher. 2. Use a thinner head (i.e. Coated Ambassador or Diplomat). 3. Use an alternate Snare Drum. 4. Have the edges checked and/or recut to a sharper angle. Symptom: The Snares buzz when the Tom-toms are hit. Cures: 1. Check that the snares are straight. Replace as needed. 2. Check that the snares are flat and centered on the drum. 3. Loosen the bottom head. 4. Retune the offending toms. 5. Use an alternate Snare Drum. TOM-TOMS Symptom: One or more of the Tom-toms are difficult to tune, don’t blend or have an unwanted 'growl.' Cures: 1. Check the top hea...

Troy's Drum Tips for Young Drummers: Drum Tips - More on Tuning The Snare Drum : "Drum Tips - More on Tuning The Snare Drum In the truely 'artistic' sense, there is no right or wrong way to tune a snare drum. However, there are some consistent elements of tuning that will make it easier to get the sounds you want out of your snare drum instead of being stuck with a drum sound that you don't like. For those of you who are frustrated with the current sound you're getting from your snare drum the following steps should help maintain equal tension between the lugs and ultimately get the sound your looking for from your snare drum. Start with New Heads It is best to start with new heads - can't get a good sound with those old, worn out, beat up, crusty heads. Spend a few bucks and get yourself new heads. Especially think about replacing the heads before any big show or recording session. Your audience, bandmates, and engineers will thank you! Personally, I prefe...

Troy's Drum Tips for Young Drummers: Drum Tips - Bass Drum Tuning : "Drum Tips - Bass Drum Tuning Heads Good heads are essential part of good tone. If you have a dent from the beater wearing into the batter head of your kick drum you are overdue for a head change. The resonant (front) head needs replacing much less often - but once in a while it's not a bad idea to replace it too. Drum heads are actually much stronger when they are very tight. Bass drum heads are generally at a much lower tension than any of the other drums. Low tension makes the bass drum head more prone to damage and it does suffer when you kick it over and over in the exact same spot with every stroke! Mic Hole A hole in the front bass drum head gives access for microphone placement and changes to any internal mufffling. It also changes the sound of the drum. The air stream generated by striking the batter head will bounce back and forth better with as much of the front head remaining as possible. A sma...

Meth In any talk about drugs, there is always a clutch who want to argue the toss about whether a certain drug is "addictive" or not, as if "addiction", "dependency", "habit" and "problem" are the John, Paul, George and Ringo of narcotics discussion, each drug authored primarily by one and not the others. Such talk might be useful in a purely scientific context, but where humanity is concerned it is a bigger waste of time than addiction itself. We all know what we are trying to say when we refer to "addiction", and I'm not going to add to the chinstroker's library by attempting to quantify it here. Perhaps a more useful analogy is to simply say that all drugs have a tendency to lead you to 'The Beatles'. Today, we're going to look at heroin, undoubtedly the White Album of the catalogue, but I'll post that around midday. In the meantime, here's that curious gatecrasher called crystal meth, which can ...

Home Movies co-creator Brendon Small By Daniel Robert Epstein Jul 13, 2005 Home Movies co-creator Brendon Small and I have a lot in common. We’re nearly the same age, we were both fat kids and we love to watch bad movies. I got a chance to talk with Small about the Season Two DVD set of Home Movies that was just released. But we ended up mostly chatting about the worst movies ever. Get Home Movies Season Two Daniel Robert Epstein: What are you up to today? Brendon Small: Today? Nothing, nothing good, no, no. I did a big show last night that was fun at the Comedy Central Stage so, that’s, that’s what I did yesterday, but today I got nothing. I was going to see a movie. DRE: What movie? BS: Kung-Fu Hustle possibly. DRE: Oh it’s awesome! BS: That’s what everyone says, yeah. DRE: Did you see Shaolin Soccer? BS: Yeah, I did see that. DRE: Same guy so… BS: What else is out there? DRE: Eh just see that [laughs] BS: I saw Sin City. DRE: That’s good! BS: Yeah, I thought that was good too. DRE: ...

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