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it's too bad it isn't just a few years ago... jello could introduce you to wesley willis, and more importantly you could mic the exchange of headbutts for even more drum sounds to play with.
"When he wants to make friends he takes the back of your head in his hand and stares deeply into your eyes; absorbing as much about you as he can, to find out if you're down with him. Or not...
'Say rauw...' says Wes.
'Rauw!'
-BONK!-
'Say rauw...' again.
'Rauw!'
-BONK!-
Usually two or three times before a big smile breaks out on his face."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ToO-6Ue-U
the interviewer is pretty annoying, but if you skip ahead to about 5:30 you might be able to sample the actual sound of the headbutt. a little noise reduction, and maybe reamp that shit through a marshall stack... drumbeat supremeness!
wesley willis will forever and always have whooped batman's ass. r.i.p.
"When he wants to make friends he takes the back of your head in his hand and stares deeply into your eyes; absorbing as much about you as he can, to find out if you're down with him. Or not...
'Say rauw...' says Wes.
'Rauw!'
-BONK!-
'Say rauw...' again.
'Rauw!'
-BONK!-
Usually two or three times before a big smile breaks out on his face."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ToO-6Ue-U
the interviewer is pretty annoying, but if you skip ahead to about 5:30 you might be able to sample the actual sound of the headbutt. a little noise reduction, and maybe reamp that shit through a marshall stack... drumbeat supremeness!
wesley willis will forever and always have whooped batman's ass. r.i.p.
the tape is rolling, the ones and zeros are... um... ones and zeroing.
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also while I'm thinking of it: Cymbal Brine
you don't really need to get the drummers permission for this because they will thank you many times over after the fact. Go ahead and mix warm water with Kosher sea salt (about a 2:1 ratio) and just a dab of extra virgin olive oil (evoo) and wipe liberally onto the top and bottom of cymbals.
This treatment will give the cymbals that classic "brown" sound.
you don't really need to get the drummers permission for this because they will thank you many times over after the fact. Go ahead and mix warm water with Kosher sea salt (about a 2:1 ratio) and just a dab of extra virgin olive oil (evoo) and wipe liberally onto the top and bottom of cymbals.
This treatment will give the cymbals that classic "brown" sound.
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OR, you can just pee on em.you don't really need to get the drummers permission for this because they will thank you many times over after the fact. Go ahead and mix warm water with Kosher sea salt (about a 2:1 ratio) and just a dab of extra virgin olive oil (evoo) and wipe liberally onto the top and bottom of cymbals.
This is easier to do AFTER you appy the "shoot the drummer technique."
It also relieves jelly fish stings.
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off topic...and apologies if i already told this story, my pot-addled mind is failing me, but the cymbals thing reminded me...
so the last drummer i recorded, couple weeks ago...he's setting up his kit, i'm getting the mics together, we're chatting...he mentions that one of his crash cymbals has a crack in it, i say he's welcome to use one of mine. he puts it up, sits down and plays for a bit, goes back and forth between the two crashes. says "yeah cool, sounds great, but i think it's a little dull compared to mine, so i'll just bring some polish tomorrow and shine it up."
ahem. as if "slightly dull cymbals" is a PROBLEM.
"you want to polish my cymbal?"
"yeah."
"no."
i was actually really annoyed that he'd just assume it was ok to polish someone else's cymbal (yeah yeah, your mom polished my yeah yeah) but i guess at least he mentioned it and didn't just go ahead and do it.
also on the subject of cymbals, does anyone care to discuss the proper manner for hitting them?
no?
it's a monologue then.
i have mine pretty much flat, i.e. parallel to the floor, and i hit them on the sides, with the stick basically perpendicular to them. they sound good when i hit them and they sound good recorded. other drummers i have recorded (playing the same cymbals) have them set up at an angle and they seem to hit them kinda flat across the top. oftentimes i don't think this sounds good. it seems a lot harsher and there's sometimes these crazy sharp transient spikes that are a pain in the ass to deal with later.
i'm not claiming i'm right or anything, in fact i've often seen "the angle method" described as the correct way. just curious, as my experience is the opposite.
so the last drummer i recorded, couple weeks ago...he's setting up his kit, i'm getting the mics together, we're chatting...he mentions that one of his crash cymbals has a crack in it, i say he's welcome to use one of mine. he puts it up, sits down and plays for a bit, goes back and forth between the two crashes. says "yeah cool, sounds great, but i think it's a little dull compared to mine, so i'll just bring some polish tomorrow and shine it up."
ahem. as if "slightly dull cymbals" is a PROBLEM.
"you want to polish my cymbal?"
"yeah."
"no."
i was actually really annoyed that he'd just assume it was ok to polish someone else's cymbal (yeah yeah, your mom polished my yeah yeah) but i guess at least he mentioned it and didn't just go ahead and do it.
also on the subject of cymbals, does anyone care to discuss the proper manner for hitting them?
no?
it's a monologue then.
i have mine pretty much flat, i.e. parallel to the floor, and i hit them on the sides, with the stick basically perpendicular to them. they sound good when i hit them and they sound good recorded. other drummers i have recorded (playing the same cymbals) have them set up at an angle and they seem to hit them kinda flat across the top. oftentimes i don't think this sounds good. it seems a lot harsher and there's sometimes these crazy sharp transient spikes that are a pain in the ass to deal with later.
i'm not claiming i'm right or anything, in fact i've often seen "the angle method" described as the correct way. just curious, as my experience is the opposite.
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