POV: Full Day as a Pro Session Drummer (Drama)
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POV: Full Day as a Pro Session Drummer (Drama)
When I was growing up dreaming of making a living playing the drums, I often wondered what it was like to be in a REAL drum recording session. I recently cut a drum track for my buddy Meshach Jackson. I thought I would film the whole thing POV style and bring you along for the ride!
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CAN. NOT. WAIT to put this song out. HUGE thanks to Stephen and the team for including me in this. This song has been on the shelf for over a decade waiting for the right chance to work with the right people to put it out, and now we're finally rounding the corner to the finish line and I'm giddy. Can't wait to share this one with the world and have a chance to brag on my friends.
Thanks for trusting me man. Always love your stuff
Great song, love the feel… thx for sharing the process
I really enjoyed being a part of this awesome song, thanks fellas!
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Not hitting the crash on the one, after the three toms buildup was such a wise choice
Great video! Its funny all the new "science" about drum making (suspension tom mounts, exotic woods, virgin bass drums, wood grain direction!! etc etc.) you use old 60s drum equipment on a rail console and an 8 lug snare and it sounds great. We drummers get too caught up in stuff.
This is such a great & honest capturing of what it feels like to be a drummer in the studio. Gear issues, anxiety, not knowing the stops even though you've heard them a million times and of course, learning new drum parts on the fly, that you haven't integrated into the song before. So good!
Awesome session! Working in a recording studio looks so insanely fun to me. Even the hard parts.
We ain't layin bricks for sure!
Great vid dude I’ve been watching this on and off the last 2 days. I also hate wasting time between takes, run it back while we’re in the flow and go again. Reps reps reps - hell yeah great insight man!
Bro, the song sounds great! Thanks for sharing the process. I imagine it was difficult to hit publish. Thanks for being real and vulnerable in your craft! Keep putting out great content!
CB700? My first kit was a used CB700. I thought everyone had forgotten they ever existed! I was over the moon when I got them.
You know it’s actually quite refreshing to see you go through this start to finish. I’m sure a lot of people think professional drummers nail there parts right off, so to see you try different things than get feedback and apply it is awesome!….
Yea, each session and song is a process for sure. Which is the fun part to me. The discovery of the song as we go along
That's a GREAT Song Fellas, very well done!!!
Totally been there. Last time was a few months ago. I was asked to put my take on a song where the original drums weren’t quite right. Took us 3-4 hours to finish a perfect take. TOTALLY worth it though. There’s a great feeling when all the pieces fall into place😀
Thank you for sharing this, Stephen. It’s nice to get insight into your job, and like with many jobs, key is communication and breaking down misunderstanding barriers in a polite and respectful way.
Ah my favourite time signature!! Your snare ghost note patterns are awesome, and you add alot of movement and emotion to a good song. Really cool seeing how a drummer of your calibre has alot of the same issues that I experience when tracking, especially the pyschological aspect of thinking about parts, analysing stuff you've just played while trying to be the moment with the new part you're actually playing....or stopping a take when no-one else thinks you've done anything 'wrong' but you just don't reckon you've played with the right feel or conviction, and you're trying to negotiate getting a take you're happy with while not annoying the hell out of everyone else
Great video Stephen! Love the creative input and of course your drumming .🥁🙏🏻
Killer video , I kind of heard a Ringo feel myself 🥁
Thanks for all you do and share with us
Thanks my friend!
I also heard a Ringo feel in those triplet runs down the kit (which sounded really creative and musically appropriate).
Actually sat and watched the whole thing! So amazing to see the whole process! Brilliant work!
Awesome video; it is always inspiring to see a pro at work.
Really awesome video Stephen!! I heard studio/session drummers get paid very well, truth?? I'm alway curious what path's are out there for the drummer besides the obvious, playing in a big band! Thank you..
Wow, great job! Love studio stuff. Great playing. :)
Thanks for this. It makes me feel better about my recording. I tend to get redlight-itis. Great job!
More sessions videos would be awesome 👏🏽 !
Thanks for sharing this, to show your process and to encourage me that I’m doing it right (mostly)!
Hey, I'm just another player trying to do the work like everyone else! We're in the same boat
Great feel Stephen. You are so good.
Thank you my friend
More videos like this one,Stephen. Way to go!
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Long way from playing on Bourbon St. Great job on the recording .
This was very cool! I love sessions that get weird!
This was so much fun to watch (over and over). I will share it with my 10 yr old grandson who is eaten up with drum love. He especially likes anything old.
Great part, had me air drumming to it. 👍
Thanks! Great direction from Meshach...once I caught what he was trying to say haha
Great playing and beautiful song.
When (or where?) do we get to hear the final mix?
We’re still working on the final mix. I’ll post a link when it’s live.
Great work on such an intricate piece! What's the name of the track, I want to download it as it's such a nice track to chill out to.
The song is called Need Her More. We’re still working on the production. I’ll post a vid/link as soon as it’s live.
Awesome
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This is all your gear? so freaking cool!
Yea, been collecting a little while haha
I love playing in 3.
Nice 👍🏽
Cool video. Thanks for the perspective. Question: It seems like someone is clapping slightly off the beat, at times, in at least one of the four takes, but it's not mentioned, or maybe I missed the graphic. Do you hear the same thing? If so, is that ok maybe due to the added depth, kind of like double tracking a vocal?
Great video! Technical question, when you flip the pattern (around 44min), do you play a double with your left hand (floor and then the accent on 1 on the snare) or do you play a diddle with the right hand to buy some time (and be able to give the power on the downbeat on the snare)? Either way, you sound great!
Lol, I was having to do it on the fly and I don't remember. Knowing myself, I would have played a double in my left and just tried to land back on the snare
I have mixed feelings about this sesdion. Your drumming is tops and attitudd pro. Ain't gonna lie, this kind of gave me some ptsd from a session I did a few years back. I think the one more time hinted of....
Haha! Man, I hear that almost EVERY session. And every engineer or artist says it differently lol. Just part of the job. I honestly don't care, I simply want them to get what they need. And if they're not feeling it, let's do another until they do
Looks demanding but you remained upbeat 👍🏻
Great video! Little over played for that song IMO but thats what the man wanted 🤷♂️
The way they are mixing it, it actually sounds great. Not an overly aggressive drum mix so it sits nice even though it's busy
Not sure on a scale of 1 to 10 how Stephen would rate this session pertaining to difficulty? I can’t imagine how the greats like Jeff Porcaro and Bernard Purdie dealt with the likes of Donald Fagan and Walter Becker of Steely Dan. Really cool to see!
This was a pretty typical session. All of the things we ran across were pretty typical...gear issues, botched takes, communication with the artist. They are all challenging in their own ways but also a lot of fun
Donald and Walter got along really well with drummers. They would let them do their thing and if they didn't feel it, they would get somebody else to do their thing and see how that went.
@@ndykman_pdx I agree. Jeff Porcaro shares a great story about when he was 19 years old. He was very uncomfortable playing Black Friday. He didn’t wanna play that song. But Becker and Fagan made him play it. And he did a great job.
20k views and only 400 likes... C'mon people, thumb the thumb button!
Excellent example of why you need a producer. The part is just way too busy. I know you said he is working a lot on the mix to make it sounds less busy and top-heavy. So, why not just do that from the beginning in the actual performance. Artists will get too stuck on their ideas. A producer gets them unstuck.
Depends on the producer. But, in the end, it's the artists vision of a song that matters. You could say the same about the part for the RHCP...or the Hendrix song I reference. In the end, they become a part of the song. If that's what the artist hears, that's what needs to be played. I can list songs for days that have busy drum parts. Could another part have worked? Sure. But would the song have been the same? No. If you give the same song to 15 different artists, you will get 15 completely different versions. A good producer listens to the artists vision and then looks for the quality in that. My job is to help that artists vision come alive.
@@StephenTaylorDrums Excellent point in that a bad producer can destroy even the best of projects.
I love the part. And, despite what a lot of artists and producers are going for, I'm making music that I like. The final product is gonna be awesome.
For Tom's, do you prefer 421s or ls308 la
Either can work, just depends on the sound you're wanting. I've gotten solid sounds with both
I love you pookie bear
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Channelling Chad Smith - Breaking the girl?
Yep
Nailed it. That was the reference.
My favorite is these drummers going through all of this just to have the engineer pretty much replace all of it with sampling! They get the best drummers in the world and use samples! Ugh!
Samples are part of the landscape now. Just how it is. The great engineers use then as a tool and not as a crutch. If done properly, they can add a lot. Or take away a lot. All in how the tool is used
Nice song. I hope he removes the auto tune. Obviously puanful at times
Everything you hear is a scratch track tp just get me something to cut to. Scratch vox, guit, etc. So there's no reason to spend a bunch of time getting it perfect. I've cut to much rougher tracks than this.
Love you, love your channel, love your playing on this. But, and i don't want to bash the guy at all - why do a lot of musicians who make charming, earthy, basically simple folk songs, feel the need to overcomplicate their music with asymetric forms, parts, bars, to many kicks / stops in strange places? I just turned down a real decent gig by an otherwise great musician knowing what pain it'll be to have 20 red flags in each of the 15+ songs of the set... And it's not (only) because i am lazy. I feel that a lot of music would be better it would be more simple and just flow, as everyone in the band will relax, play more musical and audiences will get it more easily. Love. Peace.
You should hear the mix. He's doing an incredible job of mixing this drum part in where it sounds natural and not at all top busy.
@@StephenTaylorDrums Thanks!!! I didn't want to bash it, it's just something i am thinking about a lot - things that might feel better If they more simple.. Keep up your great work. Your drumming is always clear, relateable, sincere.
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Why on earth would any Drummer use sticks with bare wooden tips?
That is ssoooo 1930's. Too soft. Too dull. No bright ping. Uughh.
I can't stand plastic, nylon, or any other type of tip. Not musical sounding to my ear