Randomly figured I'd cover this song when I found that two families very close to me are expecting a kid or two soon - got me thinking about what kids mean to us ...whether it's our inner child, our children or the children of those we love and cherish. Drum wise - it's quite an easy song, and I thought one needs to keep an eye on timing here - as with all drumming, of course - this song is so precisely timed by the singer against high hat openings in the original recording that any variation in the drums would be glaringly obvious if not subtly annoying ...and yes, I missed out on a HH opening or two, in keeping with the tradition. So, the original was drummed live by the brilliant Will Champion. It was a lot of fun to drum - thank you Will and all the professional musicians who produced the original.
As for my humble set up …drums tuned by Genesio and equipment advice from Paco. The boys at Better Music ...well, they're just better - google'em!! Recording: the Control Room (CR) signal from the Mackie desk is sent to a Sony HD-MVR camera - the 120° lens (wide angle) makes everything look bloated - but captures almost all the equipment. Sound processing: ...acoustic Maple-Walnut hybrid shell drums mixed/equalised on a Yamaha MG20XU mixer desk with 7 Shure drum mics (no FX used); play along song on an ol'Dell laptop - Yamaha mixer desk and laptop feeding into my li'l Mackie mixer desk, monitored from the Mackie on a pair of Beyerdynamics headphones via a Behringer headphone amp. Drums, cymbals and sticks: ...ye trusty ol'Mapex Saturn V shell kit, Remo heads + Ludwig Supralite 14" x 5.5" steel snare standard Ludwig head + RTOM Black Hole mufflers on all drums + Sabian Quiet Tone cymbals, with Vic Firth's American Classic Extreme 5B sticks - for a change.
Randomly figured I'd cover this song when I found that two families very close to me are expecting a kid or two soon - got me thinking about what kids mean to us ...whether it's our inner child, our children or the children of those we love and cherish.
Drum wise - it's quite an easy song, and I thought one needs to keep an eye on timing here - as with all drumming, of course - this song is so precisely timed by the singer against high hat openings in the original recording that any variation in the drums would be glaringly obvious if not subtly annoying ...and yes, I missed out on a HH opening or two, in keeping with the tradition.
So, the original was drummed live by the brilliant Will Champion. It was a lot of fun to drum - thank you Will and all the professional musicians who produced the original.
As for my humble set up …drums tuned by Genesio and equipment advice from Paco. The boys at Better Music ...well, they're just better - google'em!!
Recording: the Control Room (CR) signal from the Mackie desk is sent to a Sony HD-MVR camera - the 120° lens (wide angle) makes everything look bloated - but captures almost all the equipment.
Sound processing:
...acoustic Maple-Walnut hybrid shell drums mixed/equalised on a Yamaha MG20XU mixer desk with 7 Shure drum mics (no FX used); play along song on an ol'Dell laptop - Yamaha mixer desk and laptop feeding into my li'l Mackie mixer desk, monitored from the Mackie on a pair of Beyerdynamics headphones via a Behringer headphone amp.
Drums, cymbals and sticks:
...ye trusty ol'Mapex Saturn V shell kit, Remo heads + Ludwig Supralite 14" x 5.5" steel snare standard Ludwig head + RTOM Black Hole mufflers on all drums + Sabian Quiet Tone cymbals, with Vic Firth's American Classic Extreme 5B sticks - for a change.