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Really good job technically! Accurate and smooth! However, do you intentionally muffle your drums like that or are the microphones causing that? Back in the days of Mark Craney, Brother to Brother, etc., his drums had a resonance free, thud like sound to them which I love! My Tama B/B Starclassic's have somewhat of a pop, not thud, to them with minimal resonance too. But your drums sound like they have wash cloths on the skins to be open and honest. A little too dead sounding. I couldn't help noticing it and felt curious enough to ask you. I love your drumming though, not critical of that at all, I just noticed your unusual sound and I thought if your drums had more crispness and pop to them, it would really open em up and sound more dynamic and all the more amazing!
Mike this is a unique interpretation of the of Mitch Mitchell: using the more Crash, eliminating the ghost snare hits and the fills... I kinda like the change! \m/
Hello there! Thank you for listening; I'm glad you liked my interpretation! I wasn't sure about riding the crash on this tune when the idea first came into my head, but when I listened back, I really liked it! It definitely works on this tune! Once again, it's your ears that are the final arbiter!
I appreciate the "great playing man" comment; thank you! I know many drummers prefer a more open sound, and I get it, but for me, after a lot of experimentation over the years, I have found that a more open sound leads to less "distinction & impact", especially when I am playing a lot of tom-tom rhythms. For me... I love this studio leaning sound!
Thank you for hanging in there! I appreciate it! I'm able to spend more time now and have several new drum covers and music productions I'll be posting!
These guys giving off a vibe as if they're sitting on a 10k collection of pokemon cards without knowing they got bank in the pocket. This should be the perfect world.
Hello William, thank you for watching the video and for your comment. This was one of those takes where I just went into the studio and threw down a mostly improvised performance! I knew the song from when I was a kid, but had only played the tune a couple of times earlier in the week and wasn’t even sure I was going to do a drum cover video of it. I was feeling inspired that morning, threw the cameras on, hit record on my recording gear, and “went for it”. At the time, I had no intention of even posting it, but when I listed to it later, I liked the overall vibe of the take, even though, Imagining for a moment if I had been the drummer on the original recording in the studio, I would have been a bit more “measured” in a couple of spots. Your comment was reasonable, and thank you for watching! I really appreciate it! Best, Mike
Hello Jorge! Yes, I disappeared for a while! Thank you for remembering me and keeping an eye out for more videos; I really appreciate it! Stay well! Mike
As a long-time fan of Rush, I admit to a small amount of skepticism when Mike told me he'd done a cover of YYZ to add to the thousands already out there. But boy oh boy, was I wrong to be skeptical! Mike, you've obviously lived and breathed this tune for so long that you have made it your own. It feels like you're having a conversation with Neil from beyond the veil, saying, "That's cool, but what about this fill here instead?" And I think he would approve.
If you want to see somebody play the drum part exactly as Neil had played it, you can use the Search box above and type YYZ Drum Cover. You will undoubtedly find dozens of excellent drummers doing their best to play every note exactly (or at least, largely) as Neil had. I have no doubt that Mike could have done the same. Even better, you can just watch Neil do it himself in no small number of videos. It is refreshing to see somebody constructing a creative interpretation of a Rush song. Mike has kept the parts that are indispensable to the song and he has simultaneously made the song his own - no doubt a tricky balance. Well done. I look forward to the next video. Rock on!
