The snare drum in this video is played wrong. Questlove used what was called the "mother-son" style of playing drums on most of the album which was inspired by "Mother's Son" by Curtis Mayfield. The drummer on that song played the drum by hitting the edge of the snare and rim at the same time. If you listen to "The Line" and "The Root" and most of the songs on the album, that's how the snare was played. On the Mayfield song you can hear it around the 1:28 mark.
i shouldn't reveal russes secrets but that's not how he did it. a few pointers: don't filter out low end on overheads. use neve eq's. use rca style ribbon mics. snare mic positon-parallel to the top head near the rim. vari mu compression!!! (parallel)
Fiona Apple - "Fast As You Can" Jellyfish - "The King Is Half Undressed" Sly & the Family Stone - "In Time" Tones On Tail - "Happiness" Meshell Ndegeocello - "God Fear Money" Q-Tip - "Breathe and Stop" Prince - "Dance On" The Meters - "Just Kissed My Baby" Rickie Lee Jones - "Chuck E's In Love" Terence Trent D'Arby - "Dance Little Sister"
one of my favourite albums - i have probably heard this album through over 10 times, and if you played me your final result back to back with the original recording, i don't know if i'd be able to tell the difference between the two - holy smokes.
I absolutely love this entire series but would love to see some of these recreated sounds but on a normal home-studio budget. I know it'll never sound quite as good but I watch every tutorial and do wonder what you could do with more mics in the SM57 budget range that probably most of us can afford here!
An interview I read with Steven he talked about how as he was transitioning away from the main drummer role he just recorded a ton of loops and samples and was designing beats in the DAW. So some tracks the drum parts are combining things he played ages ago. But this song definitely sounds squashed and dirtied up with a huge room sound on the chorus. They talk about it a bit here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-widmy3lqT_w.html
Wonder if you can debunk the myth of how Joy Division’s drums were recorded on (I believe) was the track “She’s Lost Control”. Did they really have to do it one piece of the kit at a time to cut out any bleed over (or even put the drums on the roof?) Or was it something else. Also I’m pretty sure the “snare” is a spray can.
I'm just always surprised to see a successful artist playing Minarik. Guitarists are always familiar with them but most other people haven't heard of them.
I just listened to the original. Something about that stick sound that feels so uncomfortable to me. It actually makes me not want to hear the track, which is a shame because the other ideas feel cool. So I was surprised to see this might be a reference people would chase after. Different strokes and all that, but it instantly stuck out as weird to me. A bit lower in the mix and I might not have felt that way. I dunno.
Love that so many of these videos are made with absolute junk drums. Any kick, snare, of cymbal you can find in the dumpster... add duck tape and blankets liberally, and then use EXPENSIVE overhead or room mics and outboard gear. I am not being disparaging here. It's often the truth about recording things...
