How To Record Drums Like The Beatles In 1963 

Every drummer played right handed back then. Learning drums included marching & that means everyone in formation with a deep drum hanging off the left hip all playing right hand technique

@Wakanda stfu

Often wondered why he didn't just swap his hi hat, rack tom and floor tom positions and play naturally?

@Wakanda Commonly referred to at the time as the "luckiest bastard in Liverpool"

Travis Barker is also left handed

Extremely underrated ringo drumming

Love to see that one. Please people. 👍

@this is our house Shuuuuuut up man lol tomorrow never knows, rain, strawberry field forever, etc these are all songs that Ringo contributes greatly to. Clean out your ears

@this is our house no, peace and love

that’s right! cheers!

I love Ringos drum roll on the Day Tripper intro. 😉

thanks!

Swinging like a still broomstick (hey I love it its just a joke)

@@LazerBrendan You have a nice hair

100% agree with you!

there might be some very special Revolver stuff coming soon !

Yes! Apologies for the mixup... We may have one coming up for a Please Please Me video

Yes, he had a 14 x 4 Premier royal ace snare with that first kit.

thank you!

There's a few examples of that on Beatles songs. But there are two other blatant examples of it. Led Zep's Since I've Been Loving You which actually gives the song a wonderful raw feel. And The Searchers version of Needles And Pins, best if you have the stereo version played through headphones. Once you hear it, it'll annoy the hell out of you every time you hear it from then on.

bramleyddraig yep! I’ve zeroed in on those as well. 👍

I've never heard of the squeaky bass drum pedal

One of my faves, and Brendan has a Pianet :)

Yep classic

Only the metaphysical beatlemaniac weirdos take notice of this one, like myself

@@rafaelzengo5534 you might enjoy this :-) open.spotify.com/playlist/4ggkgjzfZkETAHFYQ3xk3f?si=9Rx11zNZScWQ3SQiRfnhOA

White Album Drums coming soon! Very similar

But if you cannot wait we did a pretty great course on it with Warren Huart years back promixacademy.com/course/re-recording-the-beatles-abbey-road/

Thats a great idea ! Theyre very subtle to me in fact the difference is mostly when they're pushed more you hear the difference

@@BoulevardRecording -- hey thx. I ended up buying the Waves J37 emulator plugin and I hear more fullness on the low end on the 815 setting vs 888 and 811 which are more are similar. I also tried your idea of pushing it, and yeah what i hear it more smoothness with the 888 and 811, and more crunch on the 815. Not sure if these results would hold true for the hardware as well. Even though I love the 60s production over the 70s, when I use the J37 I always use 815, which was more around for the 70s. I know it's just one setting in the production chain, but that's just what I'm hearing. cheers

If you check out the class I did for Pro Mix Academy we did the drums on that part ! We did how part of Abbey Road was recorded. promixacademy.com/course/re-recording-the-beatles-abbey-road/

Good to know ! Abbey Road must’ve used 50ohms to match the impedance of their desks

@@BoulevardRecording you can tell which impedence they are by the little badge on the rear of the mic just above the suspension mount. If it is flush with the body it's 300 ohms if it's recessed it's 50 ohms, usually there's a number there but it can wear off

Microphonology yes later about mid 1964 they switch to the D20 on kick and bass amp and AKG D19 on overhead. That video will come next ! Looks similar to the D12 but has a roll off circuit

Microphonology yes later about mid 1964 they switch to the D20 on kick and bass amp and AKG D19 on overhead. That video will come next ! Looks similar to the D12 but has a roll off circuit

Hey there ! Once we are back in business after the lockdown we are doing Beatles mid 60's !! And then we will do Sgt Peppers as well.

Lol yeah, with -15 decibels.

Will do !

Yes, that dreadful 3 legged Premier stool. It must have the most uncomfortable drum stool ever made. So unstable

Too many highs only kill the richness of the sound If there is a lot of phase shift. Those RS127 boxes were shelf’s so phase shift was very minimal. Richness was still there. They also cut a lot of lows in those days because of Vinyl

brendan but yes

Haha maybe you are thinking of Normans Rare Guitars. Thanks! We are a fan of Clay and Boulevard Recording Studios

Thanks for the info ! Root beer swirl was the color it was sometimes referred to. And yes the swivomatic came later, he installed it onto his 2nd Black Oyster kit. His first still had the rail consolette Mount. You can see McCartney using it on his first solo album.

The first Ringo kit got a swivomatic as well- www.ringosbeatlekits.com/ludwig-sets-1-and-2.html

Yes the 2nd downbeat kit has the swivomatic. First one did not. Here’s a shot of it at McCartney’s house when Ringo let him use it to make his first album images.app.goo.gl/KEfro7PsMQ9k8fGEA

yes true, I just meant "undercut" compared to the standard US measurements we are used to today. And yes, I meant rootbeer swirl or mahagony duroplast. For some reason, I had my first ever drum kit- a rootbeer sparkle ludwig club date, stuck in my head.

@@LazerBrendan Love this video and all that you are doing.

Stones vids to come if we can get some more info on the recording process !

Hahahahaha

Love You Jimmy !!! Miss ya !

Oooh I like that idea.... And Brendan (the drummer in this video) has a Hohner pianet ! Strings would be the trick to do during COVID ! May be a while but I’ll put that one down

Every channel ! The more the better, thats the idea of the plugin to get tape sound individually on everything. Thats whats recommended to get the "sound" from that plug

John Bonham comes to mind...

@@hdrjunkie By the time Bonzo came along, Ringo’s Ludwig influence was well and truly in place. Others just continued it.

I just don't care, every drummer has it's thing. That's pretty cool

Well if you watched, I did use REDD channels made by Chandler and the U48 (not 47) was the mic of choice and was setup as a vocal mic. They never used those mics on the drums

@@BoulevardRecording i know, it was wride by me to say what made the 50s/60s records in sound! ...and for sure it was the neumann u47 for vocals and Instruments as well! ...today it is moste used for vocals (becouse its very expensive like tlf mixer pre amps) ...but back at the day thay was used as allround micros! Its a "großmembranmikrophon röhre" ...i want not say some bad thing, only wgat the real sound made in that time periode! Greetings

At Abbey Road in the early 60’s and yes even in 1966 had rules on low end. They had lots of rules. But mostly because of vinyl since that was the medium. Cutting lathes were very primitive and were all cut manually so unwanted low end can easily push a groove out if it’s too much for the lathe, then they would have to scrap that whole side and start cutting again . Americans at the time (Motown) had looser protocols hence why McCartney wanted that “Motown” bass sound

the 12" tom is tuned very high, higher than one would think. 14" vintage ludwig floor toms almost always sound good, and I usually let them do their thing if the bottom is tuned a little higher than the top. maybe a 4th difference. get the batter side to have just enough of a low note and keep thinking "she loves you!"

With recording fidelity having come so far with digital many feel that the recordings have become too clean or sterile of any artifacts that might give the recording a unique tone or feel. The tape adds saturation to the audio as well as augments the eq in other ways. Though, with a real tape machine like the 38 the playback wont always be perfect(might drag or pull instead of running at a steady rate like 7 1/2" ips and fluctuate the audio) it will be minor but little intricacies like this are desirable for some peoples music tastes. It can take a quiet guitar and vocal and give it a presence and a feel that you wont get straight digitally.

@@colbydrums924 Ah, I see. I make this effect with recording in my kitchen and using cheap microphones. (just joking) Thanks a lot and all the best, greetings from Hamburg, K.K.

Thats the best way to get the effect! Cheers from Florida!