How to Write, Play, & Record (1960s) Garage Rock Drums 

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This a breath of fresh air after watching endless videos of digital recording engineers TRYING to make their recordings sound analog

I'm really floored by your flexibility as a drummer--no drummer I've ever played with (there have been lots) would ever move or remove toms or be open-minded enough to embrace the limitations you impose on yourself in this video. You are the epitome of a musician who "plays for the song." Ringo would be proud! I hope to work with you someday.

Having watched this free of charge, I feel like a criminal. This information can be applied so many genres of music. Very intuitive, straight to the point and enjoyable. Great music too! Cheers

This is the sound I am looking for and nowadays music missing

This is really cool. I'm a metal drummer but love me some 60s rock, especially the weird psychedelic stuff. Getting a good drum sound is hard. You did it with one mic. That sounded awesome!

Garage Rock/Surf Rock is not about how much equipment you have. It's all about attitude and authenticity. Great video btw.

I grew up listening to Garage/Surf bands and when I close my eyes it takes me back to those days, your sound is both accurate and authentic. You captured the essence of what many of these bands were striving for, a live crisp sound like when these bands played in a school gymnasium, local music hall, or skate rinks. Love your analytical dissection of the garage rock sound! A lot of these garage band guys are still jamming. I know one that had a hit in the 60's and gigs at least twice a week. These garageband/surf guys would be stoked on what you are doing!

As a guitarist who try’s to play drums for recording projects, I found this very inspiring! Thanks 🙏

You’re exactly the kind of producer/engineer I would want to record my album. If only I wasn’t on the other side of the country.

Maaaan! I love this, very 60's vibe and sound; and if i could name this band i would call it The Nøds.

dude your channel is incredible, these videos are so good.

I love this so much, really embracing the DIY and “use what you’ve got “ philosophy, with K.I.S.S. Making room for happy accidents, brilliant!

Man … where have you been hiding? You could’ve saved a lot of people a lot of time a long time ago. So great. You mail everything you say. Have you recorded any bands or produced a record for anyone else? Would love to hear.

Your content is stellar man keep it up 👍🏾

Really nice authentic 60s sound... beat • psych • surf • rock ... ❤

SICK SOUNDS MAN!!! 🔥Cheers from Canada

Right when I start to learn drums. Thank you

This is some real cool interesting stuff that I stumbled on today and I seriously like it. Thanx for the info.

As always so GOOD.

Man I love this channel. The humor is top notch. I laughed my ass off at that seagull picture over the squeaky pedal

That drummer's drip is rather groovy! Purple Haze bro.

as someone who plays anything else but drums; the setup, eq and recording process seems like a lot of daunting, hard work

You're killing it, dude!

this is so awesome you are a godsend ☮️❤️🍄

Mario amigo mio! jajaja This is what I was looking for when I found your channel a few weeks ago. Thank you

Thanks for giving folks an inside look at doing it all yourself. Friend: "What did you do today?" You: "I spent twelve hours recording drums for one song." Friend: "uh........ what?" Another great video Mario. Stealing all of this knowledge!

Piper at the Gates of Dawn absolutely has the best hard pans. They seem EXTRA hard, somehow.

Man these videos are great!

God damn that intro track is catchy as HELL! Great work with this vid.

When I was in college I worked at a Uhaul that had storage units and people would throw away mattresses all day every day. So my buds and I acquired 4 of them and built a frame with 2x4s - we used 3 of the mattresses two create 3 sides of a square, and put the fourth one on top. Put the drumset inside and recorded it with those two MXL's 990 and 991. And I kick mic I believe. It sounded pretty great actually.

I once got a great drum set sound with a single Realistic PZM on the ground in front of the drum set. It picked up everything in the kit in a very balanced way. I was shocked. Great video!

Instantly subbed. I'm in for all of this

Great video as always, Mario! Always look forward to your stuff!

I fucking love this! your studio looks amazing btw!

The final take vibes like The Walkmen, nice work friendo!

great video mario, yesssssss great stuff

first time seeing your channel, instantly impressed. thanks

I was searching this video for years now! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas & stuff! Youre a true kinda sir! Trash on! Garage Surf 4 ever

you hear that? that’s *THE DRIP!*

Oh man, I’ve been waiting for this! I love your drum sound, and your tutorials!

Awesome! Thank for doing this video, exactly what I've been waiting for from you!

So good man!!! Absolutely love your tips. Super keen on any more videos!

Incredible work on this man!

You truly have grace and style and understand your stylistic choices!

This is gold, love the video and authenticity. Just subbed!

Another excellent video. Thanks for the info, Mario!

God that is killer tone. I love how hard you worked to get it and it is inspiring to see someone go from where you started and ended. Very tasty.

Beautiful gear, video, and sounds brother! Thank you!

Love your tracks dude, so groovy

As a drummer and a fan a of analog music this is awesome! New subscriber! I am big fan of Daptone Records and they have taught me a lot of recording to tape and mic placement. Also - they have a real sick imprint label called WICK Records which is all Garage Rock - very cool stuff man!

That was wonderful! SM57 on the bass drum and an omni on the snare - the exact opposite of what everyone would recommend. You are crazy - crazy like a fox! :-) You are a seriously creative and clearly competent at recording and know when to break all the rules to get a sound. And boy do you ever get the sound. I love your approach and attitude. Showing us your recording process was just fantastic. Plus you crack me up. You're onto something great - keep going Mario!

You're awesome Mario. This is hugely inspiring. I feel I've got a grip over most recording scenarios but drums is where I really want to improve (always). Can't wait to see more of your content in the future.

thanks for very useful information 👊

Amazing Video my man! This was super informative. I just wish I lived nearer I'd be hitting you up to play drums in a band. Keep up the great content as always. Looking forward to the album.

another good vid! takes quite a bit of ambition to 1- write the music, 2-play all the parts, 3-engineer all the instruments, then, 4- shoot and edit the entire process on video to bring to us. i'd like to see a video, if you haven't already, explaining your studio situation... room treatments? second floor? do you own the space or rent? are the neighbors okay with you making sounds or do you ever have to deal with planes trains or trucks grinding past? keep it up!

Love these videos

thanks for the advices, youre an awesome teacher!! cheers from brasillll

Damn that's inspiring. I love the whole retro garage band sound and now I'm tempted to create a few tunes in that vein. Of course I'll have to do it mostly digitally drumwise on a DAW, but I'll make an attempt. Great tutorial man, and dig your music.

Great video! I'm primarily a drummer and just wanted to chip in to say that you don't _need_ vintage cymbals to get that "vintage sound". 😉 It's all about size, weight (thinner or thicker), and formulation (metal/alloy type, CuSn8 Bronze being a prime example of one of the tried & true vintage cymbal formulations). You just need to research which series is geared towards that older, more traditional sound and sample them (hopefully in person). Some companies make modern reproductions of their older series.. Paiste comes to mind with their Big Beat and Formula 602. I also have some Zildjian K's that are newish but sound vintage. However, if you can get a great deal on some old Zildjians or whatever brand you prefer, then that's probably the way to go if you're on a budget. I'd love to have another vintage set of drums.. I had a 4-piece maple Ludwig kit that was stamped Nov 1967 and sold them to get some Tama's in the early 2000's like a dummy. Still wish I had that kit! I really want to replicate some sounds from the likes of Keith Moon, Mitch Mitchell, and of course Bonzo.

Sounds incredible

thats amazing

I like what you said about writing your drum part to the room sound. This is strong technique which is better accepted in more sound design based instrumentation, like synthesizers, where the tonal characteristic of the instrument may take a left turn and require drastic composition adjustment. Extending this to the room sound or how the mic happens to be picking it up that day is real talk. That being said, I go against your (historically accurate) preference for mono drums, but at least I'm not soft panning!

cool video mate!

cant wait to get some period specific cymbal hardware… im a stickler for look just as much as sound (sometimes)… LOVE the tiny, “sticklike” quality of 60s hardware🤣

I love these videos. Reminds of the early days in my music recording journey. Wish I could get a garagey type band into the home studio and impliment some of this stuff

your demos are sooo good man, i heard “ tell me what you really want “ and thought it was a 1960 song so i immediately try to search it on youtube, until i realized it was an unreleased piece by you😂. anyway keep it going, greetings from argentina

killer video as always

2:39 Kiss was my dt teacher's favourite thing to say at times I felt like he said it lots as a way for a teacher to not get in trouble for calling all of us stupid lol

another awesome video !!! Thanks Sir

That track at the beginning sounds awesome!

I love it!

11:59 shot beer out of my nose!! AMEN FRIEND PREACH -- The drummer in surf band I led a while back checked every single box of what to NOT do as you have described here. Lol

great overview! more please!

Really enjoying your channel! Perfect timing as I'm wiring up my old analogue console here in the French Pyrenees. Looking forward to more videos to come!

Awesome, Thanks Mario

Great content! Thanks for the inspiration!

I haven't played in a rock band in a while and have mostly concentrated on playing solo acoustic instruments and composing electronic music. Your videos are very inspiring and have given me the itch to play music with other people again!

Really cool!

Very logical analysis

great video!

This is great stuff. Anyone in the know knows that great sounding tracks start with great performances and to get things to sound as good as you can before you ever hit record. Also I'm totally digging the surf vibe you've got going on. It's so raw and is so much fun to play.

Great video, love the ideas! It reminds me a lot of when I started out and all I had was a Tascam for track tape machine and one single sm57. There is more budget now but I feel like I could go back to the way I used to record and make it more of a creative process, more of and art rather than just seeing up all these mics and going straight into the daw. You make it seem fun again! I definitely want in on that mailing lists!

Great video. Love the point about mixing the drums in mono. If I were making a 60s style recording, I’d probably mix the whole thing in mono, honestly.

Dude, I love this episode. I've work on keeping my drum recording set-up as simple as possible and tweak with mic placement and occasional after effects. I also like Glynn Johns' take on recording drums. I am a basic, no-frills drummer so I don't need no "mic on every dang drum" set-up to magnify my sucky drum skills. A heartfelt thanks for this.

absolutely cracking intro!!

This video really hit the spot. Yeah the snare on the final mix sounds so good coming through the pre amp

As always, great video, and awesome music. Thanks!!!

Fun stuff!

cool stuff!!

Once again Mario, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. You really are a big inspiration to me as of late. You made all this super easy to understand and accessible to someone who knows nothing about drums. I can only play guitar and bass, but I have yet to pick up drums. It's always seemed so expensive and intimidating to dive into compared to playing guitar or bass. A big part of that being how many people emphasis treated rooms, micing each piece of the kit, fills, different beats, changing heads all the time, basically just making everything absolutely perfect and pristine. When what I've been searching for is exactly this video on getting some filthy raw drum tones and not overcomplicating things. I live by the Keep It Simple Stupid philosophy when it comes to music. All my guitars are single pickup guitars, straight into an amp, maybe a fuzz pedal at most if I'm in the mood. So a single mic on a 4 piece kit in a plain old room with simple beats is exactly what I want. Thank you again and I look forward to all your videos as well as your album :) apologies for all my comments basically being short novels lol

Dude the room sound thing is so accurate.

thx so much for all your videos ! very helpfull

I enjoyed the journey. Thanks for making the video. I alway like your drumming… no matter how you mic and process them. Additionally… be happy your sound is so different than the other things out there at this time. Cheers and happy tracking Mario.

Sounds great!!!

The track at 33:00 slaps! HEY!

Grande Mario!

This guy omg. The sounddd

Nice video. 👍

big up one love!