In honor of @ringostarr's 83rd birthday, here's his favorite drum performance with The Beatles - and arguably his best drumming performance of his life.
In an unprecedented move, I'm releasing this before the actual cover (which I'm still working on). I'm doing this quite simply because I think the drumming is the star of this track, and it deserves the spotlight. Also I've always wanted to hear this drum performance in stereo - so I did it myself!
I broke this performance down thanks to an incredible new isolation on RU-vid - • Deconstructing Rain (I... . I studied this over a month, breaking down each verse and chorus by slowing them down in Audacity. I'm very proud to say that every fill is accurate. While there are some phenomenal covers of this drum performance already on RU-vid, this is the most accurate.
As for the tempo, this is my uneducated opinion for the original tempo. It just feels right. The outtake on the new Revolver remix is WAY too fast, in my opinion ( • Rain (Take 5 / Actual ... ). I'd wager quite a bit of money that this is the actual original tempo.
Thanks for watching! I'll be back relatively soon with the full song!
27 авг 2024