I recorded yesterday with a 10-piece band called What’s Cookin’. We laid down the tracks at Mile High Music Recording Studio just outside of Denver – in Wheat Ridge. Some tunes were straight ahead jazz and others were more funk-oriented. I had been considering taking two different bass drums (see the post entitled “Hybrid Drum Set Set-Up”). I ended up opting for one bass drum, for simplicity’s sake. I took the bigger (22×18) of the two. The engineer was happy with that choice. He indicated that he could scale back the bigger drum for the jazz tunes much easier than trying to beaf up a smaller bass drum for the funkier stuff. Whew! Good choice.
Putting the bass drum size to the side, I play differently on the bass drum when playing different styles anyway. That helps, as well. Please check out another post of mine, entitled “Felt Rather Than Heard” for a discussion about this.
This music was hard and fun at the same time. Now — off to a gig with that same band for more fun!
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