A Day In The Life - The Beatles - Full Instrumental Recreation (4K)

Well, this is what I’ve been working on! Here it is, one of the truly epic Beatles songs. A haunting, massive track. Covering this was a hell of an endeavor, encompassing 2 months of effort. There’s no way I can describe all the magic of this song in this space, but it was truly a privilege picking this apart. This little project started for a simple reason: I realized that despite having the best drum part of perhaps any song in music history, there’s no note-for-note recreation of this song anywhere on YouTube. As someone who is always up for a challenge, I decided to make my own! I slowed down the fills, studied them, and played it enough times to get the feel. To get the sound perfect, I spent day after day messing around with micing and tuning my set. I even consulted Geoff Emerick’s notes and removed the bottom tom heads, which was great advice! After 8 separate days recording and testing, I finally hit upon a close sound. Viola! But getting
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