QUICK SHAMELESS PLUG (!): If you haven’t yet, please check out my company’s newest plugin, ’The Fairview Kit’, now! Created by Anup Sastry & myself - click below to learn more & purchase!
Anyway, on to THE VIDEO! #MEGADRIVE is a super rad electronic artist I started listening to many years ago (I’ve done one playthrough to a song of his before - “Converter“, from one of his earlier albums). He & I have become friends over the years, & when he was gearing up to release his latest album, ’200XAD’, he reached out to me & asked if I’d like to do a playthrough to one of his new songs!
Naturally I was like “KIDDIN ME?! HEK YEAH!“ (Lol). So here’s “ARC ASCENSION“ from his new album. I’ll put a link to the album below, too - check it out if you haven’t! It’s also available for streaming on AppleMusic / Spotify / all platforms!
In general, composing drums to electronic music always seems to inspire some cool ideas for me. I also really wanted to challenge myself here - it’d been awhile since I wrote parts that are uncomfortably difficult, & then forced myself to learn them (Lol). I enjoy doing this though, & I think it kinda helps keep me on my toes (so to speak). Writing something I can’t play or have never tried before, & then stubbornly working on it until I can. It can be a lot of work, but it’s also quite satisfying. There’re some tricky fills in here that took me a long while to get tight, & some very odd 5-tuplet fills / sections (particularly during the bridge, but also a bit earlier in the song too). Anyway - I just really dig composing tough-stuff to electronica. Lol.
KIT SPECS !
#TAMA STAR Maple (in Smoky Black)
10X6.5
12x7
14x11
16x13
20x16
14x7 Custom-Made Snare (will link the Instagram post below... I cut down an old marching snare, filled the holes, sanded, redid the bearing edges, re-drilled, & wrapped... not even sure what it’s made of, but it turned out pretty rad!)
#MEINL Cymbals (from left to right, if sitting behind the kit)
18“ Pure Alloy Custom Medium/Heavy Crash
15“ Byzance Traditional Medium Hi-Hats
12“ Classics Custom Dual Trash Splash
8“/10“ Gen-X Electro Stack
10“ MB20 Rock Splash
14“ Pure Alloy Medium Hi-Hats
20“ Pure Alloy Custom Medium/Heavy Crash
18“ Pure Alloy China
21“ Byzance Traditional Heavy Ride
18“ Artist Concept Thomas Lang Super Stack
#EVANS Drumheads
Toms - Clear G2’s (batter), Clear G1’s (reso)
Snare - Coated HD Dry (batter), Snare Side 300 (reso)
Kick - Clear EQ4’s (batter), Smooth White EQ4 w/ port & added Tama Logo (reso)
Mixing duties handled by good-buddy Declan White! As per usual, it sounds lovely (to say the least!). Thanks DOODE !!!
Please feel free to follow me on your desired social network(s)! I also just re-launched my #Patreon (only $3 --- any support would be incredibly appreciated! It really does help me continue creating & making videos!), so please check that out if you’d like, too!
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