I was going to suggest that PoeticIntensity hires you to come out and help setup a drum recording session in his studio, Greg. Utah's not so far from Texas, right?!
If I had any money at all, and if he would do it, I would love to fly him up here and see what he can do. The reason my drums sound as good as they do is because of him. Greg says nobody listens to his advice, but my first 6 months here, I took every shred of advice he gave me and tried to put it into practice. My drum sound improved 1000%.
Just out of curiosity, how much of a living do you make out of this? Do you mean you play for other people, or you have a studio where drummers can come record their tracks?
I went from a senior-level programmer to doing my own studio. I am flat-broke poor, but I'm doing what I love every day. And although the studio specializes in drums, it isn't just for drums, it's for anything that people want to bring and record, any style of music. As Greg states, people have no idea how to do real drums, and that's the only reason I can make even a meager living at this. Over half of the people who come in don't have a drummer, so I end up drumming for them. I love it. So, yeah, it's a studio to record just about anything, their equipment or mine. My job is to make it sound as good as I possibly can. The lion share of people leave here with a product they're happy with, and that's the goal.
Lol, it's right down the street!
I've heard PI's drums. I don't really know what to think about them because they're always mixed by someone else. He's a great drummer, that much is for sure. Very competent with the sticks. But I hear things in his tracks that I'd personally do differently if anyone cared. The problem for me is that I don't know if it's something he needs to address on his tracking end, or if his tracks are getting mangled by whoever is mixing them.
I don't want to hi-jack this thread, but since its been mentioned, and if anyone cares, all the songs at
Tiny Boats are recorded at my studio, I did the drumming, and all engineering, editing, mixing, etc... and production on all songs.
(and if it's too much to click on that link, here's a single song with some drums I think ended up sounding really good
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Disclaimer, the only reason I'm posting this stuff here is because I really want to improve my drum sound, and ya'll have said you don't want to critique my stuff because I didn't do the mixing.
That's why I asked about making a living with it. I've always refrained from commenting on anything Po has played on because, like you say, it's always on someone else's tune with someone else mixing.
If you're interested in commenting, see above. I'll probably make my own thread on this since this has come up.
That's why I don't try to make a living with it. Most people can't mix drum tracks - even good ones.
That's why I can make a living at it. I end up doing 90% of the mixing of stuff recorded here. The majority of my business comes from people who want a studio and engineer who can actually produce live drums and make them sound decent. If it was easy and everyone could do it, I'd still be programming computers.
I feel bad hijacking. That's all I'll say about this, unless people want to chat more about it. Then I'll probably start my own thread. Thanks for indulging me.
