ausrock
Well-known member
As I'm not a drummer's bootlace, I thought I'd throw this out here for comments and/or advice...............:
Following some discussions in the studio, I'm trying to find out what, if any, are the accepted principles that are applied to the use of cymbals in rock music..............ie: when should an open h/hat be used in preference to closed, what is the primary use of crash cymbals and when should or shouldn't they be used, etc., etc.
In other words.....are there any rules or is it a case of there are no rules.
Also, I currently have a drummer in the studio that grunts, hums (not to the song), moans and almost farts as he plays.........this is all being picked up over the sound of his kit by the o'heads and tom mics (condensers), short of shoving a sock in his mouth and then using some gaffa tape to hold it in, has anyone got any usefull suggestions on how to deal with this .
Cheers..........
Following some discussions in the studio, I'm trying to find out what, if any, are the accepted principles that are applied to the use of cymbals in rock music..............ie: when should an open h/hat be used in preference to closed, what is the primary use of crash cymbals and when should or shouldn't they be used, etc., etc.
In other words.....are there any rules or is it a case of there are no rules.
Also, I currently have a drummer in the studio that grunts, hums (not to the song), moans and almost farts as he plays.........this is all being picked up over the sound of his kit by the o'heads and tom mics (condensers), short of shoving a sock in his mouth and then using some gaffa tape to hold it in, has anyone got any usefull suggestions on how to deal with this .
Cheers..........