• Video

    Thursday, November 1, 2012

    I make brush beater and stick drum tracks online for musicians. I work as a musician-engineer at Toybox Studios in Bristol UK If you’d like to work with me feel free to get in contact

  • Brush and Beater Shot

    Brushes and Beaters

    Saturday, April 14, 2012
  • ... what's that one on the left??!

    … on the left …

    Tuesday, April 10, 2012
  • ... stereo rumble overhead mic technique ... :)

    … stereo rumble

    Tuesday, April 10, 2012
  • ...in amongst the drum kit

    … in amongst…

    Tuesday, April 10, 2012
  • P1030097

    Drums

    Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Manifesto

Microphone gain can be used like a microscope on quietly-played brush and beater drums. The technique of playing in a controlled way and magnifying it brings all the humming sympathetic resonances of real thudding ringing drums to life in two speakers. The pure drum mic signals sound both punchy and three-dimensional. Compression and other recording processes love them too! If you need this type of tactile drumming played and recorded for your music do get in touch. I’d be very interested to hear your project.

Recent Work

Volander – Traffic
This comes from a project called Volander that’s a collaboration of myself and Berliner, John Lemke. Traffic features the Kora playing of Moussa Kouyate cut together with John Cage talking on the activity of sound. It’s a brush and beater drum track with the occasional stick.

Paul Butler – If I Were to Leave You
A good example of a track where an overdub by the piano player means you can’t possibly fade the track out! All credit to Pete Wingfield for that particular performance. Its brush and sticks on the drum kit and one word about the bass drum: Slingerland!

Jake Downs – The Prince
A young songwriter came to Toybox last year and this is one of the tracks we recorded. An emerging talent with exciting material. Drum-wise it’s a brush and beater track in the stone room.

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