I'll provide today's question. In light of learning that Brad Wilk is playing drums on the new Black Sabbath CD...
Who surprised you the most upon learning it was them playing on a song or album?
For me, it's a tie between hearing a song by The Corrs ("Toss the Feathers") and learning it was Simon Phillips on the kit, and hearing that Josh Freese played on one of Michael Buble's albums!
Originally Posted by vanlatte
Great question, and one that's been on my mind lately. Different genres of music call for different sounds, but sometimes we only identify one piece at a time: finding the right snare... the right ride or hats... it was only a little while ago I started thinking about "the right bass drum attack" for certain bands.
In hard rock, I love a good punchy attack, so I used the plastic beaters from Tama's Iron Cobra. Once I moved into a new project, but to support my cover band, I've been using the felt beaters that came with the pedal, which still has punch but less of the "click" attack.
Now, with my original band borderline on soul and pop, I'm thinking of getting a softer felt beater, though I believe it was KMart who gave the idea of chopping up a wool sock and tossing it over the beater with an elastic band to lessen the attack but still give the thud. I'm thinking the bass drum sound from John Mayer's "Waiting for the World to Change."
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