Birdland - Manhattan Transfer (Drum Cover)

This cover represents my love for music. First off, I love great vocal music and jazz. I have never played jazz as well as I want too. But that’s because I have never dug in deep enough to learn the entire vocabulary of phasing and ideas. But I listen a lot to jazz music and love the complex harmonies, melodies, and polyrhythmic phasing. That said, this seems like a simple enough song. It’s not! The drum part is burning by and my technique is not there anymore, or maybe ever! But my love for trying something different is what you hear today. This is a classic Weather Report song sung by some of the greatest singer ever The Manhattan Transfer. Wow, it a powerful song ... so this is my effort after hammering out a drum part for one hour! I think I could play this for week and not get it much better. When in doubt I follow my ears and play things from my small bag of tricks. I have been playing 45 years, I really don’t much! But I had fun on this one. Enjoy!


Studio A Basic Equipment:
Gretsch - 8x10, 9x13, 16x16, 14x20
Ludwig Black Beauty - 5x14
Paiste - 14" 505 Medium HH, 16" 2002 Thin Crash, 18" 2002 China, 22" Big Beat, 18" Giant Beat Thin

Logic Pro X
Presonus StudioLive 24.4.2
Seventh Circle Audio Mic Pres (2- J-99, 1 N72, 1 A-12)

OH - SM 81 pr into J-99s
Snare - SM 57 into N-72
Kick - Beta 52 into A-12
Tom 1 - e604 into Presonus
Tom 2 - e604 into Presonus
F Tom - e604 into Presonus



Studio B Basic Equipment:
Gretsch - 14x22
Noble & Cooley SS - 5x14 Snare Drum
Vintage Pearl Fiberglass Concert Toms - 6.5x10, 9x13, 10X14, 12x15, 14x16
Paiste - 15" Giant Beat Hi Hats, 18" 2002 Crash, 20" Dark Energy MK I, 20" Giant Beat, 16" 2002 Thin Cras

Logic Pro X
Presonus StudioLive 24.4.2

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