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Topic: Away's Snare on X-Stream
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ShredTilDead
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posted March 31, 2006 15:41
    
No thread on this subject would be complete without mentioning the Sultan of Snare himself: Bill Bruford. Listen to "Thela Hun Ginjeet", or anything else on the Discipline album by King Crimson, and see if you don't agree.When first learning drums, Bruford (incorrectly) kept whacking the rim of the snare-drum, instead of the center. Over the years it became impossible for him to unlearn this, so now he's resigned to his fate with the "fairly individual snare sound". This drives producers crazy, of course, since they tell him to knock it off and play normally...yet "that sound" still gets in somehow! -------------------- My head explodes, my ears ring, I can't remember just where I've been.
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Maldororz
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posted April 03, 2006 08:15
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Originally posted by ShredTilDead:
No thread on this subject would be complete without mentioning the Sultan of Snare himself: Bill Bruford. Listen to "Thela Hun Ginjeet", or anything else on the Discipline album by King Crimson, and see if you don't agree.When first learning drums, Bruford (incorrectly) kept whacking the rim of the snare-drum, instead of the center. Over the years it became impossible for him to unlearn this, so now he's resigned to his fate with the "fairly individual snare sound". This drives producers crazy, of course, since they tell him to knock it off and play normally...yet "that sound" still gets in somehow!
I remember hearing him talk about it in the Yes documentary, saying that he used that rimshot technique on "Roundabout" so that the snare sound could make it through Squire's ENORMOUS bass sound. It's really a fantastic snare sound, just making a huge "PANG!". (Hey, it's almost becoming the bass thread, here) Also, I do remember that Fripp forbid Bruford to use cymbals during the "Discipline" recordings. Good thing, cymbals suck!!!!!!! More COWBELL!!!  EDIT: Which reminds me, do you think that "The X-Stream" would have ROCKED even harder if it had cowbell?
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Surf/Slam82
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posted April 27, 2006 17:06
I have to admit, I like the drums on
St. Anger because they sound DIFFERENT.When you play in such a low key, so loud,
you have to tune the snare good so you
can hear it stand out. My favorite, drummer b-sides Away is
Marquis Marky from Coroner. He always makes great fills and plays super tight. See also , Apollyon Sun. Best live drummer, hands down, IMO.
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Nuclear Vampire
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posted May 02, 2006 22:22
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Originally posted by E-FORCE13:
Snare sound???OUTER LIMITS!!!!!!!!!!!!
KILLER........
Fuck yeah. That has to be one of my faves too. I like Priest's snare on Screaming For Vengeance too. It's so fucking HUGE, but you can tell it's the same as British Steel and Point Of Entry...just way bigger. I also really dig Bostaph's snare on Slayer's Gemini. Anything Bob Jarzombek has done in the last 6 years or so too. Mind you, he could play a wet paper sack with a piece of shoestring and it would sound awesome. Grohl's snare on Probot and QOTSA is sweet. Punchy and big, but natural. Good mix overall on the drums on both albums. I'm kind of partial to the gated snare (not too heavily though), but if it's a wicked player like Nicko McBrain or Martin Lopez then a natural sound can do wonders in heavy music too.
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posted March 30, 2006 14:14
posted April 08, 2006 11:55
