LIVE INTERNET DRUMMER!
The Ultimate Live Acoustic Drum Tracks 4 your songs!
Bands, solo artists, singer/songwriters, producers/studio owners with clients,
Everyone can record thier own music at home now.
What sets you apart from the crowd is real drums.
Get live drums right now!
I can do live drum tracks for you very inexpensively.
There is just no substitute for sparkling, crisp live cymbals
and exciting dynamic live drums played for your song
by an expert who naturally feels and plays exactly what your song needs.
Get a customized dynamic live drum performance recorded
and mixed in to your tracks by a highly skilled, 20 year
music industry veteran session drummer, right over the internet!
Simply give me a final version of the song with an accompanying drum machine track,
and an identical version with the drum mach. track muted,
and I will record live to your song here at my studio.
Immediate same day service. Affordable for any budget.
All fair offers for multiple songs etc. will be considered.
final mix and mastering incl.
Full production and or mixdown from scratch
where you give me all seperate tracks is also available.
I have performed this service for dozens and dozens
of wonderful artists just like you from all over the world!
Email links to your songs for an immediate response.
Call or send your number if you like.
818-414-5685
Jdrums@Hotmail.com
www.AcidPlanet.com/Jdrums
My studio is highly specialized for live acoustic drum tracking.
I utilize a completely unique style and approach to capture
with primary focus on room mics.
I believe that the key to the ultimate drum sound on tape lies in the physical properties
and precission tuning of the drums themselves, and the drummers ability to "mix" the drums live
as they are played with precission dynamic performance, rather than close miking
and trying to control every aspect of each drums level and overtone/sustain with gating and post mixing.
Here is a description of the drum set I use for the above arrangement;
Specialized for
studio recordings only.
It is a 1970 slingerland kit that I
completely custom restored myself from the bare shells up.
I modernized it by filling all the hardware holes in the shells and
discarding all the mounting brackets, legs and spurs that were
bolted onto to the shells. I then sent the shells out to Ross Garfield,
founder of Drum Doctors, who custom precision cut the bearing edges for me.
Finally I suspended all the drums from a
custom aluminum tube rack that I built from scratch with a
spiderweb style cradle of bungee cord for each drum.
There is NO hardware whatsoever touching these shells and even
the kickdrum is suspended a half inch off the floor.
The drums are now free to resonate in their natural frequency
without the dampening effect of all the steel hardware bolted
onto them.
They now sing out their true musical tone with a sustain that is
unmatched by any other drumset I have ever heard or played.
This kit is for recording only.
If you need me to appear at your studio of choice and record there,
my rate is 50 dollars pr hour plus 150 dollars cartage fee for the drum set.
(local to Hollywood..outside 50 mile radius, out of state and intl. negotiable)
below is a description of the drumset I use for this arrangement;
It is my own recreation and exact replica of the legendary 1973
Ludwig amber vistalite set that John Bonham played at Madison
Square Gardens for the Led Zeppelin feature film "The Song
Remains the Same"
Legendary Led Zepplin drummer John Bonham chose this drum set
for a reason... and so did I.
This kit is without a doubt the loudest drum set in the history
of rock and roll, but at the same time it can be instantly
dropped in volume and intensity to a whisper under the touch of
a skilled dynamic hand.
It includes a 26" kick drum, supra-phonic crome snare, 14" rack
tom, plus 16"and 18" floor toms.
All the cymbals were specially ordered from the paiste
Switzerland main fabrication house for me by Andrew Shreve at
Paiste with the exact dimensions and thicknesses of the original
bonham line up incl. the original silkscreen outline logos.
I also have a wide range of custom snare drums
and a vintage Zildjian cymbal selection.
Plus a huge selection of hand drums including one very special
ceramic middle eastern hand drum that I can express myself very well with.
In fact, I feel I can express myself on this drum as completely as with a full drum kit.
I get a full range of tones and velocities out of this beautiful one-of-a-kind hand drum...
from the most delicate, subtle, dynamic sounds up to a full-on kick/snare vibe and sound.
I can cover any musical style with this drum (even trad. C&W believe it or not)
I am an extremely intuitive player who requires little or no rehearsal to fit in ANY sit.
I will also include a manifesto of sorts detailing my disposition and skills
for your review and consideration...
I am a 20 year veteran of the Los Angeles music business as
a producer/songwriter/arranger/drummer and special fx artist with
dozens of major and independant credits including grammy award winning music videos.
(client list available by request)
I play with a natural feel and rhythmical spirit in my drumming like no other you've ever heard,
from the heaviest bonham-style groove, to the most delicate, subtle, dynamic expression.
I play exactly what the music tells me to play and take my cues from the sounds I hear.
I don't really have a plan or agenda about where I'm going musically.
I love to play perform and record.
I listen to everything going on around me at all times.
I have great ears and play extremely intuitively.
I am friendly, kind and 100% professional.
I play directly from the heart soul and spirit, not from the mind or ego.
I don't like to plan, rehearse or be told what to play...
unless you are telling me with your instrument!
I've been playing drums and listening to the greats since I was a little kid of 3 years old.
If I don't know what to do for the song by now it just isn't meant to be.
I realize that there are circumstances sometimes when it is
neccesary to tell me in words what to play.
The obvious downside to this scenario is that I have to use my mind to do it
rather than playing what comes naturally straight from my heart and soul,
and I lose inspiration and interest very quickly at that point.
I want people to understand how to get the most out of me as a creative force,
in any artistic endeavor we may embark on together.
What I play depends on what I hear and how it makes me feel.
Spontanaeity, inspiration and creativity rule my world!!
Hope to hear from you soon.
Let's get started making your music sound like the real deal!
Best Regards,
James
