Just Drums - Doug Stewart

[Mike_S]

Posting this recording i did of my Dad today. He is retired a long time, but he did gig for many, many years as a drummer in many bands. He is a Jazz man through and through, so thought i would post this up on his behalf... I hope he is ok with that... I will tell him later!!

Mike

[cuthbert]

This is superb - I don't know a lot of the drumming lingo, but those rolls sound fantastic! Your dad has a lot of energy, and this piece really drives right along.

[fenderbender]

 
Class Mike
Congrats to your Dad.
I think you owe it to you and your dad to do a collab ---
What do you think
 


Tommy

[Pine]

That is some fine drumming there Mike! Bravo to Mr Stewart!

Your Dad has got it! Most definitely try for a collab.

[Redler]

Awesome drumming!!

Well recorded, too! With which gear this was recorded?

[Groundy]

wOw,,What drumming, As Tommy said I think you should do a collab with him.....

Brilliant..............

Alex......

[Johnny Robbo]

Stunning playing! Like listening to Gene Krupa or Buddy Rich. You have a very talented Dad!

[chapperz66]

Blimey - your dad can thump thoses tubs!  Well done Doug!  Huge respect here.

I'm intrigued to know how you miced the kit.  Great recording.

Paul

[Geir]

WOW !!

This sounds soooooooo coool !!!

Excellent drumming !

Do you think it would be ok to add something to this?
I don't know if I will be able to, but it sure would be cool to try !!

[Mike_S]

Thanks guys for listening... I really should have made a songcrafters account on his behalf and posted there. Just not sure if he will ever use it. Sort of a spur of the moment thing.

Thanks for the positive comments all.

Geir: IT WOULD BE BRILLIANT IF YOU COULD DO SOMETHING! But i understand if you don't get to it. I had thought about it myself but I don't think my chops are up to it frankly!!

Redler / Paul: It was a bit of a fluke it came out ok. Fisrtly I know absolutely zero about live, mic'ed recording, so i basically just plonked a cheap - and i mean cheap - mic in front of the drums and pressed record on the laptop (Garageband). The Mic was a Shengyue BM 800. I think it was not much more than a tenner, but amazingly it seems not too bad at all. We dampened the bass drum a bit with an old cushion. It was recorded in a garden shed, but again luckily seems the acoustics were not too bad! Drums are my daughters - a very inexpensive kit - really just for learning on, but with a bit of added reverb and tweaking in Garageband managed to sound ok. All in all its amazing what you can get away with with inexpensive kit, at least for having a bit of fun with.

Guys, yes it has put me in mind of doing another track with him, if I can think of something. Lets see!!

Mike