Throttled Down Rush (Instrumental)

[StephenM]

New Gear Fest:  Tama Imperialstar kit and drum mics...

you can kick ass with drums and you can get your ass kicked by drums...

this is a lesson for me right here... first off I really like what I am trying to do... this taught me that I need to develop more, much more discipline in timing, on every instrument I play.

It is one thing when I can do a 4/4 120bpm... but something more complex like this... I wouldn't even know where to begin trying to get a metronome to synch me here...

I thing what I need to do is try playing guitar to a drum track that would work for this idea..
because I had to rerecord this about 25 times trying to get something on guitar I could actually play drums to more or less... but if nothing else... this is a great exercise...

also recording drums and getting good sound from them is challenging.

[Zoltan]

You're getting invariably great sounds from your gear! I would think the inspiration for this was Rush, or something like that? (The rhythms etc.) But to me it sounded a bit like Iron Maiden. Iron Eel?

Run to the fridge! (sung in Bruce D voice)...

[Bluesberry]

Drums sound great man........I am jealous.......I like the loose feel of this.....very nice groove......I think the idea would be to play with a metronome in your headphones as you drum then you can play your other instruments to the drums........maybe?   I'm no expert on recording real drums.......I know bands will record everything to a click track or very simple drum track and then put the final drums on last...delete the first guide drums and record the drums as you want for the song......see what I mean about being jealous...I am thinking about how I would do it and getting all excited.........someday........I would love real drums...someday.......

[T.C. Elliott]

No matter your own opinion of your drumming, you're decades beyond my ability. I've often said playing drums is the most fun I've ever had musically but I'll stick (mainly) to guitar, thanks. Well, I guess most of us dabble in lots of things to get a full production.

I'm digging the drumming and the rhythms. The guitar was cool, too. I'm digging your new toys and the sounds you're getting from them.

[DarrenG / The Devil's Toupee]

Hey Steven you're doing a brilliant job, playing all those instruments and arranging them and getting them in time must be bloody hard, those new acoustic drums sound great. I'd love a real drum kit but I think getting the timing ( hands/ feet ) right will be very hard. Would be good fun to mess around and practice though.
Love the guitars and kind of heavy metal vibe of the song.

Darren

[Ted]

What's the old saying?

A man's reach should exceed his grasp.

You are definitely going for much more than the safe boom-chuck stuff I do when I have a chance to sit on a drum throne. Sure, there are times when you sound a little unsteady – but there are many more where you are really in the zone. At about the one-minute mark you seem injected with a boost of confidence. Your drum recordings continue to improve with each song.

The bass and guitars are really interesting – particularly the tone on the lead guitar. It sounds like you are using an auto-wah, or an envelope, or something, but not pushing the effect really hard.

Good stuff. Can't wait to hear the next installment.

[BerryPatch]

Man, those drums really kick! Super tight performance and the wah wah guitar is a super nice touch! Rock on! 

[Groundy]

Brilliant, Stephen. well done.

[launched]

You make me happy. The drums are so crazy, and I'm really loving that guitar tone and soloing.

And then it ends. And then I have to go to bed. And then go to work.

Monster tune, though!

[Greeny]

Incredibly impressive and complex. Definitely sounds like a challenge but you pulled it off so well. It all fuses together fantastically. Great stuff.