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Chameleons Of Modern Drumming: Mastering Diverse Commerical Styles, Cameron Simons
Chameleons Of Modern Drumming: Mastering Diverse Commerical Styles, Cameron Simons
Recital Papers
Studio drummers are some of the most well-rounded musicians contributing to commercial music in the modern era. They are hired to lend their talents to an artist’s compositions by creating drum parts that will complement the overarching song arrangement. In this type of work, it is very helpful to be fluent in many different styles of drumming, as the music of each artist will require different techniques. Each of the drummers highlighted in this research have mastered the ability to shift from one style of music to the next with ease, earning them the title as a “chameleon” of modern …
Listener Evaluation Of Common Drum Recording And Mixing Techniques, Tucker W. Arbuthnot
Listener Evaluation Of Common Drum Recording And Mixing Techniques, Tucker W. Arbuthnot
Student Theses
This thesis explored whether listeners could perceive the differences between samples recorded and mixed according to methods reported by the so-called popular audio press and samples that did not utilize those methods. The three recording methods were: aligning multiple tracks to achieve a coherent phase relationship, microphone selection, and the style of recording. The three mixing methods were: inverting the bottom snare drum microphone to match the top snare drum microphone, having a pre-delay time on a reverb that matched the tempo of the sample, and routing the room microphones to the drummer’s perspective. ABX listening tests, preference surveys, and …