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What song would you most like Muse to do a cover of?
failed_drummer replied to Kodack's topic in Songs & Releases
Wayside by Birds of Tokyo. -
If you can afford the Superstar, go for it. It's got John Karel's seal of approval which is more than enough for me. As far as hardware is concerned, Anything above the basic Tama gear should suffice, depending on your price band and/or playing style. For cymbals, I personally would love some Zildjian A- or K-customs. Sould go well with the kit too.
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What song would you most like Muse to do a cover of?
failed_drummer replied to Kodack's topic in Songs & Releases
What about Slaves by Mammal? Get them back to some heavier stuff. -
What song would you most like Muse to do a cover of?
failed_drummer replied to Kodack's topic in Songs & Releases
I beg to differ. While I agree that something proggy would be awesome, I don't think Genesis is the way to go; a bit to 'soft', if you get my meaning. 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson would be suited, I feel. -
Its not a problem... Pedantry is a disease...
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Hate to say it, but... Selling Thread...
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I don't think it should make that much difference, but you'll probably get less attack and they'll wear out much more quickly. O-rings (or E-rings) essentially deaden the sound, so they make it less important to buy an expensive kit (most of the price is in the materials which mostly affect tone and resonance; the things most affected by -rings). If you like the sound of your kit with O-rings on it (personally I wouldn't describe it as 'better'), keep them and tune it to the 'best' sound for them. If you can splash out on decent heads, it can vastly improve the sound quality of your kit.
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The way I was taught to tune a drum was to get the head on and tightened just so that there are no crinkles, then use 1/2 or 1/4 turns on all the lug nuts (going one-opposite, two right-opposite, two right-opposite, etc.), occasionally going round the very edge flicking or very gently tapping with a stick to make sure the entire drum sounds the same. Every now and then hit (as you normally would hit a drum) the centre to see if you have reached a sound you like. If you use e/o-rings or moongel/gorilla snot, etc. get it to roughly the right sound then fine tune it once you have put it on. I've heard that some people tune it very tight, then down-tune, but this is bad for the heads, so I wouldn't recommend it. Now, this is a very time-consuming activity as it is and trying to get an actual note takes even longer. Also, you'll probably need perfect-pitch (a natural ability to tell what any note is just be listening to it -- you have to be born with it, unless you've spent your life working with music) as I don't think any guitar tune will work, what with the attack of the heads, the sustain, etc. Finally, each drum will have natural tone were it sounds loudest (and usually best), but this requires very careful tuning of both the top and bottom heads. In case you want to know, this tone is when the drum shell vibrates at its natural frequency. So, will you can tune a drum to a note, its really not worth it. (It also messes up you're band mates.) As for tuning your kit like Dom's, you'll just have to listen to Muse songs (may I recommend Map of the Problematique?) and try to get your kit sound like his.
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You don't normally tune a kit to a note, just a sound you like (apart from being very difficult, it can mess up the rest of the band). As far as I know, Dom doesn't tune to notes, you'll just have to play around until you find a sound you like/that sounds like Dom's.
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What song would you most like Muse to do a cover of?
failed_drummer replied to Kodack's topic in Songs & Releases
By the way, I like the sentiment behind the Focus suggestion, but I'm not sure Muse could quite pull it off. I know that they're good musicians, but Dom almost certainly couldn't manage something like that with the same flair (most of the Muse drums are fairly easy/moderate) and I'm not convinced that Matt could emulate the weird vocals well enough. -
What song would you most like Muse to do a cover of?
failed_drummer replied to Kodack's topic in Songs & Releases
I quite like the idea of them covering Down to the Waterline by Dire Straits. Or even Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses. Or maybe Good Golly Miss Molly by Little Richard. -
What song would you most like Muse to do a cover of?
failed_drummer replied to Kodack's topic in Songs & Releases
This. Would be awesome. -
What song would you most like Muse to do a cover of?
failed_drummer replied to Kodack's topic in Songs & Releases
Fine, I just thought they might have an interesting take on that style. -
What song would you most like Muse to do a cover of?
failed_drummer replied to Kodack's topic in Songs & Releases
How about something from Silver Side Up by Nickelback? Good Times Gone or Just For? -
What song would you most like Muse to do a cover of?
failed_drummer replied to Kodack's topic in Songs & Releases
I'm thinking 'She Said He Had A Story' by The Dear Hunter. -
Yeah, maybe it was Jonathan Ross, not Later with Jools Holand, it was a while ago...
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I saw Muse playing UD on 'Later with Jools Holand' and he just used a really tiny kit (like a children's kit or something) not an electronic one.
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There's not really any need to have a wide frequency range anyway as (apart from processing it) you tend to tune one kit to a certain sound and then maintain it, rather than changing it all the time, which would be a bit awkward in the middle of a gig...
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Personally I'm a Tama man, but my drum teacher said that they have really poor customer service over in England. All DW had to do was offer Dom a custom kit and he switched. Pity really. I loved the Mirage series.