Big Bear Studios - 30A Recording Studio

04/01/2016

Being an 80's kid, I couldn't help myself. Fun stuff! Kit used: 70's Pearl Fiberglass shells in 12,13,16,

03/28/2016

Setup to record this week is a 70's Pearl fiberglass shell kit with brass snare. Mic's used: Kick IN - Sennheiser 421 Kick OUT - 47fet Snare top and bottom -...

03/22/2016

Kit used: 70's Ludwig thermogloss in 14/16/24 Craviotto Mahogany 14x6.5 snare Zildjian cymbals: 16" K light top over 16" A custom 24" K light ride 19" K Dark...

03/18/2016

I've been working left foot pretty hard this week. The exercise has basically been to try to trip up my timekeeping by switching around to all different type...

03/18/2016

Spot mics - Toms - Josephson e22s Continuing our series, today I am soloing the amazing Josephson e22s. This is a side address SDC designed for the legendary...

03/14/2016

Front of Kit Microphone - AEA R88 Continuing our series on drum mic'ing techniques, today we are soloing the AEA R88 stereo blumlein ribbon mic. ...

03/11/2016

Overhead Microphones - Coles 4038 Last week I did a 3 part series on tuning and recording a fat snare sound. I really appreciate the positive feedback and wo...

03/04/2016

HOW TO RECORD A FAT SNARE - PART 3 - RING CONTROL TRICK Ring on a tuned up snare can be pleasant and musical, however, when going for a fat snare sound the r...

03/04/2016

HOW TO RECORD A FAT SNARE - PART 2 - EQ I take a top down approach to recording drums, meaning I try to get a balanced full kit sound from overheads and room...

03/03/2016

HOW TO RECORD A FAT SNARE - PART 1 - TUNING I get asked about this a lot so here goes! Every snare is different but this process will get a good sound out of...

01/13/2016

Experimenting with blending 90's breakbeat drum sounds with vintage Michael Jackson.

Equipment used:

Drums
-1970's Ludwig Vistalite Drums
-1970's Pearl Chrome over Brass Snare with Big Fat Snaredrum Donut
-hi-hats: 16" zildjian K over A custom
-crash used: 18" zildjian K Constantinople

Mic's
OH - Coles 4038 in recorder man config
Kick in - Sennheiser 421
Kick out - Advanced Audio custom 47ce
Snare top and bottom - Shure 57
Toms - Joesphson e22
Close room - AEA R88
mono room - Flea 47

Equipment used: Drums -1970's Ludwig Vistalite Drums -1970's Pearl Chrome over Brass Snare with Big Fat Snaredrum Donut -hats: 16" zildjian K over A custom -...

01/09/2016

Here's a sneak peek of another original song by Victoria Lyn Music that we recorded this week. Be sure to watch her on this season's American Idol, she's amazing!

Here's a sneak peak of another original song by Victoria Lyn that we recorded this week. Be sure to watch her on this season's American Idol, she's amazing!