Following my decision to base my sound piece around recorded drum breaks and heavily manipulating them in Ableton, I called my friend Felix who is an amazing drummer. My intention was to record him playing drum breaks at different tempos, firstly to get original material that I can process and chop up in my DAW, and secondly to experience the recording process of drumming which I haven’t yet experienced.
It was amazing to be in the room, as I didn’t actually do much in the way of setting up because he already had his microphone configuration sorted and logic up and running. I had noted a few songs that I wanted him to reference or drum along to, with the intention of forcing him to be inventive and play some interesting rhythms. I felt that having a variety of grooves would help me to stimulate and structure my ideas better when it comes to my own composition.
Here are the references I showed him to play along to:
And here is a video of the process plus the stems of the recordings:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Q6WnBd_8XRx8wgx–vqLHoujZan3RBaT?usp=sharing