Vintage Trouble - Blues Hand Me Down - Drum Cover by Alex Ivanov

Описание: Vintage Trouble - Blues Hand Me Down - Drum Cover by Alex Ivanov
(Put on some headphones and enjoy!)

I first learned this song around 2014, when playing with the Easy Thomas Blues Band. We attempted to learn it back then, but never nailed it properly in rehearsals, so it never became part of the gigging repertoir. However, it stayed with me as a fairly challenging song and I continued listening back to it over the years.

It's an AWESOME track and there's not many people covering it on drums. I came across and was inspired by Rob Wheeler's cover and even asked him a few questions and we exchanged comments about this song, back in 2016:    • "Blues Hand Me Down" by Vintage Trouble - ...  


So when an opportunity came along to record some stuff, I thought I'd try this little biscuit. It sounds simple, but it's an up tempo number with beat changes, stops & starts, stabs and elements of blues, rock & roll, funk, swing and even a bit of rock with its grittiness.
It took me about 15 attempts/takes to nail it. I wanted to play it tight, as close as possible to the original structure, but also put my own
stamp/spin on it in certain sections- that's the whole point of doing covers, right? :-)
Some songs need to be precise note for note, some call for a bit of
variation from the individual. So, I played it my own way, I made a couple of mistakes, but I had lots of fun rocking out and I hope I played it with the passion and energy that song deserves and challenged myself in places.

I filmed it on Sat 27th June 2020, in one take (after about 15 tries), on a Zoom Q2N stereo full HD camcoder and a couple of GoPros (3&4).
Sync'ed and edited in Serif Movie+. No close mic'ing, no frills, a little compression and enhanced the bass frequencies slightly in post production, other than that, you're pretty much hearing the "live room" sound of my lovely open tuned Gretsch drums with Aquarian vintage heads
and a set of beautiful Meinl Byzance Vintage cymbals. The Zoom camcoder has a stereo X/Y mic and was positioned approx 2m. in front of the kit and on the auto-gain "concert" setting, to prevent clipping, so have a listen on a good soundsystem or with headphones.

I'm using:
Gretsch Catalina Club (blue satin flame finish) - 18/12/14 with matching 14x5.5 snare
Meinl Byzance vintage cymbals - 14" "sand" hats, 18" "sand" thin crash with 6" traditional splash inverted, 22" "sand" crash/ride with rivets,
with 6" classics custom bell inverted
Meinl Percussion hi-hat tambourine
Tama Speed Cobra pedals & hardware
Vic Firth sticks, rods, mallets, brushes & kick beaters
Hardcase International Limited
Soundbrenner pulse
GoPro & Zoom Q2N for audio/video recording
custom fit guards IEMs

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