„… 10 Miking DrumsGetting a great drum sound is one of the hardest things to do for a number of …” „… occur in the sameplace? This determines how close you can mike the drums.n How big is your space, and …” „… the DrumsIf at all possible, don’t put the drums in a small booth, because too many phase problems …”

Chapter 9 The Recording Session S. 139-158

„… leakage in the drumoverhead mics will lock you into the tracks that were recorded with the drums.This …” „… guitar, and if they have a “studio” as well as a “control room” space, they mayrecord drums or a …” „… four-piece band. But recording drums is a huge leap in equipment, facilities,and skill, so often when rhythm …”

Index S. 301-319

„… drumsAB approach, 167adjusting levels, 180, 182–183basic, 161booms above area, 117checking peak levels …” „… internal preamplifier, 21designed as cardioid, 27diaphragm, 20drums, 166dual diaphragms, 27electret …” „… 330 microphone, 9drum machines, 153, 186–187drum-key torque wrenches, 176drummersconsulting with, 176 …”

Chapter 4 Polarity, Phase Cancellation, and Reverb S. 65-82

„… to 1is pretty impossible when you’ve got 10 microphones on a set of drums.So, the 3-to-1 rule is …” „… mics are usedfor stereo or 5.1 recording, or when they are on a single sound source (such as drums …” „… ; otherwise, when two or more of them are placed onthe same instrument, such as a drum kit, their combined …”

Chapter 2 Microphone Types, Patterns, and Uses S. 15-42

„… all the other percussion sounds that are usually going on in thevicinity of the pair of drums.Figure …” „… , it couldstretch, break, or snap. (Old RCA 44s and 77s are not good choices for kick drum …” „… miking—though the 77DX was a popular kick drum mic at the legendary Gold Star Studios; they lovedthe sound and …”

Chapter 7 Accessories and Necessary Hardware S. 107-122

„… cluster together when you have many mics in the same area, for instance on drums.Reconditioning Mic Stands …” „… wind chimes, a pad will probably not be needed, but for a drum, a blastingguitar, or a trumpet, it …” „… the bolts, nuts, and wobbly wheels.Otherwise, when you mike a set of drums, the sympathetic rattles in …”

Chapter 11 Miking the Guitar and a Bit on Bass S. 189-206

„… dynamic microphone for guitar, bass, kick, and other drums.For an overdubbed electric guitar, I prefer to …” „… 11 Miking the Guitar and a Biton BassIn Chapter 10 I covered recording drums, and without a doubt …” „… the studio is large, it is difficult to get a good acousticguitar sound when drums or other loud …”

Chapter 14 Miking Classical Acoustic Sections S. 241-264

„… larger and louder instruments, such as timpani (also referred to as kettle drums)or marching bass drum …” „… orchestra percussion have a great deal in common because they both havelouder drums, such as congas …” „… of course, there is often a full drum kit.Miking a percussion section will use techniques common with …”

Appendix B An EQ Primer S. 273-282

„… superfluoussounds from a bunch of bottom-y synthesizers or a “big bottom” acoustic guitar, or drum rum-ble, you …” „… drums for an example. Suppose you have a microphone on the snare and a microphoneon the hi-hat. If you …” „… on the snare, when it opens with the snare drum beat,the hi-hat will be there as well. I’ve worked …”

Preface S. i-xiv

„… ........................................................................... 153Chapter 10Miking Drums 159Where to Put the Drums …” „… ............................................................................................................ 174Adjusting Drum Levels …” „… .......................................................................................... 180Gating Drums …”

Appendix A Compressors and Limiters: A Brief Overview S. 265-272

„… when the gain of the amplifier isreduced. Chapter 10 described how to use gates on drums. In other …” „… leakage, as was the case when used on drums, and expanders havebeen used in various forms of analog noise …” „… bass or kick drum signal, forexample (see Figure A.4).Figure A.3 VGA gain ratios.Appendix A Compressors …”

Chapter 3 Understanding Sound and Hearing S. 43-64

„… atmospheric pressure variation caused by the vibrations of objects such asstrings, drum heads, reeds, or vocal …” „… variables.Some instruments, however, such as bells, xylophones, drums, and other percussion instruments,have …” „… the deadness of an old drum head. Also, both the content of the har-monics and the overtones …”

Chapter 8 Stereo Microphone Techniques S. 123-138

„… drum overheads, the distance between the mics may be 2 to 3 feet. This amount ofseparation gives an …” „… technique for jazz, choirs, and orchestras,and many people do use the technique for stereo drum overheads …”

Appendix C Microphones you may not have heard of S. 283-300

„… components, and the result is spectacularlynatural stereo sound. Evelyn makes an easy- to-deploy stereo drum …”

Chapter 13 Miking Solo Acoustic Instruments and Vocals S. 217-240

„… that make up popular musicproduction—drums, bass, guitar, and piano. This chapter explores how to …” „… the drum, the attack of the strings, and so on. As themics move away from the instrument, the sound …”

Chapter 6 Hum 101, DIs, and Related Transducers S. 91-106

„… as active) direct boxes are a better choice if a direct box is usedfor connecting a keyboard or drum …”

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Women Drummers

Angela Smith

2014

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Ch18. Lady Drum the Blues S. 191-200

„… drums.”—Johnnie Mae DunsonBlues music, like jazz, has deep roots in African American history, and the first blues …” „… 191CHAPTER 18Lady Drum the BluesWhen I first started playing in Chicago, in the ’40s, people said …” „… drum sets were added to bands. During the Great Depression, many Black blues musicians migrated to …”

Ch12. Awesome Times Two S. 117-124

„… pots and pans in a makeshift drum kit, using her father’s chop-sticks as drumsticks.In another quote …” „… moved to California in 1963, and not long after that Karen discovered her passion for drums.As a new …” „… singer who played drums.Hal Blaine, who eventually took over some of the drumming duties for The …”

Ch16. And the Beat Goes On (To Be Continued) S. 161-175

„… downstairs, handed her some sticks, and told her to take it out on the drums.That was the first time Athena …” „… an article, which first appeared in DRUM! magazine, Paula Bocciardi wrote about a drum clinic in San …” „… Her uncle had a drum set, and around age eleven, Alicia picked up sticks and taught herself to play …”

Ch01. A Few Beats Back in Time S. 1-8

„… figurines unearthed in archeological sites in Israel clearly depict females playing frame drums.Drumming for …” „… drum was considered a feminine object, and the beat of a drum for many cultures was representative of …” „… Drum Is a Woman.In the Western African country of Niger, although drums were the property of males, the …”

Ch17. Honky Tonk Angels S. 176-190

„… , her teacher caught her jamming on a drum kit at school and immediately moved her to drums.Along with …” „… that matter, even the use of drums is relatively new to this idiom.Even though the late Jimmie Rodgers …” „… hired Smokey Dacus as drummer for his Texas Playboys in 1935, drums were scorned by early country …”

Bibliography S. 240-250

„… .” http://blog.x8drums.com/2011/02/women-and-drumming.htm“Women Who Rock Resources.” Rock and Roll Hall of Fame …” „… Ladies.” DRUM! April 2012.———. “Marcie Chapa: She’s Got the Touch.” DRUM! February 2009.Basedow, Neph …” „… with the Drum.” http://dramarockproductions.com/Birtha. http://www.birtharocks.com/BibliographyBook 1 …”

Conclusion: Not by a Long Shot! S. 228-236

„… have a sort of feminine techniques on drums—they can be loud if they want or soft and sensitive, which …” „… go unnamed posts numerous sexy photos of women drum-mers with the caption: “One of the great …” „… , publisher of DRUM! magazine admits that even though it’s been talked about more lately, the amount of …”

Ch11. Wicked to the Max: The ’80s Continued S. 105-116

„… could—flute, piano, you name it, with Terri on toy drums—found a second home in her basement “studio” grooving …” „… repairing house-hold items. One of those items turned out to be a small conga drum. The owner never came …” „… house three times for lessons. “The fourth time, he was dressed in these white robes, had a talking drum …”

Ch15. Sweet! A New Century S. 146-160

„… drums after everyone has finished, the drums/percussion should sound beautiful and musical without all …” „… ” until one of the older church women walked up and said, “Honey, you can’t get on the drums.”“I was …” „… digital techniques and sounds. Drum machines were refined to Book 1.indb 146 3/4/14 10:27 AMSWEET! A …”

Preface S. i-xviii

„… needed to blow, beat, and slap instruments like the trumpet, bass, and drums.”School band directors and …” „… drum-sticks. When musicians and critics throw around names of top players, the sheer number of male drummers …” „… weightlifter. A ‘girly girl’ would not want to play the drums.”Not Bad for a GirlThe bias against women is also …”

Ch19. Jazz Chicks with Chops S. 201-216

„… drums came alive when one of her brothers came home with drumsticks and a practice pad. Gottesman picked …” „… band, Doc Jazz and the Pills. “I played the drums, not knowing anything—not a damn thing except a beat …” „… all-male band led by Sally and George Banning. In that group, she played drums and was also one of the …”

Ch14. Mega to the Max: The ’90s Continued S. 137-145

„… and wanting to be him. Six months later, she had her own set of drums.In the sixth grade, a music …” „… one of his friend’s drum kits were all the inspiration she needed to eventually become one of the best …” „… first opportunity to give the drums a try when her brother’s drummer friend left his kit at her house …”

Ch08. Rock ’n’ Roll, Baby! The ’50s and ’60s S. 66-78

„… sit behind a kit and try out playing the Book 1.indb 75 3/4/14 10:26 AM76 CHAPTER 8drums?—and I …” „… interest in playing drums “sort of just happened.” Her father brought home some drum-sticks and “started …” „… girl, Honey, on drums? Honey plays with us purely and simply because she is the right drummer for the …”

Ch13. Bangin’ and Slammin’: The ’90s S. 125-136

„… woman could be marginally competent on the drums.”Lund started playing drums in school band at age …” „… fusion is universally recognized, got her first toy drum kit when she was about five or six. She says her …” „… professional drum set and started playing in the school band.After high school, she moved from Connecticut to …”

Ch05. Hep Girls: The ’40s S. 37-48

„… three times mainly to see what I was doing with all those drums.”Other drummers checked her out for her …” „… of her major mentors and was the proud owner of one of his renowned snare drums.Viola Smith’s …” „… , and jazz deals with drums and trumpets.” That likely ruffled the feathers of more than one woman …”

Ch09. Trippin’ and Groovin’: The ’70s S. 79-89

„… instruments—especially drums—they were rarely heard or seen. Nor were they encouraged to Book 1.indb 79 3/4/14 10:26 …” „… who replaced Farrah Fawcett in Charlie’s Angels. In publicity shots, Ladd is shown playing the drums.A …” „… hair that almost touched the floor when she sat behind her drums” (Iowa Rock ’n’ Roll Music …”

Ch10. Bad to the Bone: The ’80s S. 90-104

„… 90CHAPTER 10Bad to the Bone: The ’80sUltimately they will find me slumped over my drum kit still …” „… saving her allowance to buy a drum kit, purchasing it piece by piece. As soon as she got home from school …” „… , she would begin practicing and found playing drums was so easy she knew she’d never have to take a …”

Ch04. Swing Cats: The ’30s S. 27-36

„… 27CHAPTER 4Swing Cats: The ’30sI got the drums by accident.—Pauline BraddyThe stock market crash of …” „… the road by themselves, so to solve that problem, she learned how to play drums and toured with …” „… century. In this rich musical environment, she added to her skills by learning to play drums, bass, guitar …”

Ch02. 23 Skidoo S. 9-17

„… , and snare drums.”In the first of what was a predecessor to the drum and dance shows of today, one act …” „… 9CHAPTER 223 SkidooNot to have danced the two-step to the Hart sisters’ drum-ming was like missing …” „… 21, 1819:An elderly black man sits astride a large cylindrical drum. Using his fingers and the edge …”

Ch03. Bee’s Knees: The Roaring ’20s S. 18-26

„… her horn, could play every instru-ment in the band, including drums.The group specialized in Dixieland …” „… recruited Estelle to plays drums and xylophone with her newly formed Hollywood Redheads. In her search for …” „… played by African Americans and Creoles on old U.S. Army instruments such as the cornet or marching drums …”

Ch07. Hip and Diggin’ It: Post-War to the ’50s S. 58-65

„… meat kind—decided to organize a women’s drum and bugle corps composed entirely of GI Janes who had …” „… “Spamettes”To be a part of Hormel’s troupe, a woman didn’t necessary have to play drums, bugles, or any other …” „… , and instruments and uniforms were ordered for the Hormel Girls Drum and Bugle Corps, which would later …”

Ch20. Drummers of a Different Beat S. 217-227

„… their mastery of the drum set in popular music idioms, a few drummers known for their work mostly …” „… listening to punk rock.Her first attempt at playing drums came when she joined guitarist Arto Lindsay and …” „… , abandoning her drum set for drum machines. Again critics praised her creativity, and one, Adam Strohm, wrote …”

Ch06. Called to Duty: War Years S. 49-57

„… 49CHAPTER 6Called to Duty: War YearsSometimes the guys were a little leery of girls playing drums …” „… se-quence, which is answered by Pauline Braddy’s cut-time drums, as if to signal just how fast this …” „… rendition is going to be. Again, the se-quence, and again, the drums. The reeds take the first chorus in …”

Appendix. SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY, VIDEO LINKS, AND ONLINE RESOURCES S. 237-239

„… Weiss and Sara Lund Drum Battle/Tom Tom magazine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YkpRP3fCLUSherrie …” „… Caplette Drum Solo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U52ezW-E5p8Hannah Ford Drum Solo …”

Index S. 251-270

„… , Dolly, 30–31Adler, Henry, 202Aerosmith, 74, 83, 127, 159, 167African early culture, drums in, 1–2After …” „… Banshees, 87“Barbie” drum machine, 100–101Barker, Danny, 25Barnet, Charlie, 195Barron, Kenny, 208Bastard …” „… church, condemnation of drums, 3–5Cibo Matto, 102Circus Lupus, 136Cisneros, Betty, 159Civil War “pretty …”

About the Author S. 271-272

„… Texas. She is the author of the award-winning Steel Drums and Steelbands: A History (2012, Scarecrow …” „… , piano, and steel drum. This avid amateur astronomer and news junkie is also a political activist and …”

Photospread S. B1-Z1

„… .indb B 3/4/14 10:27 AMGinger Bianco of Goldie and the Gingerbreads, with her first drum, courtesy …”

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