Day 5

Recording: Drums for Part 2
Warm-up: “The Trooper” by Iron Maiden; “Warriors of Faith” by HammerFall

Tim

The secret to playing fantastic drum tracks isn’t carbonated energy drinks. It’s a certain energy shot. I had one lying around the house and gave it to Dave the second he arrived. Before we had been recording for 90 minutes, two complete takes of the song had been done. “Part 2” is sounding precise, exact, and … that’s right, epic!

After finishing up “Part 2”, we once again turned out attention to “Part 1”. There was one particular section that sounded good already, but had the potential to be better. So, since we were on a roll already, Dave redid the section a few times until we were happy with the changes.

Dave

One of Tim’s favorite bands is Pink Floyd, and as I walked into the Halls today, I was reminded of a certain line from “Comfortably Numb.”  It wasn’t a pinprick, but it was indeed a shot!  My amazing playing surprised even me, and I fear that I have become addicted to yet another delicious substance.

Spencehammer, Sr.’s number one gripe about heavy metal is the constant and indiscriminate use of double-bass parts.  Think Krisiun, but slowed down.  Or Manowar’s “House of Death.”  Or pick your favorite example, there’s literally thousands to choose from.  “Part II,” or whatever its final title will be, is the perfect forum for exciting and dexterous bass drum parts, and for my father’s sake, I tried to play with Tim’s rhythm parts, as well as the main riff in the first verse, while still satisfying my need to dance on the pedals.