Mike Plays Drums On:
His Voice
Statued
Shores of Avalon
Beelzebubba
Guardian Angel
Sacrifice
Lace
Slow Burn
Style: Progressive Rock
The Mullmuzzler website has info on the band.
Audio
His Voice RHand HiHat on Verse The hihat required 16th notes for this part. They are all played w/1 hand on the right cable hihat. so that the snare could be smacked with the left.
This 1st LaBrie 'solo' project unfolded quickly. The drums were recorded 1st. All of the sounds, drum parts, final drum tracks, and basic project vision had to occur in less than 2 full days.
This REMO Acousticon kit was the same used for Vai's Ultra Zone session. In fact, this session was done 2 days after , and 2 miles away from Vai's Mothership Studio.
That was a full 2 weeks full of those 2 recordings !
Mike Plays Drums On:
AfterLife
Venice Burning
Confronting the Devil
Falling
Stranger
A Simple Man
Save Me
Believe
Listening
Tell Me
Style: Progressive Rock
See Transcriptions from recording session. soon.
Really listen to Jame's voice. There are moments that headphones can help you 'see' how each instrument is connecting with them & each other.
As he is the only one to be at every session, his vocal execution reflects the spirit of the music.
Audio
Simple Man Chorus Left hand on jingle hats with right hitting snare & off beat right hihat accents
Simple Man MG Solo certain Matt riffs were picked to play in unison to compliment the solo as a whole.
Save Me Verse groove
Save Me MK Solo tuplet fills in order are: tuplets: 7:2, 5:2, 10, 5
This 2nd release had some songwriter's demos prior to the recording. Based on the 1st release, this 2nd one was a bit easier to settle with recording-wise as there was something to base the recordings on.
Again however, there were 2 days to get everything accomplished drum-wise. The Pearl Birch Platinum Mist kit was just perfect. Having Matt's solo takes to hear during the session was a treat and really tied in a part of the songs that can escape when one doesn't know what is being played by everyone while recording.
There were coated amb's on all the drums but the kick.
Mike Plays Drums On:
Crucify
Alone
Freaks
Invisible
Lost
Undecided
Smashed
Pretender
Slightly Out of Reach
Oblivious
In too Deep
Drained
Style: Progressive Rock
This 3rd LaBrie release does what most 3rd releases do not accomplish: no weaker components (per fan's perspective) than the previous releases.
Mix engineer, Rich Chycki's website:
A/B this CD with any other in your collection to truly compare it.
Audio
Freaks Verse > PChorus groove
Invisible Intro spacious fills as well as a 5-tuplets are used to give this section a complete vibe.
Lost 1-Hand Snare & right HiHat part the right hand is hitting all mini hihat hits as well as the snare (being whacked)
Drained 1-Hand Doom Ride on Verse
Drained 4 HiHat Breakdown a mostly linear series is played on the hihats bewteen both hands and both feet.
Video Clips from the Recording Session:
Drained: Look at form & record
Slightly out of Reach: find HiHat & settings along w/Groove Swing % these clips aren't chop oriented. They are here to show the care needed to get the grooves to sit correctly.