Dirk Verbeuren Recording Deconstruction With Devin Townsend

Devin and I went over the 5 demoed songs and provided beats and structures to some new tunes. T was all good times and loud laughs. I chose a Meinl Classics 8 Low Bell to complement my 22 Mb20 Heavy Bell Ride. In respect of Gene The Machine Hoglan s legacy of thunderous beats, it would ve been blasphemy not to have some double ride style bits on this record. Other cymbals I used include a Meinl Generation X 6, 10 Attack Stack producing a wet, crisp percussive sound and a 20 Mb20 Heavy Crash which almost sounds like a ride, and completely sounds killer. I placed a Tama Warlord Brass snare on the far right, almost out of reach, and ended up playing it in mostly silly ways. For the speedy double kick parts, it s bliss to have the brand new Tama Speed Cobra pedal which, in combination with my dB drumshoes, has become my new weapon of choice. I usually go with Evans EC2 on the toms, but this time I used the basic G1 heads, allowing the natural tones of t