SDM Columnist Featured On BWBK

Sick Drummer Magazine Columnist – Dross of Sothis, just did a feature interview with Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Here is some of what he had to say:

 

“There are many pluses and minuses to both types of drums. I believe that electronic drums sound better than acoustic drums both live and in the studio. Please remember that unless you are standing right in front of an acoustic kit you are hearing a manipulated electronic replication of the drum, not the actual acoustic drum. If you have a ton of time and money, you can begin to compete with electronic drums. But if you are playing any kind of non-commercial metal, you are going to have to find a way to get that high dollar budget on little to no budget.

 

Even if you play acoustic drums you need to find out about MIDI and buying a module so you can trigger your acoustic kit. Some bands pay 10 to 20 grand to do what I did for free in my rehearsal space. Electronic drums also give you endless amounts of sounds so they are extremely versatile. For example, I have about 150 different bass drums and for each of those bass drums I have the modeling choice of multiple types of heads, microphones, mic positions, tuning, equalizing, compression and various effect parameters. Then you can still control how big of a room it is in and what the walls of that room are made out of. You can only be limited by your imagination. With MIDI you can use your electronic drums to access the sounds of any keyboard or softsynths as well. Electronic drums can also be tuned tight for more rebound without effecting the tone of the drum. Since they are thinner, you can also compact the kit very tight in order to move quickly around the set. Electronic drums are also way more set up for being able to rehearse at reasonable volumes and have an easy time practicing with a metronome.”

 

Read the entire feature on BWBK.com