8/02/13

Today further research was established in regards to the promotion and analysis of the drum EP. Myself and Ryan concluded that the EP could focus around the changing aspects in culture and technologies within a music, paying particular attention to genre and the ways in which drums are recorded. The first piece will focus around a natural recorded drum sound, incorporating elements of marine corp and marching snare types of drumming. This track will highlight the traditional ways in which drums have been recorded, further developing into the digital domain within the second progression showcasing newer genres of music and highlighting the progression in the changes of music culture in comparison to the progression in technology. The 3rd piece will research into the musical aspects and musicianship of street culture and how many musicians are now using any items they can obtain to create musical performances, in particular that of street drumming culture through the use of buckets and kitchen items. In addition to establishing a motif for the EP, we came to the conclusion that the project would need a website to link all associated counterparts together, readily accessible from a single domain. The website would include photos, videos and updates of the progression of the project. It would additionally tie together all external links including that of sources used such as Soundcloud and YouTube in addition to social media including Facebook and Twitter.

11 – 14/ 02/13

This week the beginning elements of the first track of the EP have began to take place, with the rudimentary snare elements being recorded. To record these parts experimentation was used by myself and Ryan in terms of microphone placement and positioning to see what sound would be achievable compared to traditional ways of recording a snare drum. A total of 6 microphones were used in recording this element. Microphones used are as follows:

2 Rhode NTG-2’s as a mid stereo pair above the snare drum
2 AKG C414’S –  One was used as an overhead/ microphone and the other to record the underneath the snare
Shure SM57 – This was used for traditional mic placement directly above the top snare head
Rode NT1A – Was used as a room mic to capture resonant sounds