Sound from behind the kit vs out front

[poco rit.]

Great touch Thomas and some choice cymbals.

What sticks are you using?

 

[Sinclair]

Maybe it's the optimist in me thinking that one day, in one room, I will get a studio-quality recording with a stereo mic in front of the band

It'll happen. In the meantime you'll be getting better with each gig.

 

[ThomasL]

Great touch Thomas and some choice cymbals.

What sticks are you using?

Thanks! I'm on my second to last pair of the long ago discontinued Ayotte Jazz Maple sticks. I haven't found another stick I like quite as much, but Vater Sugar Maple Phat Ride is probably what I end up using in the future.

 

[Base]

As Billy Hart once told me when I brought up the topic of the difference between the drummers and the audiences sound: (paraphrasing) I have to work hard enought to sound good from where I sit....