and it was just like as low as can be. He had a
thirty-two wire strainer on it, so it was just really
low, really wet sounding, not a lot of definition.
So it was the opposite of what I would have
used in this scenario, so I used an aluminum
snare, a Ludwig Acrolite, and I had that thing
really tuned up, because out of all the bands
on that tour, Local Sound is the most Pop
mainstream sounding. I’m doing a lot of ghost
notes and I need a lot of clarity with my snare.
So already, by just bringing your own cymbals
and snare drum you’re achieving your own
unique sound, which makes everything easy.
But I guess getting to the shared equipment,
the kit we were using was a C&C kit and it was
formerly Jake Goss’s kit, who drums for LANY
(he used on their first tour). He used that kit on
C&C ‘Tour Kit’
the road for a long time, so this kit had been
through the wringer. I even think the heads
that were on it were the heads from when he
was on tour, so it had older heads, the kit was
really worn in. So with that, every night were
all playing and really bashing on these drums.
There’s not a huge changeover time to tune, so
what we agreed on is, I started the night and I
would have the drums set up for me. What I did
is I would crank the tom just a little bit more to
let them ring out, to have a little more punch like
I did with my snare. Then what I used, which I
think is so helpful with people achieving their
sound, is any form of drum muffling. You can
use rings or drum dampeners or whatever, and
that immediately changes the sound without
even having to tune the drum, you just throw
something on it. So, what I would do is crank
them up a little bit then throw drum dots on
them to warm the sound, and that’s all I did.
Then our set would end and I would quickly
take my gear off and Austin would come up.
And our little system was, as he was tuning
down the heads to where he wanted them, I
was putting his cymbals on and adjusting the
stands, so that way we were killing two birds
with one stone, and then he did the same thing
with Carlo. It was definitely a team effort. There
are companies with products that can really
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