Drum Cover by Bryan Macaranas 'Sometimes Hearts Collide' by Particle House feat.Christine Smit(2020)

I like to dabble in all sorts of genres of music; if it's got groove I'd consider recording drums on it and put some of my spin. 'Sometimes Hearts Collide' by Particle House presented some room for solid grooving, but it's also a great track to apply some colour and arrangement of the drum parts to suit the mood changes. It definitely suits the dynamic gear changes I tend to gravitate to. Tried to keep it funky, keeping the hi-hats dancing, and and adding elements of melodic drumming and cymbal work to spice sections up - theres a lot happening there. The Noble & Cooley snare with Big Fat Snare Drum dampener providing the 'snare-phatness'. Pretty stoked on how this recording turned out. Thanks for checkin it!
Recorded at Dirty Laundry Studios Brisbane QLD, Australia APRIL 2024
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DRUM GEAR LIST
SONOR SQ2 'Yellow Tribal' Beech Shells
10x7" Rack Tom
13x8" Rack Tom
16x15" Floor Tom
24x14" Bass Drum
14x4.25 Noble & Cooley 'Alloy Classic' Snare Drum w/ Big Fat Snare Dampener
UFiP Cymbals (L-R)
15" Vibra Hi-Hats
20" Blast Crash w/ 6" Class Splash (inverted)
8" FX Collection Natural Splash
22" Blast Extra Dry Ride
18" Tiger China (modified)
20" Vibra Crash
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RECORDING & MONITOR GEAR
Porter & Davies 'Gigster' Drum Throne Monitor
Mics are mix of brands
Beyerdynamic 57/58c for rack and floor tom
Beyerdynamic D50d for main snare
Lewitt LCT240 for overheads
Lewitt DTP640REX w/ Dr Alien Smith Subkick 01 for kick
Prodipe T110 for snare bottom
Logic Pro X DAW
Audient id44 + SP8 Interface

[@christiannativo]

Looks and sounds incredible dude !!! Well played !!!

[@macaranas]

Thank you!

[@jon325]

Great playing man - sounds fantastic! Sonor SQ2 baby! The cymbals all have such great color and space to them! I may have to look into those Lewitt LCT 240s.

[@macaranas]

Thank you. And definitely check the LCT 240s out, the way I record/mix I get 60-70% of the kit sound from the OH so I am very happy with them - total fluke though. I never would have thought large condensers would do such a good job since the ceiling to the studio is low. But it does!

[@jon325]

@@macaranas yes - sounds great! I'm currently using Rode NT1s for OHs, and am quite happy with them. The pencil condensers I've tried seem more harsh than the large condensers. I too have shifted to more OH sound in the mix. Your stuff sounds great! Keep it up!

[@eucabusas]

Hello sir. I'm curious what heads are you using on your toms? :)

[@macaranas]

Thank you or your interest, the heads on the toms are G2 Coated which I was trying out at the time. In fact watch me tinker around with it here th-cam.com/video/m9kbiTHZJfQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JOYJXSbhJZUKlU_T