SwampheavY tracking done

By popemaster | February 2, 2014

Yesterday we finished tracking the new SwampheavY record. This session was done over a course of three consecutive days and all told we tracked six songs start to finish live in our live room with no overdubs with the exception of vocals. The band did in some cases two takes of some of their songs…

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Acoustic drums

By popemaster | April 1, 2013

I am from the school of thought that a snare drum should have a serious crack to the attack and a good throaty girth that seems to live in the low-mids.  Piccolo snares are great in funk, salsa, latino and orchestral applications when used sparingly but they don’t have a commanding sound in rock, punk,…

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