Drum Tracking

I am now fully set up and available for online or ‘virtual’ drum recording. Utilizing the high quality studio equipment formerly at Vintage Digital Studios, I will take the time and care needed to craft the perfect drum part for your song. I enjoy working with people, and I utilize my unique background as a drummer, songwriter, producer, and recording engineer to give you great sounding drum tracks that fit with your music. For information on specific recording equipment I use, please check out my studio gear page.

I have wide variety of both vintage and modern instruments available (DW, Yamaha, Drummers World (NY), Ludwig, Dunnett, Sonor, Obelisk, Treehouse, Ayotte, Sabian, Paiste, Zildjian, Istanbul, Bosphorus, and many others) so I can pick the right sounds for your music. I also have a wide selection of shakers, tambourines and auxiliary percussion instruments.

I will provide you with multiple drum mic options, and I can provide any recording format you desire (44-48-88-96khz @ 24 or 32bit). I generally provide WAV files for you to pull into your DAW, but I can also provide you with AIFF or even complete ProTools session files if desired.

Rates are $199 (USD) per song, with a 10% discount for an entire album’s worth of material (more than 5 songs done at the same time). This price includes multiple takes and samples sent via email for approval. Percussion parts (shaker, tambourine etc) are $50 extra per song for ‘basic’ pop percussion parts. More involved percussive parts/sounds for complex scores and pieces (FX, multiple shakers, bells etc) are $80 per song. If you consider the cost to hire a drummer, and then rent a studio plus a separate engineer, this is an extremely affordable solution.

Here are some things to consider:
– A $75 deposit is required before any tracking starts (waived for regular clients)
– Full payment is required before WAV/AIFF files will be sent (via Dropbox, Drive, or the cloud server of your choice)
– I love reference tracks! If you have a certain type of feel, bands, vibe, etc or drum sounds you would like me to try and achieve please include mp3’s of those tracks, and tell me which ones are for sounds and which ones are for vibe/ideas.
– I will send you an Mp3 rough mix of your song (sometimes 2 versions), and we go from there. Most people are happy at the first mp3. If you are not happy with the part I will do my best to make you happy! In the unlikely event I can’t make you happy after 2 or 3 more attempts, then I keep the deposit and recommend you to someone else.
– I am great at doing Rock/Jazz/Folk/Pop/Country tunes. I love working with singer/songwriters and crafting the right part for their music.
-If you have a super technical prog-rock/fusion tune or death metal tune I am probably not your guy. But I can recommend you to someone awesome like Matt Thompson from King Diamond, or Steve Pruitt formally with Snarky Puppy!

you can email me with any more questions you have.

cheers!

Joel

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