drums

Everything is a drum: frozen lake edition.

So apparently a woman slipped on the ice and it made a cool sound, which gave her percussionist husband the idea to write and perform a piece for this frozen lake in Siberia. The ensemble is Ethnobeat. The lake is Lake Baikal, which at one mile deep and 25 million years of age is the oldest and deepest freshwater lake in the world, and also the largest by volume. (Another interesting tidbit: there’s an annual marathon held entirely on the frozen lake.)

I noticed some comments on the video about how it sounds fake. Giving it a really close listen, in my opinion it’s the real deal, although they do seem to have “cheated” by layering on overdubs. In other words, it’s not all performed at once, live, on camera. But it does appear to be real, and that’s pretty awesome. You can read more about the group and their experience on the lake in the Siberian Times.

  • July 30, 2014

Most identifiable drummers.

Jeremy drumming at the Old Town Pub in Pasadena ca. early 2000's.I’m continuing with my drummer lists and keeping it short and sweet this time around. Here is my shortlist of drummers you’d recognize on any song. Their sound and feel and style are so distinct that their fingerprint on the music they play is every bit as unique and influential as a great singer’s voice. Is it a coincidence that so many of them played with iconic singers and bands?

  • December 16, 2011