The Sound of Drums on PJ records......

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jonesjc14 wrote:

I like it when drums sound like drums. When recording in a studio with tons of soundproofing, and gating every drum hit, it becomes too homogenized. When you record and capture the natural resonance of the drums, and a few mics in random areas of the room to capture natural decay, it makes it sound so much more organic.

Drums should have some bite to them. Backspacer has a good amount of bite on the drums.

I agree. That's partly why I enjoy Yield so much. I think Irons was a great match for Pearl Jam. Nothing negative, but I always thought something wasn't right with Matt playing - he is a great drummer either way though.

Yeah I somewhat agree,...he's like perfect with Soundgarden, and you would think that they would adapt well together (him and the PJ bunch), but I don't know,...something's not jiving right

CJMST3K

NickGMusic wrote:

jonesjc14 wrote:

I like it when drums sound like drums. When recording in a studio with tons of soundproofing, and gating every drum hit, it becomes too homogenized. When you record and capture the natural resonance of the drums, and a few mics in random areas of the room to capture natural decay, it makes it sound so much more organic.

Drums should have some bite to them. Backspacer has a good amount of bite on the drums.

I agree. That's partly why I enjoy Yield so much. I think Irons was a great match for Pearl Jam. Nothing negative, but I always thought something wasn't right with Matt playing - he is a great drummer either way though.

Yeah I somewhat agree,...he's like perfect with Soundgarden, and you would think that they would adapt well together (him and the PJ bunch), but I don't know,...something's not jiving right

I think on most of the early stuff it's not jiving, but I think on the latter music that he's been involved with, particularly Backspacer, it was finally an album built around Matt's strengths.

Matt said in his recent interview with Drum Magazine that Backspacer is the best Pearl Jam record. I disagree with him on that (I mean, come on) but it definitely is the best PJ record with Matt playing drums on.