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Chris Brush Drums - Creative Custom Remote Session Drum TracksChris Brush is a Nashville-based session drummer bringing his experience to clients in the form of creative, custom, passionate, high-quality remote drum tracks

Chris Brush in his Mix and Production Room

Career, Creativity, Inspiration, StoriesAugust 3, 2021

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How I Think About Risk In My Drumming Career

Recently I was asked to do a small interview for an online magazine called Shoutout SoCal. It features stories and thoughts from entrepreneurs across a wide spectrum of businesses. Along with some brief explanation of my career path, some shoutouts to those who were influential along the way, and…

Emotional Dynamics

Creativity, TechniqueApril 29, 2013

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Emotional Dynamics – Adding Passion to Your Sessions

Songs are alive. We mark our lives with them in that the right song can take you back instantly to an event in your past. A good song captures an emotional snapshot and presents it in an artistic fashion. As a session drummer, it is our job to add to…

Outside the Box Session Craziness - Mini Kit

Creativity, Inspiration, TechniqueApril 22, 2013

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Outside the Box Session Craziness

Sometimes sessions come along that force me to think outside the box. A song on a session last week called for something driving like a drum kit but was soft and acoustic and leaned toward percussion. Full kit would have been too much and just perc would have been anemic.…

Signal Chain Hierarchy - Part 4: A to D Converters

RecordingApril 14, 2013

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Signal Chain Hierarchy – Part 4: A to D Converters

For the last three weeks, I have been sharing my opinions on the recording signal chain and where each piece ranks in terms of a hierarchy of importance. We talked about the source you record being the most important – you can’t record what you don’t have to begin with.…

Signal Chain Hierarchy - Part 3: The Preamp

RecordingApril 6, 2013

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Signal Chain Hierarchy – Part 3: Preamps for Drums

The past two weeks, we’ve talked about my idea of the recording signal chain hierarchy – what makes the most difference in your sound. We started off this series talking about the source being primary in importance. Last week, we talked about microphones and their ability to shape the sound.…

Signal Chain Hierarchy - Part 2: The Microphone

RecordingMarch 31, 2013

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Signal Chain Hierarchy – Part 2: Drumkit Microphones

Last week in my series on the recording chain hierarchy, we talked about the source being paramount. If you don’t have a good sounding source, you won’t have a good sounding recording. Next in the hierarchy, in my opinion, is the microphone. The microphone is like the ear through which…

Signal Chain Hierarchy - Part 1: The Source Matters Most

RecordingMarch 22, 2013

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Drum Signal Chain Hierarchy – Part 1: The Source Matters Most

Often, I will get a question from younger players and engineers about the most important part of the recording signal chain. While everyone certainly has their valid opinions, this is my blog and today, we’ll be talking about mine. I feel there is a hierarchy of the recording signal chain…

Chris Brush - learning how to balance the hi hat

TechniqueMarch 15, 2013

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Hi Hat Balance

How a drummer hits the hi hats is important under the scrutiny of the red recording light. A lot of modern players play the hi hats too hard. This simple little video hopefully demonstrates the difference between bashing the hi hat and balancing the hi hat within the kit —…

The Worst Kit I Ever Played - Chris Brush Drums

Humorous, StoriesFebruary 28, 2013

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The Worst Drum Kit I Ever Played

The Worst Drum Kit I Ever Played. It was the winter of 2005. I was playing a simple one-off gig in some state like Michigan or something. It was already bad enough that the group I was with had to drive there, let alone the brave the road conditions –…

Overhead Miking – Stereo Balancing of Cymbals, Drums and Room

RecordingFebruary 21, 2013

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Drum Overhead Miking – Stereo Balancing of Cymbals, Drums and Room

Ah, overhead miking. We have come to the last week in this series of mic experiments. In the past few weeks, we’ve explored different microphone sounds on the snare, kick, toms, and hi hat. Now, we sample some different ways to capture the whole kit – overheads.

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