The Stewart Copeland Snare Drum Conspiracy

[Suspiria]

Originally posted by Five Eight:
Suspiria said: "I'm sure Pearl managed to make at least ONE good snare."

I wish I'd said that! I'm laughing so hard I can barely type. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Haha, I'm glad I made your evening [img]cool.gif[/img]

[troutbrooke]

Originally posted by Vdrummer:
Sometimes the decision of what they'll play is not the drummer's. The producer often has final say.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's an understatement. Now with the advent of ProTools and similar software, you're lucky if even your GROOVE remains intact. I am getting SICK of engineers and producers chopping my shit up and screwing with the balance and tone. I really think this stuff is getting way out of control. I wonder if the greats (like Vinnie and Gadd etc.) have any say in how their stuff gets chopped or altered....

[sjj123]

Thas not too much of a revalation to me....Peart has a similar story...He continued to use a Slingerland Snare (that was older and that he just stumbled on somewhere) even after he moved on to other drums. He said it had very sharp edges and he went through heads like crazy

[Randy walker]

Brad, you would be correct, especially in the case of a Don Gehmen session where the drummer usually ends up having to use Don's supraphonic.

[CLWarunki]

Originally posted by Tabla_Man:
That's a common practice in the industry. It's one of the dirty little secrets of drum endorsements. They only have to play that particular brand of drums when playing live, and only the drums that are visible to the audience.

Chad Smith endorses Pearl drums and Sabian cymbals. In the studio he records with his old Zildjian cymbals and uses a DW edge snare and not his signature snare.

Jeff Pocoro, used Gretsch, Yamaha, and Pearl drums all in the studio, but he endorsed Pearl.

Neil Peart, endorsed several manufacturers, Slingerland, Tama, Ludwig, DW. He used his old Slingerland snare for years when endorsing other companies, and in the studio he's used Ludwig, Pearl and Yamaha snares.

In the end, a manufacturers endorsement only counts for what can be seen, live on stage in music videos, etc. What's done in the studio, or cannot be seen on stage, is totally up to the individual player.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So true!

When I talked to Dave Abbruzzese long ago, he confessed to the exact same thing.