Hey Everyone,

First of all i would like to thank all my subscribers, viewers, and fans etc.... for all you support. You all drive me to continue doing what i love, and i definitely would not be able to continue doing all this without your help.

Now about me- My name is Allen Shalam, I live in NY. I started playing the drums near the end of 2009. I taught myself how to play, i never took a lesson. I started playing by my friends house whenever i could get a chance, until i finally took the next step to get my own set a few months ago. I do try to practice as often as possible. I play the drums because I love it, and enjoy it, it truly makes me happy.

I have worked in the technological field for quite some years now. I specialize in sound production, live sound, lighting, special fx etc... I use the experience that i have gained to record, mix, master, and film my drum covers. Honestly these covers combine pretty much everything i love doing. I am going on to college, but i still plan on playing as much as i can, and getting as much content online for you guys.

If anyone has any questions at all, please feel free to ask me and i will do my best to help with whatever you need.

Again Thank You ALL for your support, please keep watching, and spread the word!!!!!

~Al-Shal


Technical Information:

I record using the Samson 8-Piece Drum Microphone Kit - Includes: (1) Q-Kick, (1) Q-Snare, (3) Q-Tom, (2) C01 Overhead and (1) C02H Hihat Microphone. My toms used to be mic'd from the bottom, and although it gave me some nice sound, i have recently switched to recording all my drums from above. I use two overhead microphones to capture all the cymbals sounds, as well as the overall expression of the kit. The hi-hat is mic'd with a Sure SM-58 Microphone. I run all the XLRs through to a mixer. Each drum is pre-equalized separately to give the best sound. After running all of the cables into my mixer, i run a stereo out from my mixer to my computer. I then move on to mastering, leveling, mixing, and finally compressing and exporting the final track.

I run the track that i am recording to through my computer with the monitor from the mixers stereo input, and then out through my "Monster Beats Solo HD High Definition On-ear Headphones". So while blocking out all the sound i here my drums as they would sound on the recording as well as the song i am playing to through the headphones.

After the final track is exported proceed to match it to the three video tracks using final cut, i then proceeded to cut and reprocess each of the three video tracks which allows me to alternate them throughout the video. For all of the video editing i used Final Cut Express 4.


Drum Kit Info:

Heads:
Toms: Top- Remo Black Suede Emperor Batter Drumheads Bottom- Stock Heads
Snare: Top- Evans Genera Coated Snare Head Bottom- Stock Heads
Bass Drum: Top & Bottom-Stock Heads
Floor Tom: Top- Remo Coated Pinstripe Bottom- Stock Head

Cymbals:
13" Paiste PST 3 - Hi-Hat Cymbals
14" Zildjian ZBT Crash Cymbal Stack w/ 14" GP Crash
16" GP Crash
20" Zildjian ZHT Crash Ride Cymbal
Meinl HCS 14" Crash & 18" Crash Ride Cymbal Set

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