Cobus - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down (Drums Cover)

Laus Deo Semper

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This is a drum cover of RJA's song, Face Down. AWESOME song, insane drumming, loved covering this, one of my all-time favorites.

I have to emphasize, I know calling this a "cover" is wrong, seeing as I only PARTLY stayed true to the song's drums, through the WHOLE song i play some variations of the beats, phrasing and fills, I'm NOT aiming to be accurate to the original drums, I'm just aiming to enjoy myself.. :) And I thouroughly succeeded in doing that, I might add ;)

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down
from the 2006 release Don't You Fake It
is the copyrighted property of its owner.

(External) Drums by Cobus Potgieter | jaapvlooi@gmail.com




*TECHNICAL INFO*

Drumkit:
Tama Superstar Custom; in the Blue Metallic Fade

Heads:
Toms TOP: Remo Powerstroke 3, Clear.
Toms BOTTOM: stock heads.
Snare TOP: Remo Emperor, Coated.
Snare BOTTOM: stock head.
Bassdrum BATTER: Remo Powerstroke 4, Clear.

Cymbals:
Paiste PST 5 UNIVERSAL setup:
14" Hats
16" Crash
20" Ride
Secondary Crash: Sabian XS20 Medium-Thin 16" Crash

(please note the toms are tuned and equalized for RECORDING purposes, live they need to be tuned a lot more "open" to sound as good as in the recording. and yes, the kit DOES sound that good live :) i had almost NO equalising on the drums themselves, and ONLY removed some low frequencies from the overheads. basically i only levelled the mix and applied compression.)


*RECORDING*

I miced each individual drum (snare top AND bottom were miced), plus two overheads, ran this through a mixer, got a decent mix and recorded with ONLY *ONE* stereo channel.. no multitrack recorder(s) :) I compressed the final mix to HELL.. to get a more aggressive sound, to make it sit better in with the original song (and hopefully overpower the original drums), detailed compression settings: 20:1 with a threshold of -20db and a compensation gain of 15db, with both separate channels (LEFT and RIGHT, from the mixer) sent to a stereo sub-group, and the compression settings applied to THIS group, it gave a nice compact and aggressive result.. further mastering was needed to equalize the final mix and control peak levels and such, to have it fit in with the original music track.

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[Eppuful]

2012 and still watching

[BallydoolyHardstyle]

Thumbs up if your a drummer and thinking about learning guitar because you've just realised how bad you really are... lol

[MKRocker2012]

@BallydoolyHardstyle Shit dude, at least you ARE a drummer. Better off than the guitarists who wanna learn how to play.

[lr49432]

I loved this song and then I saw your cover to it and now i think you made the song even more AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great job

[drum883]

How much more enjoyable is it watching his old videos! :D

[drum883]

@maimeowmeoow There's an acoustic version of this which is really fun to drum to! its not as fast or loud, but when you add your own drums it re-creates those elements..

[maimeowmeoow]

do u guys have face down songs but drumless?

[TheImdrumer]

this drum cover is insane fuck!

[xxFATJESUSxx0218]

I am i drummer myself and within a week or so i couls do just about as good as you but to stay on every freking beat takes some skill and that stick flip thing was pure genius good job bro

[aGrundleMonster]

i miss your videos being this raw...

[TheJuanitoPepito]

@cc101385 he should do HD remakes of all the older videos like this one or nsync's pop odr something like thse, that would be awesome!!