Asking Alexandria - Someone, Somewhere Drum Cover

My new favorite cover... This is such an energetic song that was awesome to learn and play. I would also attempt some of their other songs off the new album, but my kick pad is too hard and it would be near impossible to do 32nd double bass. So until my next cover, I have no idea what I'm going to do next...

1. What drum set do you use?

I use a Yamaha Dtxtreme III Special Edition drum set. My other hardware includes Pearl Demon Drive Double Kick Pedals and Direct Sound EX25 Isolation Headphones.

2. Between Yamaha and Roland, which set is better?

In all honesty is comes down to preference. The Yamaha set is better quality and far cheaper when compared to Roland sets. Some of the problems that I've heard about the Roland set compared to the Yamaha sets are that the Roland pads wear out and are too bouncy. As for durability, the Yamaha rubber and the new silicone pads are better overall than mesh pads. As stated before, it's your choice which set you buy. In my opinion though, after reading through countless articles, Yamaha drums are the best choice.

3. How do you record the videos and audio?

I use a Panasonic camera for the video recording. The audio is sent from the left and right outputs on the module to my computers microphone input jack. This is the cable I use: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000068O3C . The program I use to record the audio is Sony Sound Forge Pro 10 and Sony Vegas Pro 10 to edit the video.

4. How do you get the song with no drum track?

This only works if songs you want to cover are on Rock Band. I will make a tutorial soon on how to do this. Until then, stay tuned.

5. Why do you hold the sticks that way?

I'm not sure. I've learned to play like that and in no way has it affected how I play. Playing matched grip hurts my hands because when playing in that form the hands absorb the shock of hitting the pads. The way I learned, it puts less pressure on the hand and makes it more flexible. Whatever works I guess...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Asking
• Alexandria
• SomeoneSomewhere
• Drum
• Cover
• Drummer
• Drumming
• Yamaha
• Dtxtreme
• III

[cash1102]

Your a good drummer man but you missed a lot of snare in the beginning of the song. But other than that it was really good.

[Level99Hp]

@cash1102 I'm not a big fan of ghost notes. I just decided to skip it because that to me is the hardest part of the song lol...

[ransisua]

@Level99Hp haha. maybe your way holding the sticks make it difficult to do ghost notes.

[Level99Hp]

@ransisua Nah, it's the hard rubber pads. They aren't like real drum heads where you can just let your stick rebound itself. Ghost notes are very possible to do on here, but like I said, I'm not a fan because it doesn't feel right.

[Xerxaa]

sick dude and i now what its like with ghost notes on a electric kit man its like impossible coz since its electric u cant really accent a pacific note !

[anndreea2125]

Wow ..amazing . <3 Good job !

[garashukkaku666]

best drum cover ever good job bro

[D3adF1ng3rs]

You need to loosen up a little bit, but other than that, not bad

[joserocker2012]

wow! ur awesome and i love the sound of the bass drum

[maybinator]

Perfect.

[ForgettingLastFall]

i love electronic sets because they sound so clean

[bewaretheintertubes]

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