Travis Orbin - First Cyclamen Session - "Never Ending Dream"

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A short while ago, a gentleman named Hayato Imanishi contacted me to see if I'd be interested in playing on a few of his band's tunes. It was a no-brainer, this stuff is killer! I had less than two weeks to 'Orbinate' Hayato's programmed drums and rehearse so tracking would go as smoothly as possible. We corresponded through e-mail to ensure that my parts were congruent with his vision; Hayato pays as much mind to nuances as me, it seems! He requested for me to track the drums at my buddy Taylor Larson's studio. Taylor managed to achieve some of the best drum tones I've ever heard for prog/metal music.

The first tune is "Never Ending Dream." Towards the middle, it features a lengthy section in which a tom-tom ostinato is crescendoed over a passage of more than twenty bars. It was quite hard to execute, and after I flub it the video re-enters with my playing of the last few bars. I'm whacking the crap out of the toms by then, haha.

Full drum set transcription: http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c116/shaftninja/?action=view&current=cy...
Tempo = 140 BPM

http://www.myspace.com/taylorlarsonrecording
http://www.travisorbin.com

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[TheReverend777]

Travis I have a question for you. When these guitarist like this type show you their work and ask you to put drums to it, do they even know what they're doing, as in time signatures? Or do you have to figure that out

[shaftninja]

@TheReverend777 I have to figure out the time sigs/rhythms/etc. 95% of the time.

[SleepingComanche]

@Wabball Either that or it's just a flam.

[TiiHO91]

thats extraordinary kit :)

[romeo13x]

@friendofsnugglefun Actually, he's righty. He began to lead with his left hand/foot as a way to challenge himself as well as to keep his left side on par with his right, thus resulting in him having an ambidextrous playing ability. But he's right-handed. Look at video - Setup Explanation for more info regarding his setup and why he set it up that way.

[friendofsnugglefun]

@DRUMAdam91 I'm assuming he's practiced enough to be mostly ambidextrous, but I think he started out as a lefty. If you look at his feet, his left foot is doing most of the kick drum work.

[cdmolenaar]

@rdavidr fart mic

[DRUMAdam91]

Intresting set up, I can't tell whether you're right or left handed! (obviously you play open handed)

[inyo92]

dude ur a beast.

[kietey14]

some remo drum head love there. A black max?

[ilovemetaalll]

drums addiction yeah

[musikteer]

What kinda of tom heads do you use and how do you tune them? I'm very curious. Great video and drumming!

[123LarsUlrich]

@HolyWarspunishmentdu Maby i wrote it wrong? I ment 7/8....