Recording The Muppets

Back to work. Been veeeeery busy with far more interesting things and haven't felt like writing in a while. I have been working, but the sessions have gone smoothly and there really hasn't been anything interesting to tell. But today I am recording the Muppets. I know... that is quite a rude thing to say about an inexperienced band. And it is not a very fair comparison to the Muppets either. The band kicked ass and Animal is one of my alltime favourite drummers. Along with Keith Moon and Meg White. I wonder who played Animals drumparts in real life.
I wish the drummer today would play like him but all I got was this lousy lookalike.
This guy is all over the place. And he barely hits the drumskins. He keeps hitting his sticks, the rims and above all. My microphones that I have so carefully placed in order to capture his ungodly cacophony that is supposed to remind you of a musical performance. Let me tell you... it does not.
But it did not come as a surprise. You know why? Because I can usully say that I am not going to win a Grammy from a session where the drumskin are taped with large and very THICK foam pads from underneath. Yes. And the bassdrum was filled, sorry I mean packed tightly with pillows.
I realized that there are two reasons for this wierd behaviour.
#1 The drummer has been asked by his bandmembers NOT TO PLAY SO FUCKING LOUD!
2# He has no idea that it is possible to tune the drums.

On the other hand. The drum skins on his kit are probably the ones that came from the factory back in 1986 and it is a miracle that they dont have holes in them. So they didnt sound that much better when I tried to tune them. No. Maybe I will tape the paddings back on when we are done. Just for fun. But he made me think of Animal and that was the most fun I had all day. Thank you man!
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