Total Drumming
Total Drumming is a collection of loops and samples by Mick Fleetwood, released on October 2, 2001.[1] The release is a compendium of over 800 drum loops, intended for the purchaser to use for their own projects[2][3] Fleetwood is featured as the only performer on all of the samples and the loops are formatted as WAV files.[4] The project was produced by Mike Scheibinger and Jonathon Todd, and was released by Sony Creative Software.[5]
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Recording by | ||||
Released | October 2, 2001 | |||
Studio | Blue Moon | |||
Genre | Rock, loop | |||
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Background
Before work started on this project, Fleetwood listened to some of his older material to determine what he would record in Blue Moon studio with Scheilbinger and Todd.[6] It took three hours to unpack all of Fleetwood's gear, which included drum kits, wind chimes, talking drums, udus, timbales, a gong, and various hand percussion.[7] The gong Fleetwood played on this project was previous used for The Dance album from 1997; Todd had the instrument shipped to Blue Moon studio specifically for this purpose.[6]
Over the course of two days, Fleetwood spent over 30 hours in the recording studio tracking various grooves, one-shots, and "an assortment of percussive sound bytes".[7] Several microphones were used to capture Fleetwood's instruments, including four Sennheiser MD421s on the tom drums, a Shure SM81 on the hi-hat, and an AKG C460 on the ride cymbal. Two ADK A51Ss served as stereo overhead microphones and two Milan VIP50s captured the ambiance of the room.[6]
Track listing
All songs written by Mick Fleetwood
- Mysterious Echos
- Straight Up
- Dry Grooves and Fills
- Grooves and Fills
- Oneshots
- Percussion
- Vocal Bites
Personnel
- Mick Fleetwood - vocals, drums, percussion, cowbell, toms
References
- Martin E. Adelson. "Total Drumming - Mick Fleetwood". discog.fleetwoodmac.net. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- "Amazon.com: Mick Fleetwood: Total Drumming [Old Version]". amazon.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- "Mick Fleetwood - Total Drumming". producerplanet.com. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- "Sonic Foundry Offers Fleetwood Drum Sounds". Mixonline. 24 June 2002. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- "Loops & Samples: Mick Fleetwood: Total Drumming". sonycreativesoftware.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- "Modern Drummer: Hot Products! Great Gear For '03" (PDF). Modern Drummer: 122–123. June 2023.
- Perry, Shawn (2002). "The Mick Fleetwood Interview (2002)". VintageRock. Retrieved 1 September 2023.