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Recording orchestral music in Sofia, Bulgaria

Two days before 2024 I had the chance to record an orchestral piece for a 52-pieces orchestra in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was one of my best (if not THE best) experience of my life as a musician. I can’t really express my feelings as I don’t have any words to describe my joy and happiness. Playing drums is something, writing music for orchestra is definitely something else, I can tell I was feeling tiny and I’ve never been THAT stressed before. At the end everything went extremely well and I can’t wait to release the video of this wonderful session.

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Last week, I’ve been working with a French band called “Ich Bin Wallou”, (the craziest music I’ve ever played…). To contrast with the complexity of the music, I chose to play a pretty simple kit, here’s a picture! 22, 12, 16, 18 🤟

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Studio Time!

These days, I’m really happy to spend some time behind the drums in my studio. I’ve got some recording to do for other musicians and here’s a picture of my monster kit at home.

Fun fact, I’m not even using half of it for these specific recordings but… we never know, at least everything is already set up!

For those of you who like nerdy talks, here’s the full description of my current kit:

Zildjian cymbals (from left to right): Orential China Trash 22’’ ; Trashformer 10’’ ; Avedis Hi-Hat 16’’ ; K Cluster Crash 18’’ ; A Custom Flat Top Ride 20’’ ; A Custom EFX 10’’ ; Trashformer 8’’ ; K Constantinople Bounce 22’’ ; A Custom Crash 19’’ ; K Custom High Definition Ride 22’’ ; A Custom EFX 18’’ ; Kerope Prototype Paper Thin Crash 21’’

Gretsch Drums - USA Custom, Seafoam Green Gloss: BD 24x16’’ ; 10x6.5’’ ; 12x7’’ ; 14x12’’ ; 16x14’’ ; 18x16’’ + 14x5’’ USA Custom Snare with double 45° bearing edges in Silver Mist Gloss finition.

Drumheads: REMO PowerStroke 3 on the kick (batter side) and Ambassador Clear (reso side) ; Ambassador Clear Top and Bottom on toms ; Ambassador Coated on the Snare.

Microphones: Shure Beta91 for Kick-in ; Lauten Audio Clarion for Kick-Out ; Yamaha Subkick ; Lauten Audio Horizon for Snare-Top ; Aston Spirit for Snare-Bottom ; Shure KSM137 for Hi-Hat ; Audio Technics AE3000 for Toms ; Aston Spirit as overheads.

Enjoy the picture!