That was really awesome.  I am also a vdrummer. But its really just out of convenience.  I much prefer playing acoustic drums.  You got a really great sound out of your drums.  It inspired me to start moving in more of an acoustic direction.  Anyway, great music.  Awesome playing.  Very impressed.  I'm a fan. The only thing is i would agree that the drums (really more the cymbals) are a tad too bright.  Just a tad. :)

Lynn
Fantastic!!  I also heard some Utopia in there, but super creative and ingenious.  Encore.

Thanks Lynn!  Both Poly and I were big Utopia fans among other progressive rock and jazz bands.

Hugh Mann
That was really awesome.  I am also a vdrummer. But its really just out of convenience.  I much prefer playing acoustic drums.  You got a really great sound out of your drums.  It inspired me to start moving in more of an acoustic direction.  Anyway, great music.  Awesome playing.  Very impressed.  I'm a fan. The only thing is i would agree that the drums (really more the cymbals) are a tad too bright.  Just a tad. :)

Thanks Hugh. I've exclusively used digital drums since before V-Drums even existed. On the page where my song is, on the left you can see a pic with me in front of my old half Yamaha, half Roland triangular pad kit. Anyway, I never thought I'd be going back to recording acoustic drums, but the stars all aligned such that exactly that has happened. 
 
I'm using the recorderman configuration with two AT2020 mics, which I bought right after seeing these two videos. I also have an SM58 on the snare and a Sennheiser MD421 inside the kick.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtSGYODo8-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-EjezU6_Zg
 
As for the mix of my song, as you pointed out there is a bit too much edge, especially on the crash cymbals, and as a few other folks have mentioned the 5-String bass I'm playing is a bit subdued in the mix, so this weekend I plan to address both those items. Thanks for the feedback, and I can't say enough good things about the tiny and cheep Ludwig Breakbeats by Questlove. I had seen that kit in all the music catalogs I get and always thought it was a starter kit made for kids, which it could also be, but not only will I be using them as my goto drums in the studio, but will also be taking those drums out live to play gigs with a band I recently hooked up with.
 
Edit: Thought I should mention that I did upgrade the snare on that kit to a Supralite snare. They gave me $50 trade in on the 8 lug wooden snare that the kit came with, and then I bought on sale the 10 lug metal Supralite snare, which ended up costing me another $90, so I have a total of about $440 (excluding stands, cymbals and other hardware) invested in that kit.

It's titled "Blockchain" at:

https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13686811
 
I did a fairly significant remix of the song last night. Gave the bass track I'm playing a bit more bottom end and a small bump in volume. Also took the real bright edge off of the whole mix. I pushed up Poly's guitar solo tracks a bit in volume as well. Anyway, check it out. Hopefully it will sound more balanced on your speakers. I burned CD after CD taking different adjustments out to listen on my car stereo last night until finally settling on this mix, which sounded pretty balanced in the car.

This is great - well written, great playing - I love your guitar playing. Excellent.

MarkusClinus
This is great - well written, great playing - I love your guitar playing. Excellent.

Thanks Markus. 
 
I'm actually just playing the Bass, Drums, Upright Piano, and Rhythm Guitar.
My buddy Polymod is the one who is playing all the hot solos on Guitar and MiniMoog.

Naiz.

the_user_formally_known_as_glennbo

Hugh Mann
That was really awesome.  I am also a vdrummer. But its really just out of convenience.  I much prefer playing acoustic drums.  You got a really great sound out of your drums.  It inspired me to start moving in more of an acoustic direction.  Anyway, great music.  Awesome playing.  Very impressed.  I'm a fan. The only thing is i would agree that the drums (really more the cymbals) are a tad too bright.  Just a tad. :)

Thanks Hugh. I've exclusively used digital drums since before V-Drums even existed. On the page where my song is, on the left you can see a pic with me in front of my old half Yamaha, half Roland triangular pad kit. Anyway, I never thought I'd be going back to recording acoustic drums, but the stars all aligned such that exactly that has happened. 
 
I'm using the recorderman configuration with two AT2020 mics, which I bought right after seeing these two videos. I also have an SM58 on the snare and a Sennheiser MD421 inside the kick.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtSGYODo8-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-EjezU6_Zg
 
As for the mix of my song, as you pointed out there is a bit too much edge, especially on the crash cymbals, and as a few other folks have mentioned the 5-String bass I'm playing is a bit subdued in the mix, so this weekend I plan to address both those items. Thanks for the feedback, and I can't say enough good things about the tiny and cheep Ludwig Breakbeats by Questlove. I had seen that kit in all the music catalogs I get and always thought it was a starter kit made for kids, which it could also be, but not only will I be using them as my goto drums in the studio, but will also be taking those drums out live to play gigs with a band I recently hooked up with.
 
Edit: Thought I should mention that I did upgrade the snare on that kit to a Supralite snare. They gave me $50 trade in on the 8 lug wooden snare that the kit came with, and then I bought on sale the 10 lug metal Supralite snare, which ended up costing me another $90, so I have a total of about $440 (excluding stands, cymbals and other hardware) invested in that kit.

Thanks for sharing the info on the drum recording.  Reading about the backstory and how you put it all together is cool.  It always seemed like such a pain to record drums, but you definitely got a great recording.  And the playing is great.  Just an awesome track.  The new mix sounds perfect.  I wanted to buy the track ( and bring you .99 cents closer to retirement, lol) but you have as a free download.  Thanks!

Just Another Bloke
Naiz.

Thanks Justin!

Hugh Mann

the_user_formally_known_as_glennbo

Hugh Mann
That was really awesome.  I am also a vdrummer. But its really just out of convenience.  I much prefer playing acoustic drums.  You got a really great sound out of your drums.  It inspired me to start moving in more of an acoustic direction.  Anyway, great music.  Awesome playing.  Very impressed.  I'm a fan. The only thing is i would agree that the drums (really more the cymbals) are a tad too bright.  Just a tad. :)

Thanks Hugh. I've exclusively used digital drums since before V-Drums even existed. On the page where my song is, on the left you can see a pic with me in front of my old half Yamaha, half Roland triangular pad kit. Anyway, I never thought I'd be going back to recording acoustic drums, but the stars all aligned such that exactly that has happened. 
 
I'm using the recorderman configuration with two AT2020 mics, which I bought right after seeing these two videos. I also have an SM58 on the snare and a Sennheiser MD421 inside the kick.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtSGYODo8-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-EjezU6_Zg
 
As for the mix of my song, as you pointed out there is a bit too much edge, especially on the crash cymbals, and as a few other folks have mentioned the 5-String bass I'm playing is a bit subdued in the mix, so this weekend I plan to address both those items. Thanks for the feedback, and I can't say enough good things about the tiny and cheep Ludwig Breakbeats by Questlove. I had seen that kit in all the music catalogs I get and always thought it was a starter kit made for kids, which it could also be, but not only will I be using them as my goto drums in the studio, but will also be taking those drums out live to play gigs with a band I recently hooked up with.
 
Edit: Thought I should mention that I did upgrade the snare on that kit to a Supralite snare. They gave me $50 trade in on the 8 lug wooden snare that the kit came with, and then I bought on sale the 10 lug metal Supralite snare, which ended up costing me another $90, so I have a total of about $440 (excluding stands, cymbals and other hardware) invested in that kit.

Thanks for sharing the info on the drum recording.  Reading about the backstory and how you put it all together is cool.  It always seemed like such a pain to record drums, but you definitely got a great recording.  And the playing is great.  Just an awesome track.  The new mix sounds perfect.  I wanted to buy the track ( and bring you .99 cents closer to retirement, lol) but you have as a free download.  Thanks!

Thanks again Hugh, I hope by detailing how I'm recording acoustic drums that I can save others some time if they want to give it a try.  The recorderman configuration is a variation of the Glyn Johns method, who got John Bonham's great drum sound.
 
Thanks for trying to send me a buck for my retirement fund, but I'm already retired.  I had been planning to do it at 62 from my software programming gig, but I got pushed into it at 58. Thank God I had paid my house, car, and credit cards all off long before that in preparation to do it at 62.  Turns out I was ready anyway, so now I can spend more time writing music, and being talked into going out and playing some live gigs again.
 
I've come to realize that my purpose in life is to help bring more music into the world, and that the series of events that led to me having this golden opportunity to do it wasn't so random.   :-)