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Mercy Mercy Me
Oh things aren't what they used to be oh no.
Our world sometimes feels like it's going in the wrong direction these days. We're hoping these 5 minutes will help us all forget about the evil we're witnessing.The use of color in this video was a nod to Marvin Gaye who sang a lot about racism. Although Mercy Mercy Me is about the environment, I wanted to show how we are all different colors, yet at times we can become the SAME color.
#home studio#home#recording#music#quarantine#mercy#mercy mercy me#marvin gaye#vocals#voice#racism#color#drums#bass#guitar#keys#keyboard#trumpet#percussion
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Nora Didn't Plan (feat. Insight The Truncator and Louis Ochoa)
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Inspirational Music Video With 17 Musicians From Boston To Italy
#music#collaboration#quarantine#brighter#hope#vocals#bass#guitar#trumpet#drums#whistler#strings#violin#someday#ooh child#singers#vocalists#love
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A little Clash for ya...
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Kick drum re-wrap complete. Drilled out existing breather hole and reinstalled the original ‘60s Ludwig badges for both drums.
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That moment you notice a red substance on the drum and not sure what it is until you realize it’s your own blood.
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Here’s the 16x16″ floor tom with a fresh new skin. Vintage Black Oyster from Precision Drum (NY).
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After lots of careful measuring and test fitting, the new retractable curved Ludwig spurs found their new home on the 20x14″ kick drum.
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Both shells repaired and sanded. Next steps are to re-drill some of the factory holes and install new bass drum spurs.
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More epoxy filler and sanding.
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How I fixed that crude gaping hole. I first used a stencil to draw a perfect 2″ circle just larger than the hole in the shell. I used this as a guide and then filed the edges of the hole smooth to conform to the stencil.
With a perfect 2″ circle now in the shell, I used a 2″ hole saw to drill out a plug from an old Ludwig maple shell that was out of round and worthless.
Using wood glue, I fitted the plug into the vintage shell and let it cure overnight. The next day I sanded down the plug to be smooth with the outer and inner surface of the shell. Using epoxy, I filled whatever hairline voids between the plug and the shell itself as well as the center hole created by the hole saw pilot bit. Once that cured, more sanding to ensure a smooth surface.
All other extra holes were filled with the 2 part epoxy and sanded smooth.
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More photos of the dire condition these vintage shells were in. Previous owner had driven nails into the shell near the bearing edge - most likely a ghetto attempt at fixing a loose wrap issue. The hole in the kick drum was drilled to make way for a tom mount but the “craftsman” must not have had a proper hole saw and used a smaller drill bit size to essentially punch out a hole big enough for his needs. Ugh. This hole will need to be filed to a clean round hole and a wood plug glued in.
In some of the photos you can see where I started applying a 2 part epoxy putty to the damage.
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The initial step was to remove the existing wrap. This was pretty easy since the wrap was over half a century old and already ripped, torn and peeling off in several places.
The next step was to use paint stripper/remover to remove the old glue from the shell. A plastic scraper is perfect for this task.
Once most of the glue is removed, I cleaned the shell with warm soapy water and let it dry. A light sanding made sure all residual glue was removed.
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I was on the train during my daily commute in to Boston and Spotify introduced me to a great artist by the name of Gretchen Parlato, specifically a song called All That I Can Say. The song begins with a very cool funky little beat involving snare, kick and hi-hat. The song is beautiful and that groove and kick drum sound got me. The kick itself has a warmth and presence that I fell in love with immediately. There’s an actual note coming from the drum that almost negates the need for bass guitar completely. My guess is the drum is smaller in diameter than your typical 22″, say 18 or 20″, made from mahogany and with slightly low-to-medium tuning. This song got me thinking about finally doing what I’ve always wanted to do: finding and restoring a vintage 20″ Ludwig 3-ply mahogany kick drum for recording and playing at small gigs. I’ve always been drawn to black oyster finishes similar to what Ludwig and Ringo made famous with the kit he played on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964.
I’ve always loved the vintage sound and looks of old drums but the hardware is always worn, rusty and not designed well for gigging on a regular basis. What I want is a shell in relatively good condition that I can strip and wrap and can be used with modern hardware that is up to the task of being setup and broken down night after night, gig after gig.
So I began the search. Between Ebay and a few vintage drum groups on Facebook, it didn’t take long for me to find what I was looking for. A New Jersey resident had posted on Facebook the sale of a 1961 20″ Ludwig 3-ply kick drum. It had no hardware, a worn out cracking silver sparkle wrap and several extra holes drilled into it. The worst hole was about 1-3/4″ in diameter for a tom mount of some kind. The hole itself wasn’t even a clean cut but rather it looked as if a previous owner used a smaller drill bit and punched several smaller holes in the shell to essentially “cut-out” a bigger hole. It was a butchered mess and needed to be addressed.
I contacted the seller and secured the drum. The same seller told me about a Ludwig 16×16″ floor tom from the same era in similar condition that he was selling. It also had a cracked wrap that was lifting in a few areas, extra holes and no hardware. I secured that shell also.
A few days later, both shells arrived on my doorstep. Let the restoration begin.
To be continued...
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