Thief of Joy is the second track off the new Exist album "Hijacking the Zeitgeist" & it was also one of the first tracks we worked on for the album.
Thief of Joy is probably my favorite song on the album. I just love the way the main verse grooves & how the dotted pattern lines up with the time signature changes. This is also the one song where I actually helped write a part that wasn't just drums. I wrote the groove at 1:36 by just copy/pasting the guitar bend from the previous section in Guitarpro. It ended up working out & Max finished up the structure from there. I always love helping write parts outside of just the drums. I don't feel like I do that too often these days but when I do, it's exciting for me.
You may notice that I shortened the bridge at 3:10. Considering there're no drums in that section & this playthrough is instrumental (whereas the album version has vocals) I decided to cut the part in half just to keep the video moving.
This video was mixed by my pal Declan White! I normally mix the videos I do here at home, but hearing what Declan is able to do with the drums I track here in my basement is so dope. They've never sounded so good. You can contact Declan for audio related work at the link below.
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Gear -
Meinl Cymbals
This is surprisingly my first video with the Classics Custom Dual crashes. While I've used them a ton on tour, I hadn't ever filmed with them before this video. I love them! This is also my first time trying the Classics Custom Dark Heavy China which I like a lot too!
Full cymbal setup:
15" Byzance Traditional Medium hi-hats
18" Classics Custom Dual Crash
12" Classics Custom Trash Stack
10" Classics Custom splash
22" Byzance Brilliant Heavy Hammered ride
19" Classics Custom Dual Crash
18" Thomas Lang Super stack
18" Classics Custom Dark Heavy China
Meinl Stick & Brush
Heavy 2B's
Evans Drumheads
Snare top - HD Dry
Snare bottom - Snareside 300
Tom tops - Clear G2's
Tom bottoms - Clear G1's
Kick - Clear EQ4
Rock Locks
49's
Tama Starclassic Maple in Flat Burgundy Metallic
Sizes:
10x7
12x8
16x16
22x16
Tama 14x7 John Tempesta snare
I'm also using Tama Speed Cobra 910 pedals & all Tama hardware.
Exist -
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Thanks so much for watching!
If you'd like to contact me for session work, tours, lessons, drum programming/transcribing or anything else music related, feel free to send me an IG/FB message or an email at brodytaylorsmith@gmail.com
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