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Topic: best snare drum sound
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: best snare drum sound
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 06:21
what prog drummer have best snare drum sound
 
what prog-metal drummer have best snare drum sound
 
what drummer have best snare drum sound, of any genere
 
 
(hope this is made in the right place) Big smile


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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: May 04 2011 at 07:24
Bill Bruford has the best snare drum sound. Listen to any track from Fish Out Of Water.


Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: May 04 2011 at 07:31
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Bill Bruford has the best snare drum sound. Listen to any track from Fish Out Of Water.
Mmmmmmmmmm. Bruford's is indeed fantastic.
Although I am by no means an expert on the subject, Gavin Harrison has to be my overall favourite. Sickeningly snappy and tight.


Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: May 04 2011 at 11:20
Bill Bruford, Stewart Copeland, Chris Farmer, Charlie Zeleny. 

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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 04 2011 at 11:39
I know who has the worst.  Mike Portnoy.

The best of any genre belongs to (insert any pre-60s jazz drummer here).  I'll say Buddy Rich.


Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: May 04 2011 at 12:23
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: May 04 2011 at 13:30
Brann Dailor have a cool snare sound, and a quite dominent one (thrack thrack thrack thrack) Tongue
also MIchael Giles have a good sound,
 
in grunge I think Matt Cameron have a good snare sound. and also the drummer in Foo Fighters


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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: May 04 2011 at 13:38
Always thought Neil's kit/snare drum on Roll The Bones was fantastic.

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Posted By: CloseToTheMoon
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 19:22
Bonham had a great tight snare. Love the sound on "Poor Tom"

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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 22:27
Phil Collins, truly. His snare tone particularly sounds lovely on The Cinema Show and live it especially does. 

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Posted By: deafmoon
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 14:48
Yeah Portnoy has a terrible snare sound. I would say Bruford's is the most distinct but Peart used to use an old Slingerland Radio King Solid One-Ply drum and that sucker had tons of crack, especially live. Nowadays I think Neil uses a DW One Ply Solid Snare but that Radio King was deadly.

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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 14:52
Gavin's kit is flawless sounding. Some people prefer the natural sound like Dave Turncrantz, which is good too.

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Posted By: touqeer
Date Posted: September 08 2013 at 10:57
snare drum heads with a black sound dot tend to have a fairly


Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: September 08 2013 at 11:21
Lars Ulrich on St. Anger, HANDS DOWN.






LOL


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Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: September 08 2013 at 11:25
Originally posted by touqeer touqeer wrote:

snare drum heads with a black sound dot tend to have a fairly



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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: September 09 2013 at 02:35
^ ture

Originally posted by Smurph Smurph wrote:

Lars Ulrich on St. Anger, HANDS DOWN.






LOL
Don't understand the hate tbh. If it was used in some other styles of music (and some artists probably would) I'm sure no one would bat an eyelid.  


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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 09 2013 at 02:50
It depends what the music requires. For a high-end, "CRACK!" kind of snare drum sound there's really no better than Peart or Stewart Copeland. But then again, if you want a fat, dead THUD for a snare sound, you might turn to a Tom Petty or Cheap Trick record. Just depends.

I think some of the best overall mixed drums are on Dream Theater's "Awake" album.


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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 09 2013 at 13:47
Originally posted by irrelevant irrelevant wrote:


^ ture

Originally posted by Smurph Smurph wrote:

Lars Ulrich on St. Anger, HANDS DOWN.
LOL

Don't understand the hate tbh. If it was used in some other styles of music (and some artists probably would) I'm sure no one would bat an eyelid.  



Come on man. You and I both know that those drums that Lars used on st. Anger sound like hollowed out cow bells. Lol.
Nooooo goody! ;)

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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: September 09 2013 at 23:28
Bruford.  Instantly recognizeable Thumbs Up

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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 10 2013 at 08:26
Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by irrelevant irrelevant wrote:


^ ture

Originally posted by Smurph Smurph wrote:

Lars Ulrich on St. Anger, HANDS DOWN.
LOL

Don't understand the hate tbh. If it was used in some other styles of music (and some artists probably would) I'm sure no one would bat an eyelid.  



Come on man. You and I both know that those drums that Lars used on st. Anger sound like hollowed out cow bells. Lol.
Nooooo goody! ;)

I'm not a big fan of St. Anger, no secret there.....I do however really dig the sound of a snare drum, when the drummer removes the snare from the drum. (It's not really a snare drum then.....Lars doesn't play a snare drum on St. Anger eitherWink)
Anyways here's one example where the snare is removed, - performed by Ze Smashing Pumpkins. I've always loved this one - especially the drum sound:

Again, as with all music, it is really down to the implementation of the given 'effect'.

Best snare drum sound though? Couldn't say, but I've always had a thing for Pierre Moerlen's early playing - especially on the You album with Gong. 
For a newer example, I'd say Ivan Fedotov off of Vespero. He has a highly distinct way of utilising his snare drum, and the sound he ends up with is downright snarling at times. Definitely one of my current faves along with Thorstein Lofthus from elephant9 and Shining.


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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 10 2013 at 11:38
pap

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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: September 10 2013 at 19:14
I agree about Bill Bruford, his snare drum sound is really nice.

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Posted By: theandies
Date Posted: September 30 2013 at 18:25
Originally posted by progkidjoel progkidjoel wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Bill Bruford has the best snare drum sound. Listen to any track from Fish Out Of Water.
Mmmmmmmmmm. Bruford's is indeed fantastic.
Although I am by no means an expert on the subject, Gavin Harrison has to be my overall favourite. Sickeningly snappy and tight.

I agree.  I've always tried to get my snare to sound like his.


Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 30 2013 at 23:12
Oh the best Snare Drum is Lars Ulrich on the St. Anger record...

Can you imagine if someone actually thought that?

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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: September 30 2013 at 23:46
BB, Michael Giles and Harrison are beyond the stars! 

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