Despite the fact that I'm no longer with Whitechapel, I'm still immensely proud of 'KIN'. So awhile back I recorded a few more play-throughs for some of my favorite tunes from the album - while the material was still relatively 'fresh' for me. Here's the second (of 4) - "I Will Find You".
If memory serves me correctly, this is the second song I wrote drums for during the writing process of the album (the first being "Lost Boy", I think). With this one though, Zach sent me a guitar file only - no drums whatsoever - to see what I'd come up with. After sending ideas back & forth for awhile, we definitely ended up changing some of the initial parts that I wrote (to match more of what they initially had in mind on their end), but some of my O.G. parts surely remained. Ex. - the drums in the 'chorus': The kick pattern doesn't really follow any specific guitar, bass, or vocal part. I sorta just felt like the drums needed something there, & for whatever reason, that rhythm / kick part just came naturally & made sense to me for that part (& luckily, they all liked it too!).
That's one thing I really liked about writing with the 'Chapel boyz - how collaborative it was. At the end of the day, the only goal was to write the best songs possible. I'll surely miss that. But as I said in my last W.C. play-through video description: Given the circumstances, I know that moving on was the right thing for me to do. But honestly - it'll still always break my heart a bit. I was a fan of the band before playing with them, & it meant a lot to me to represent & write with them. But regardless of all that, I'll always be immensely proud of this album, so I hope you enjoy this play-through (& the other two that I've yet to post, too!).
On to KIT SPECS!
#TAMA STAR Maple (in Smoky Black)
10x6.5
12x7
14x11
16x13
18x15
20x16
14x5.5 SLP Dynamic Bronze Snare Drum
#MEINL Cymbals (from left to right, if sitting behind the kit)
20" Byzance Traditional China
18" Byzance Brilliant Medium Crash
15" Pure Alloy Medium Hi-Hats
12" Classics Custom Trash Splash
8"/10" Gen-X Electro Stack
10" Classics Custom Extreme Metal Splash
15" Byzance Dual Hi-Hats
19" Byzance Brilliant Medium/Thin Crash
18" Pure Alloy China
22" Soundcaster Fusion Powerful Ride
18" Artist Concept Thomas Lang Super Stack
#EVANS Drumheads
Toms - Clear G2's (batter), Clear G1's (reso)
Snare - Coated UV2 (batter), Snare Side 300 (reso)
Kick - Clear EQ4 (batter), Smooth White EQ4 w/ port (reso)
& I def can't forget - BIG love / shoutout to DECLAN WHITE for the SLAMMMMIN' mix !!! Declan's pretty much become my go-to guy for mixing stuff, & as per usual he killed it! THX BROTHA !!!
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