| hey now, slow down, and listen to the tom fill that opens up paper tiger: those drums are not dead, not even close. they are resonant, open, unmuffled, and singing, and tuned l-o-w.
there's a neutrality to the space around them, but it's not necessarily a small dead space because small dead spaces often have a low-mid buildup that i don't hear on this track. i'd try a larger room and create a neutral drum zone with carpeted gobos and packing blankets. overheads close by, close mic on everything but use the overheads as the primary source.
and like everyone else has said, play dead soft.
lastly, the biggest key to the drum sound in this tune, and any tune for that matter, is the arrangement of everything else. that first verse is, what, drums, soft bass, and voice? get the sound imprinted on the brain and when the tune gets denser the listener will still hear the bigger sounds from memory.
gregoire
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