New Rush Drummer

[Nick]

I expect a couple of new tunes with Terry Brown producing.


 

[Fishy]

I expect a couple of new tunes with Terry Brown producing.


 

Yes a remix of In the Mood

[Thenop]

OK, so we've seen a glimpse of her playing, and it's not even a 'real' Neil song. The tom fills are pure Neil, that's for sure.
She's a bit heavier, or sharper on the hi-hat but she grooves that is for sure.

On the kit itself:
She is a Tama (drums) / Latin Percussion / Meinl (cymbals) / Evans (drumheads) / Pro Mark (sticks) endorser.

I like it, a lot. It is sort of old school, a 'kit in the round' going from high on the left to low on the right. It is a Tama Starclassic in what looks like a swirl-like finish, but not an off the shelf colour. All the way on the left, there are 3 cowbells (a passage to Bangkok anyone?)  Odd place, and there is some sort of brass snare underneath that, very low set that actually looks like a modified LP timbale (with snare strings?)

Drumkit left to right: 3 concert toms, I am guessing 8/10/12, although it could be 6/8/10 inch. Concert toms were hot in the 70s and early 80s (Phil Collins was a big fan), basically a tom, but no bottom rim. Neil had them as well, the feisty, sharp sounding fills always started there.

Next to that there's a Latin Percussion (LP) timbale. She uses timbales and snares a lot in her regular set up as well.
Then 2 regular rack toms, might be 12/13 with the first one having a custom zebra striped head, 2 floor toms (16/18?) again one with a custom head and that contraption all the way in the back is a gong drum (with the head over the rim).

I am thinking a 20" bassdrum (her regular size) but maybe for the heavier setup for Rush she chose a 22".

As far as I can hear (on a heavily compressed mixed for TV from a stageset sound) it sounds very well balanced, each sound complementing the other.

Cymbals? Meinl, anyone's guess which ones but there are some effect cymbals there for sure. The hi hat sound cuts through quite well, and this is a huge change from Neils sound. Neil played his signature Sabian Paragon cymbals which are a lot darker and are very heavy and big. And that makes sense for the big stage, but they require heavy lifting, you really need to put some arm in there to make them speak. I can imagine Annika, being a very different drummer, much lighter in her touch, she prefers cymbals that open up fast. And right she is.
I count at least 4 crashes, 1 ride, 2 hi hats, a smaller effect china, a large effect china and a regular china.

Considering what she usually plays - a much smaller kit - this must feel huge, and it'll help her feel in place on those big stages across the world.

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[dom]

Love that expert view thenop - thanks!

[The Picnic Wasp]

Yes, that's really interesting. I wouldn't have picked up on any of that, Nop.

No hat though.

[Thenop]

Yes, that's really interesting. I wouldn't have picked up on any of that, Nop.

No hat though.

No dancing shoes either probably