Channel: Alex Rüdinger

Category: Music

Description: This track, "Echo Chamber", has a pretty interesting backstory! It's a track from Thomas Giles new solo EP (singer of BTBAM, for anyone who didn't already know), 'Feel Nothing' (links below to check out the whole thing!). At any rate (!) - a long while back now, Tommy hit me up with an idea for writing some new music. The idea was that we'd sort of right 'backwards' - I'd program / write a bunch of random drum ideas, in a structure of sorts, with no idea of what music would go on top of it. Then, he'd write guitar / vocal parts *around* the pre-existing drum parts. The only direction I had was to sort of make it blast beat-y / extreme-metal-ish. I thought it was a rad idea - a fun way to write a bit differently, that could potentially / hopefully spark some interesting ideas. I've since done this with a few other people, too (in fact, the track "The Ones That Made Us" from the latest Whitechapel album was written this way - I wrote the drums first, & Alex Wade wrote some riffs around it!). For this song, Tommy ended up chopping up / moving some of what I wrote around a bit (i.e., this structure isn't exactly what I originally wrote). But the drum parts themselves remained totally the same - I wrote all of them without hearing any other instrumentation. Originally, we were gonna try to make a full-blown side-project out of it. But shortly thereafter, both of us got busy with other stuff, & the idea got put on the back burner. I had already tracked the drums for this song though (as well as recorded this video), so it kind of sat for a while. Truth be told, I sort of forgot about it (this was roughly two years ago now). Eventually, Tommy asked if I'd be down with him using it as a track for his next solo EP instead, to which I said somethin' along the lines of "Doode HEK yeah, for sure!" (LOL). I was just glad for the drums to be used, & had a lot of fun writing music this way. Overall, I'm not sure writing this way would *always* be the most practical. BUT, it's definitely a lot of fun, & a good way to change things up / spark some different ideas. I def recommend it to some of you drummers out there - if you're in a band, & the other members are having a hard time writing new material, try writing / programming some drum ideas in a structure. Come up with a basic song structure in your head, & then write drum parts with that in mind. Have some parts repeat, perhaps with slight variations, & then just send it to your bandmates. Might make for a rad song in the end! So anywayz - that's the story of how this song came to be! Then of course Jake from Plini came in & ripped a SUPER sick solo at the end (which RULES). So yeah - was a fun project to work on, & big love to Tommy for thinking of me & wanting to try it out! To peep the official EP version (as well as the EP in general), click any of the links below! thomasgilesmusic.com thomasgiles.bandcamp.com itunes.apple.com/album/id1597707856?ls=1&app=itunes music.amazon.com/albums/B09MQHL37H The mix for this drum video was done by super-sick-doode Declan White! If you're looking for an incredible audio engineer, contact Declan via his website! declanwhite.com KIT SPECS! #Tama SLP Dynamic Kapur (in Black Kapur Burst) 10x6.5 12x7 14x12 16x14 20x16 (x2) 14x6.5 Trick Brass Snare Drum Tama Sig. Drumsticks (check them out for yourself using the links below!) On MusiciansFriend - bit.ly/3pCxIvk On Tama's Website - bit.ly/2MawCcA #Meinl Cymbals (from left to right, if sitting behind the kit) 18" Classics Custom Dark China 18" Byzance Brilliant Medium Crash 15" Pure Alloy Medium Hi-Hats 12" Classics Custom Trash Splash 8"/10" Gen-X Electro Stack 10" MB20 Rock Splash 13" Byzance Brilliant Medium Hi-Hats 19" Byzance Brilliant Medium/Thin Crash 18" Pure Alloy China 20" MB20 Heavy Bell Ride 18" Artist Concept Thomas Lang Super Stack #Evans Drumheads Toms - Coated UV2's (batter), Clear G1's (reso) Snare - Coated UV2 (batter), SnareSide300 (reso) Kicks - Clear EQ4 (batter), Black EQ4 w/ port (reso) Feel free to follow me on your desired social network(s)! Gumroad.com/AlexRudinger Patreon.com/AlexRudinger Facebook.com/AlexRudingerOfficial Instagram.com/AlexRudinger Twitter.com/RudyRudinger AlexRudinger.com My Podcast - Spotify: spoti.fi/3t5j9n1 ApplePodcasts: bit.ly/RantsAndRevelations & last but not least (!), shoutout to all the homies that support me on PATREON! Ya'll RULE! Got a few new signups recently, so big shoutout to: Kaan Maral, Lennard Alvarez, Sean McMullan, & Evan Thompson. Big love to ALL of you! I proudly endorse Tama Drums / Sticks, Meinl Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, Vratim Drumshoes, ACD Unlimited, Audient, 64Audio, Gator, OnTrigger, TunerFish, & 2Box As always, thanks for watching & stay tuned for more!