Black Cow (Steely Dan) Drum Cover

Today, I offer up "Black Cow" another amazing track from Steely Dan off their Aja album. My Steely Dan covers seem to be pretty popular so I wanted to spend some time to really dial in the sound, playing and mix. You'll notice my snare is rather "modified." In order to get as close to the original sound of Paul Humphries' snare, I broke out the maple 13" Omar Hakeem signature snare, loosened the batter a LOT, threw on two dampening rings AND some moongel. This was carefully and meticulously done to closely replicate the original snare sound. I also spent a lot of effort getting the mix as close to "Fagen Ready" as possible. I used all analog preamps, compressors, limiters, channel strips, etc. There is NO sampling on this or ANY of my covers. This cover is best heard on good quality headphones or killer speakers. I hope you enjoy the effort I put into this cover.
I DO NOT own any copyright to this song. All copyright goes to Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Steely Dan, et al.
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Gear:
-Drums
Pearl 7pc Masters Maple MCX (Quilted Bubinga Sunburst Finish)
Tom Sizes: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
Bass Drum 22"
Snare: Omar Hakim Signature Snare (13")
Snare: Ludwig LM400
-Hardware
Pearl Icon 3 Sided Rack
DW 5000 Double Bass Pedal
DW 3000 Hi Hat Stand
-Cymbals (All Zildjian)
8" K Splash
10" A Custom Splash
10" K Splash
11" K Custom Hybrid Splash
14" A Custom EFX
14” K Custom Session Hi Hats
14" A New Beat Hi Hats (Aux)
15" A Custom Fast Crash
16" K Custom Session Crash
17" A Medium Thin Crash
17" K China Boy
18" K Custom Dark Crash
20" K Custom Session Ride
-Sound
Toms & Snare: Shure SM57
Bass Drum: Shure Beta 52A OUT/Shure Beta 91A IN
Ride: Shure SM81
Overheads: Matched Rode NT5
Board: Soundcraft Signature 22MTK
DAW: Logic Pro