Brand New Day - STING drum cover: Jim Huwe

My offering to the Sting and Police week. Also see Shape of my Heart and Seven Days

[@drumico4507]

Great Song Choice! Very well done!!! Great!!!

[@randyedward1]

Nice! I hope all the good RNC vibes blew over your way this week...😎

[@KMKanDrum]

Man those cymbals sound so good!!! Love that shuffle. Awesome addition to the Police week brother!!! LOVE IT!

[@jimflys2]

The A Zildjian crashes are 17" and 16". The 22" Paiste trad light jazz ride worked well. I go for the sounds that seem to work with the song and have no problem mixing brands and alloys if that particular instrument serves better than a same alloy one that is just a little off.

[@paulmuench7830]

Yeah baby!

[@jimflys2]

Thanks, Paul!

[@RichRawDawgdrums]

Fantastic work Jim! Sounds amazing in my headphones 🎧 and the video production is great! Drumming is stylish and cool on this Sting classic! Added to the playlist!

[@jimflys2]

I do appreciate that Rich. I do like the fact that you went to a studio. That was pretty darn cool.

[@RichRawDawgdrums]

@@jimflys2 Thanks for participating with such great covers! And oh yeah, I have used that studio a few times since 2021. The session we scheduled just worked out perfectly for the Police & Sting week!

[@SteveOsborneDrums]

Oh wow brother this was phenomenal!! Difficulty here was expert level and you nailed it!! I really enjoyed your cover!! Have a wonderful weekend!!

[@jimflys2]

Thanks so much SteveO. Such a cool tune to work up. I appreciate the wonderful comment from you!

[@chrisbates3117]

This is such a classic from Sting! I wish I snagged this song but you were well suited for it. I approve this video 👍

[@jimflys2]

Thank you, Chris! I appreciate that..😊

[@DrumAttic]

Awesome work!

[@jimflys2]

Thanks for the visit. I appreciate it!

[@gregwonhoff7161]

Mr.flys2, I have never heard this one before. Your drumming is outstanding, as usual. I see you reconfigured your high tom set-up too.❤️🙏🏻👏🏼❤️🙏🏻👏🏼❤️

[@jimflys2]

Thanks Mr. Greg! Yeah, I have been trying that tom thing lately. Kenny Aaronoff does it as well as Bernard Purdy - for years and decades. I have never heard him explain. So, I'm Not sure why, but here is what I have found out. RLRL works quite well on that. It doesn't work all that great with more complex patterns or doing the big high tom to low tom fills. Depending on the song or genre, the larger tom is the more important one, so relegating the higher tom to the right puts it in a less dominating place. I feel like the 12" drum, which is always a bit choked sounding no matter what kind of mount it is on (RIMS or YESS), seems to work better on the left. More resonant. Still studying that phenomena. I LOVE the fact that my ride can be a little more comfortable when the 10 is on the right. The center of the head is further from the ride when I have the ride set like I really want it. I can easily shift the 10 toward the center of the kick. There is more room to do that and get clearance. So on two of these Sting videos, I have it set 10 right. One Seven Days, you will see it put back to the left. Seemed to work better for the fills I wanted to do. So yeah, thanks for noticing. It is a real deal I am working with. Also inter action with the snare drum is less since the 12 is tuned significantly lower than the 10 which is closer to the pitch of the snare drum. WOW! Of course it would be.

[@gregwonhoff7161]

@@jimflys2 Mr.flys2, thank you so much for taking the time to explain the reasoning behind the tom shift. My ocd would never allow me to have anything other than small to large-left to right🤔🤷🤷‍♂️🫤

[@jimflys2]

@@gregwonhoff7161 Bro, you got it wrong, it's CDO! (gotta be alphabetical). LOL!

[@gregwonhoff7161]

@@jimflys2 Oh my gosh, that never occurred to me. Yikers, what’s next? The sky falling???😜

[@earldrum]

Great groove Jim! It’s sounds awesome too my friend! I hope all is well! By the way that ride sounds amazing!

[@jimflys2]

Thanks Earl! I kept my drums mixed a bit on the quiet side, but this is to emulate the volume on the original recording very closely. I rode the faders for effect when I mixes it as the song gets louder. Have been doing more "active" mixes rather than static mixes lately. Fun to do and it sounds so much better. The 22" Paiste Trad light jazz ride was the best fit for this song. Thank you!

[@earldrum]

@@jimflys2 very cool … it’s fun playing recording engineer! I love that cymbal!