Artist Statement:
In the beginning of quarantine I began studying with a new drum teacher named Nick Baglio over zoom, something I had never done before. At first the process of lessons was slow and full of technical problems but eventually once we figured out the setbacks with sound quality and connection, they became way more enjoyable. It was with Nick that I embarked on making this cover. We began by transcribing the tune, trying to recreate the fills we could and improvising some as well. The song in and of itself wasn’t an extremely difficult one but it pushed me to improve when it came to my transcribing skills, something I am still relatively inexperienced in. I recorded the track electronically, which was somewhat of a bummer as I wanted to do an acoustic take but it saved us the time of micing a drum kit and doing too much production. With a little editing we had our final product which I think turned out pretty well. Overall studying online has been a great experience, and I’m so glad it allowed me to meet such a talented artist that has pushed my skills to another level and inspired me to continue improving and expanding into other genres I hadn’t before. Overall quarantine has somewhat opened my eyes to the possibility that zoom lessons have when it comes to getting wisdom from people too far to reach and I hope that even after Covid is finished, I am still able to continue taking online lessons from people all across the country and possibly the world.
Credits:
Originally composed by Jared Leto (30 Seconds to Mars)
Miles (drums)