Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel (Drum Cover)

I’m happy to get this song through! I love Billy Joel. Now I’ve played this song on gigs for years but never played it this way. But this is very close to the original. I put a little Earl in there with the drags, but the basic groove is copped from a Liberty DeVito drum clinic! This what he played. It’s very different, but very correct. The first time I tried it with a drum less track .. it was fun to play!

Enjoy ... 😎

Studio A Basic Equipment:
Gretsch - 8x10, 9x13, 16x16, 14x20
Noble & Cooley SS - 5x14
Paiste - 14" 505 Medium HH, 16" 2002 Thin Crash, 18" 2002 China, 22" Big Beat, 18" Giant Beat Thin

Logic Pro X
Presonus StudioLive 24.4.2
Seventh Circle Audio Mic Pres (2- J-99, 1 N72, 1 A-12)

OH - SM 81 pr into J-99s
Snare - SM 57 into N-72
Kick - Beta 52 into A-12
Tom 1 - e604 into Presonus
Tom 2 - e604 into Presonus
F Tom - e604 into Presonus



Studio B Basic Equipment:
Gretsch - 14x22
Noble & Cooley SS - 5x14 Snare Drum
Vintage Pearl Fiberglass Concert Toms - 6.5x10, 9x13, 10X14, 12x15, 14x16
Paiste - 15" Giant Beat Hi Hats, 18" 2002 Crash, 20" Dark Energy MK I, 20" Giant Beat, 16" 2002 Thin Cras

Logic Pro X
Presonus StudioLive 24.4.2

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