Rush - Xanadu - Drum Cover - Adam Johnston

Rush A Farewell To Kings is another favorite album of mine. This was another album I played and played and played in Jr High School and here is am 38 years later doing it again.
Xanadu is another Rush epic that has so many time changes, dynamics, fun drum fills and challenging rhythms. I had to make do without the orchestra bells and tubular bells on this one. After a few takes I think I got pretty close to the Professor. Thank you Rush for all the inspiration over the years.
And thanks to my wife for her help with filming.

This was recorded with Sennheiser mics, a 421 on the floor tom and RODE M3 on the Hi Hat. Mixed live through a 16 ch Mackie Mixer with a stereo output to a sound devices. Mastered and compressed with original track in Protools and edited in IMovie.

Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute.
Tom's 2x 8”, 10”, 12”, 14”, 16”, 18" Tom’s
Kick 22” x 19”.
Tama superstar 14” x 7” Snare.
6” , 8” roto Tom’s.
Cymbals right to left...
14” Paiste hi-hats (I've had for 40 years)
14” Zildjian crash
16” Zildjian crash
17” Zildjian China boy pang
10” HHX Splash
5 1/2” Bell (Lathed from old 14" Camble hi hats)
14” Zildjian fast crash
8” Zildjian transformer sound effect splash
18” HHX Crash
8” AAX Splash
18” Zildjian Ride
12” Paiste thin China
10” Zildjian ZBT splash
16” China Boy Pang
Pearl double bass pedals.