We all know that trying to get the perfect takes can be tedious and frustrating at times.
Our band is recording our first full-length now and I always run into some stressful situations while tracking drums. Maybe our drummer is just more hot-headed than your average person, but goddamn.....
We'll hit a rough part of a track and he starts to get frustrated and really pissed off, saying things like "This is the best you'll get out of me. I can't do it any better, just program the drums", etc. Sometimes sticks will get thrown or cymbals will get smashed extremely hard.
It seriously hurts the progress and it puts me in a totally horrible mood and I feel like just walking out. If I say "Let's take 5, get outside, have a toke" etc, most of the time the reaction is "that won't help me here, we need to keep at this"....but at that point it's like beating a dead horse.
Anyone have any tips on how to keep a drummer positive, motivated, and in overall good spirits?
Our band is recording our first full-length now and I always run into some stressful situations while tracking drums. Maybe our drummer is just more hot-headed than your average person, but goddamn.....
We'll hit a rough part of a track and he starts to get frustrated and really pissed off, saying things like "This is the best you'll get out of me. I can't do it any better, just program the drums", etc. Sometimes sticks will get thrown or cymbals will get smashed extremely hard.
It seriously hurts the progress and it puts me in a totally horrible mood and I feel like just walking out. If I say "Let's take 5, get outside, have a toke" etc, most of the time the reaction is "that won't help me here, we need to keep at this"....but at that point it's like beating a dead horse.
Anyone have any tips on how to keep a drummer positive, motivated, and in overall good spirits?