Drum Tech & Tuning
Cleaning, inspection, repairs, re-waxing of bearing edges and tuning, from Alex Garcia-Rivera: over 30 years of drumming and over 20 years as a studio drum tech.
- Section
- 05.4
- Filed under
- Services
- Location
- Medford, Mass.
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Drum tech
Guitarists have their guitars set up by a professional, and there’s no reason not to treat drums with the same respect. If you’re having trouble getting your drums to sound the way you want, get in touch.
Alex typically stays for the first day of tracking to get sounds and start recording, making sure the artist and producer are happy, then offers more affordable on-call touch-ups for the rest of the drum tracking.
At Mystic Valley, drum tech and use of the studio’s drums are complimentary.
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Rates elsewhere
- Studio drum technician: Day rate: $250 per session; $65 per touch-up.
- Boston-area practice-space special: $150 to re-head a drum set (with heads you supply), plus cleaning and small repairs. Up to a five-piece kit.
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Drum tech credits
Jejune · Madball · In My Eyes · Converge · Hope Conspiracy · Coliseum · Animosity · Piebald · Clouds · Cruel Hand · Blacklisted · Energy · Soul Control · Verse · Dead Swans · High On Fire · Skeletonwitch · Another Breath · Killing the Dream · American Nightmare · Bloodhorse · Chrome Over Brass · Good Clean Fun · Castles · Vallenfyre · Kurt Ballou · Mutoid Man · Chelsea Wolfe · Morne
Also includes: bands listed on the Work page.