Travis Orbin - 55 Cancri Session - "Impact"

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Early last month, I headed back to Anup Sastry's digs for a third time. Similar to my first venture (outlined in the video description for Cartoon Theory's "Hypnotic Nova's Dance"), I had rounded up four tunes from four different artists to track. I'm in the middle of a couple full-lengths, side projects and tracking for my solo tunes from my home studio, so it's both easier and more productive for me to take some of my work over to Anup's place.

This first track is from 55 Cancri, a prog/djent project based out of France, spearheaded by songwriter/guitarist Jovan Milenkovic and guitarist/bassist/producer NùN. They are currently looking to recruit a singer, bassist and drummer so please contact them if you're interested!

I corresponded with Jovan throughout the drum composition process. He had the great idea to include a time-lapse-style drum setup for the intro; it probably took me as long to whittle down all the footage and put it together as the whole drumming segment, haha.

I used the same gear as my first session at Anup's: Pearl Reference Pure tom-toms, Reference brass snare and a Vision kick. The heads are Vintage Emperor clear, Controlled Sound and Powerstroke 3 clear, respectively. Cymbals: 21" DRK ride, 19" MDM crash, 14" DRK hats, 'stack' (14" ICON stacker / 16" ALT china), 13" BRT/DRK hats, 18" MDM crash, 19" LTD china (new model) and 16" ALT china. Also like the first session ("Wizardry Mind"), I switched out chinas for certain parts of the tune, merely to give it a slightly different sound. I also punched in to close my 13" hats at 4:53, then re-opened 'em at 6:01.

Notes:
2:27 - 2:40 -- dual hi-hat pedal ostinato (RLR, LRL); floor tom locks in with guitar
2:53 - 3:07 -- stack complements guitar stabs
3:08 - 3:14 -- 3-16 superimposition on stack
3:49 - 3:56 -- pedal hat occurs on the half notes to provide some semblance of where the pulse resides, heh
5:51 -- quick china smack, this was tough
7:24 - 7:26 -- this brief cymbal orchestration is a concept I began exploring years ago; it starts with the china and makes its way around the kit from right to left (player's perspective)
7:37 - end -- china orchestration is totally random

This is a 'video mix' and will not represent the final release.

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Full drum set transcription:
http://www.travisorbin.com/images/55-Cancri-Impact.JPG
Tempo = 136 BPM

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