{"id":623,"date":"2010-08-26T00:27:57","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T05:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indiestudiodrummer.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2010-08-26T00:27:57","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T05:27:57","slug":"back-in-studio-with-producer-extraordinaire-ken-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiestudiodrummer.com\/drummerpress\/2010\/08\/26\/back-in-studio-with-producer-extraordinaire-ken-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in studio with producer extraordinaire Ken Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crazy week &#8211; literally the instant my son was born (I mean, right there in the delivery room!), Grammy-winning, mega-platinum producer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.protoolsmixing.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Lewis<\/a> (Kanye West, Lenny Kravitz, Beastie Boys, a zillion others)\u00a0texted to say that we had an emergency session for a VERY high-profile hip hop artist that needed to be done immediately, if not sooner&#8230;<!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/indiestudiodrummer.com\/drummerpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ken-Lewis11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-632 alignleft\" title=\"Ken Lewis\" src=\"http:\/\/www.indiestudiodrummer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Ken-Lewis1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Three sleepless nights later, after a huge amount of extremely detailed tuning, micing and tracking, we had what Ken needed for a very involved sample recreation. \u00a0The track called for the complete sonic replication of the sound and feel of an early 70s classic rock\/funk track, so naturally the drum approach called for no bottom heads on any drums, lots of duct tape on the heads, a sand bag in the kick drum, and a very old-school microphone setup.<\/p>\n<p>Ken is an absolute master at this kind of work, one of if not the best in the business at it. \u00a0Check out his interview on <a href=\"http:\/\/allhiphop.com\/stories\/djsproducers\/archive\/2008\/05\/13\/19850260.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">allhiphop.com<\/a> for an in-depth look. \u00a0Waiting to hear final confirmation if the track makes the record or not, and of course stay tuned to these pages for an update as we have it!<\/p>\n<p>And, introducing the brand new star of the show, Maxwell Benjamin Wissing, born August 22, weighing in at 8 pounds 2 ounces!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indiestudiodrummer.com\/drummerpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Video-7-0-00-04-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-630\" title=\"Video 7 0 00 04-14\" src=\"http:\/\/www.indiestudiodrummer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Video-7-0-00-04-14-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crazy week &#8211; literally the instant my son was born (I mean, right there in the delivery room!), Grammy-winning, mega-platinum producer Ken Lewis (Kanye West, Lenny Kravitz, Beastie Boys, a zillion others)\u00a0texted to say that we had an emergency session<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indiestudiodrummer.com\/drummerpress\/2010\/08\/26\/back-in-studio-with-producer-extraordinaire-ken-lewis\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Back in studio with producer extraordinaire Ken Lewis<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,19],"tags":[57,33,58],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drums","category-recording","tag-kanye-west","tag-ken-lewis","tag-protoolsmixing-com"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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