This is honestly one of the best rig rundowns I've ever watched. Love that you got him to play, super tight and to the point interview, great edits. 10/10 man, keep it up!
Awesome, thank you so much for saying that… It means the world! I'm so excited to be able to give the drum world this bts vibe! We are just getting started! -Jarrad
Blake always has the sickest Tama starclassic kits. His other custom starclassic bubinga hyperdrive kit is absolutely amazing as well as this maple one and live his kits are the best sounding drums I’ve ever heard in my life and I’ve seen so many amazing bands and drummers live but I think he has the best live drum sound. His kit is always consistently tuned perfectly.
Suggestion- have them actually hit ALL the cymbals at least once a piece so we can hear them. That would rule! (If they are down) thanks for the awesome run downs bro!
YES! My dude, another great hear rundown video; super informative. I’d never heard of 2BOX and as it may be the answer to some triggering issues I’ve had, I’m now looking into purchasing a module. Loving this direction versus ones where the drummer’s like, “I don’t know anything about my gear, I just play it because it’s here/looks cool”😂😂😂. Had never heard of these guys but going to RUclips Blake and his kit in action. Thanks again!
I really like the triggered kicks and don't understand the hate that it gets. Especially with heavy bands, if you can't hear the kicks live, it doesn't feel good. When you can hear them clearly it's just awesome
@@mikehenderson423It has nothing to do with other drummers hating. It also has nothing to do with not being able to afford them. The haters are KIDS who literally don't know what they're saying.
we are doing these very quick and dirty, we generally just take a stereo feed from front of house, or the monitor mix engineer… We aren't doing much editing or mixing on the audio tracks since its just a direct stereo feed, but its certainly better than recording it straight into the camera or an iPhone!
Good drummer..! Terrible band name..! I've been in bands with absolutely terrible names, but this one of the worst band names ever... What were they thinking! 🤔
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One of the most underrated metal drummers in the last 20 years
HARD AGREE.
BTBAM is one of the most underrated metal/experimental bands in general! It's criminal lol.
One of the most underrated drummers in any genre in the last 20 years
Here it is! Fuck yeah, one of my all time favorite drummers! I too am a Tama guy!
BTBAM has been making NC proud since 2001
Blake is such a nice dude. I had the honor of playing his kit on their last tour
This is honestly one of the best rig rundowns I've ever watched. Love that you got him to play, super tight and to the point interview, great edits. 10/10 man, keep it up!
Awesome, thank you so much for saying that… It means the world! I'm so excited to be able to give the drum world this bts vibe! We are just getting started! -Jarrad
Great timing! Been watching a lot of Blake Richardson videos, lately. Definitely one of my favorite drummers of all time.
Same here!
This guy is one of my main inspirations, met him at the only show they played in hawaii and he was the coolest dude ever.
Agreeable Grey. I love it!
Blake seems like a cool guy. Super positive and chill. And he's a beast of a drummer!
Blake is the man
Blake always has the sickest Tama starclassic kits. His other custom starclassic bubinga hyperdrive kit is absolutely amazing as well as this maple one and live his kits are the best sounding drums I’ve ever heard in my life and I’ve seen so many amazing bands and drummers live but I think he has the best live drum sound. His kit is always consistently tuned perfectly.
It sounded so effortlessly perfect! He has this Tama kit DIALED IN.
Man that kit sounds amazing!!
His kit sounds great, got that coated sound. Great teching/foh sound
Suggestion- have them actually hit ALL the cymbals at least once a piece so we can hear them. That would rule! (If they are down) thanks for the awesome run downs bro!
If we have time, we can try that once. We are usually up against too tight of a clock to get samples of the kit.
@@drumrundown that makes sense!
YES! My dude, another great hear rundown video; super informative. I’d never heard of 2BOX and as it may be the answer to some triggering issues I’ve had, I’m now looking into purchasing a module. Loving this direction versus ones where the drummer’s like, “I don’t know anything about my gear, I just play it because it’s here/looks cool”😂😂😂. Had never heard of these guys but going to RUclips Blake and his kit in action. Thanks again!
Dude, go listen to their Alaska album, Blake's first one with them, it's one of the best of all time and def in my top 10!
He's got a fair amount of drum videos on RUclips, my #1 suggestion would be his Hypersleep Dialogues playthrough
BTBAM is incredible and Blake is SO underrated! Love your work with Big Wreck and your channel as well!
so sick! thank you drum rundown :)
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This is great! I just saw btbam last night for the 13th time and was wondering about the pads!! Thanks for a rad video!
Yes! Thanks for watching!!!
Those rides 😍 holy hell
Whose got big bells? BLAKE'S GOT BIG BELLS!!! 😂
Saw y’all on the 29th killed it like always. I play drums so I love these videos.
Thanks for watching! 🦾
@@drumrundown no doubt 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Well it is shorter than "Swim to the Moon" so you're right about the length!
😂😂😂
Curious as to what he uses the stream deck for?
I really like the triggered kicks and don't understand the hate that it gets. Especially with heavy bands, if you can't hear the kicks live, it doesn't feel good. When you can hear them clearly it's just awesome
It's just drummers hating that they can't get the drums to sound like that, they don't have the money to trigger, and can't keep the feet going.
@@mikehenderson423It has nothing to do with other drummers hating. It also has nothing to do with not being able to afford them. The haters are KIDS who literally don't know what they're saying.
7:05 Mike Mangini has entered the chat
lmao
Звучат конечно КЛАСС !
@blakeyeatsteaky is the fuckin man. - hot dog
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Sometimes life feels like I'm just waiting for a stream with Christmas covers & blast beats, ya know?
@@Horsethe666 hopefully soon, man!! we'll have an update on the btbam discord at some point soon, I hope.
Do you guys ever go..."i have no idea who this is but that kit looks awesome! I wanna see what it is!"?
Almost everyday at this point, HAHA!
Blake has me eating steak again
4:25 He said 8" twice. Second is a 10".
How is that China mounted?! On the floor tom leg?
pretty sure it's on a boom stand, with the head all the way back!
GOOD.
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Props to him for staying in BTBAM all these years. I believe Mark Costello 100% when he said that BTBAM stuff isn't fun to play lol
garbage take, BTBAM is some of the most rewarding and challenging material i've ever had the pleasure to learn on drums
Dude must of not enjoyed the music he played then. This guy is on point with the band, and we are thankful for it.
Isnt it nardo grey? Vw,audi,skoda, porsche etc color?
certainly looks like it...
It is indeed Nardo Grey. Very popular car colour nowadays.
@@ClanceVaasen got my drums painted that color too
@@stanfordkoch1271yeah, my kit is wrapped in that colour with foil. Looks insane!
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Blake if you want an awesome drug rack look me up!!
Why can't some drummers pronounce Tama (Tah-muh) correctly?
it's the D'addario of drums! 😹
I'm crushed, that thing is obnoxious and takes away from seeing you play. Oh well, still the best drumming on the planet!
Cool kit, but out of its musical context it just sounds... off?!
we are doing these very quick and dirty, we generally just take a stereo feed from front of house, or the monitor mix engineer… We aren't doing much editing or mixing on the audio tracks since its just a direct stereo feed, but its certainly better than recording it straight into the camera or an iPhone!
Sabian sucks at marketing. Most amazing drummer and he’s using old out of stock cymbals.
He’s using HHX Complex hats which aren’t that old.
Plus, maybe he prefers their older stuff compared to their newer.
Good drummer..! Terrible band name..! I've been in bands with absolutely terrible names, but this one of the worst band names ever... What were they thinking! 🤔
They were thinking it would sound awesome at The Grammys LOL