39 questions answered by Gavin Harrison
| Question |
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| How can I get your snare sound? |
6312
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| What snare drum did you use recording "In Absentia"? |
3322
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| What is in your opinion the record(s) with the best drum sound? |
3131
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| When playing live with PT, do you always use a click track? |
2763
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| Do you tune your snare to each song you record? |
2306
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| Your kick sound has been progressively punchier since "In Absentia" and I'm curious as to which mic(s) and any effects (sounds very uneffected) you used on Fear of a Blank Planet? |
2204
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| What snare are you using on the Fear of a Blank Planet title track? |
2088
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| What in ear monitor setup do you use? |
1983
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| I just picked up Steven Wilson's 'Insurgentes, sounds almost like Steven is using samples of your drumkit for drum loops. Do you know if he did this at all or was it all your playing? |
1957
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| How often does Porcupine Tree play together when making new songs? |
1565
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| What advice can you give on in-ear monitoring based on your vast experience? |
1469
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| Porcupine Tree's music has got increasingly rhythmically focused; how much of this is your influence? |
1421
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| What do you use to mic your hi-hats? |
1268
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| How did you decide to put that complex polyrhythm into What Happens Now? It fits perfectly, but I can't imagine what led you to try it as part of the composition. |
1231
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| How do you like the EV mics on your toms compared to, say, Sennheiser MD421 IIs, any Shures or anything else you've tried? |
1227
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| Can you describe your live in-ear mix? |
1211
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| On "Sleep together" (Album version) did you record this piece in your homestudio, because I want to know if you left the doors of your drumroom open for this? |
1173
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| Do you copy/paste repeated drum parts when recording to save time? |
1154
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| When recording to a click track, how do I handle time signature changes? |
1085
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| Of all the things you're involved in, what do you enjoy the most out of these areas: touring, recording, writing & collaborating, mixing, and recording (saving for later) new drum ideas? |
928
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| Tonight I bought a coated Pinstripe and put it on my Birch Custom, and to be honest it sounds terrible. What ELSE did you have on the drums for Deadwing? |
889
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| Does Porcupine Tree take their own PA on tour and does that affect your drum sound from an audience perspective? |
841
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| Do you Eq on the Mixer or on the Mac? |
825
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| What was your snare setup on Porcupine Tree's "Deadwing"? |
778
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| Did you and Ric had a producer or did you guys just do the whole "Drop" album on your own? |
741
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