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Hal was aalso responsible for two big changes affecting all drummers playing studio gigs during the 60s /70s period. One was the low tuning of tom tom heads to prouduce that flabby "boing" sound that every producer insisten upon ( regardless of who was playing the date ) The second thing was a large set of rack (or rail ) mounted single headed tom toms ( usually a set of 6 to 8 ) ranging from very small to quite large that Hal designed . Pretty soon ( much to the delight of the drum manufacturers ), the octa -tom sets were also an investment most studio drummers of the era had to spring for.
Interview: Hal Blaine
Last week I was on assignment for the Wall Street Journal in Palm Desert, Calif. I was there to interview drummer Hal Blaine, who is probably America's greatest living rock and pop musician (you can read my article in today's edition here). If you're like me and grew up in the '60s listening t...
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