Sticks?

[mikeymayhem]

Hey Will,

I was just wondering if you use any special sort of stick you use in Hands In The Sky. I was watching a live video, and it looked like you were using mallets or something. Was I just seeing things?

[Thrill Kill Will]

hello and welcome.

typically during the intro to hands in the sky i try to add some ambience and dramatics/theatrics by doing some suspended cymbal type crescendos. usually i'll use felt tympani type mallets to do this. on a few occasions (i think on the mtvU tour) i've placed a towel over the snare drum and did a muted marching roll to kind of reinforce the army/war/militant themes.

when the live drum beat comes in during the third verse i am using my standard vic firth wood tip 5B sticks.

thanks for asking!
-will