Travis Orbin - Marcus Shoults Session - "The Icarian Gambit"
Watch on YouTube: Marcus Shoults - The Icarian Gambit
Marcus Shoults is a progressive fusion solo artist from San Antonio, TX. Originally, I tracked some material for him another lifetime ago, in 2010 (the very year I began doing session work professionally from my home studio), but was sidetracked and, consequently, ended up shelving that stuff indefinitely. Marcus is back with a polite vengeance and contacted me in late June of this year re re-recording one of the tunes from said session.
Little had changed from the former arrangement, and I made even tinier tweaks to include some small effects cymbals.
New Gear Featured:
- -5"x14" Sensitone Heritage Alloy Aluminum snare drum
- -19” K Custom Special Dry Crash (used on my left side)
I had made iso-drum movies for the original session ahead of time. Back then, I used to wait until the final mix/master was presented to me. Because I archive everything, and because so little had been adjusted, I was able to sprinkle in ten seconds of that footage at 2:18; it was too funny and unique an opportunity to not take advantage.
About the Track:
- This track is from a forthcoming LP, entitled 'Mariana.'
- The mixing engineer is Mack Damon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Damon).
Full Drum Set Transcription:
