JR - I used to do some singing back in the day

Pics L-R

1- 1968 College Gig Adrian Mi

2- 1976 Dynamic Duo Upland CA

3- 1980 JJ&Co Corona CA

4- 1980 Corona CA

5- 1988 with Eddy Drake @ The Speakeasy Glendora CA

Those were the days .... Doug

I've also blown some blues harp while drumming with a special attachment I made to fasten the harp directly to the microphone ball. Here's some pics with the Lucky Break band 2012

Doug

Yall look cool. I got a question. I have never sung while drumming but wanna maybe start. But ive always wondered about mic bleed. I play loud rock and i hit as hard as i can just because its how I relieve stress and also because its fun lol. So i like to hit loud rimshots with a COB Rogers Powertone. What are some miking issues that yall have encountered over the years? Do drums and cymbals bleed into the mic? Mixing problems? etc.

When I started singing while playing drums I wondered the same thing about mic bleed and did some research. I found the Shure Beta 56A came highly recommended for singing drummers. You have to be pretty tight up on it though. I’ve got mine on a gooseneck coming down from the side and overhead.

Back in the day, my singing brought raccoons out of the sewers.

I have since improved.

Josh

I shall have to look into that mic. Thanks man. One thing is for certain, i am NOT wearing a headset. Copeland may have done it. But I think it makes a drummer look too much like a sports announcer.

Yes - My favorite mike stand had a long goose-neck attached to a heavy duty atlas boom stand with a cast iron base. It was heavy but very stable and tall enough to be dropped down from over my head and easily swung out of my way when I didn't need it.

Doug

I found a similar one at sweetwater with a triangle base just like mine - used it with a boom attachment + long goose neck. Mine was from the 70s but looks like they still make them. The big + is stability but the big minus is weight if you are lugging it around. I was using it on sit down gigs.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MS25E--atlas-sound-ms25e-ebony

Doug

Old thread but I just ran across something on the youtube that I found amazing.

Deen Castronovo in a Neal Schon side project (Journey Thru Time) doing old Journey songs. In addition to drumming Castronovo nailing all the Steve Perry vocal parts.

There's also Greg Rolie on B3 and singing his pre-Steve Perry Journey songs and the duets with Perry from "Infinity" and "Evolution".

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlaNSkv_5BM"]Journey Through Time Live In Los Angeles 2019 ( Full Concert ) - YouTube[/ame]

The first three Journey albums (prior to Steve Perry) with Aynsley Dunbar are among my favorite albums of all time. He is a monster. Castronovo here does a great job reproducing Dunbar's parts.