How to make HUGE DRUM INTROS
In this video I show you how I go about making drum tracks for Trailer intros. These tracks need to sound impactful and generally pretty cool. You know these, they are the ones…
In this video I show you how I go about making drum tracks for Trailer intros.
These tracks need to sound impactful and generally pretty cool.
You know these, they are the ones that start with claps and then bring in big rocky toms and huge sounding taiko fills. They are so much fun to write and they are perfect foe comedy action films; generally films that want to sound cool and banging (technical terms).
Happy composing!Rich
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