_{By Zach Collier}

It’s no secret that the Provo music scene is both incredibly talented and criminally underfunded. Over the years, my own projects have had to try a variety of methods in order to get quality recordings. If you’ve learned how to record on your own in your bedroom (with middling results); donated plasma; picked up a second job; saved for months to afford a few hours in a quality studio; taken out credit cards at terrible interest rates; or started, I dunno, a Provo-themed music magazine in order to cover production costs, you’re not alone.

One of the most difficult, time consuming, and expensive things to get right on a song is drum production. Most musicians in Provo live in apartments, so finding a place to even practice drums (let alone record them) is a challenge. Then there’s mic placement, room treatment, and the quality of the kit itself to consider. If you decide go to a professional, sound-treated studio, you’ll likely also have to pay an hour for drum setup on top of the time it takes you to record.

The Solution

That’s where we come in. Provo Music Magazine has teamed up once again with the legends at June Audio to help streamline music production in the Provo music scene and beyond. This new initiative is called Drums Only.

One night a week, we’ll set up one of June’s many many drum kits in Studio 2 at June Audio. You won’t have to pay for setup costs or worry about lugging your own kit in for recording. All you have to do is send us a tempo-locked scratch track, schedule an hour, show up, and lay down your takes. Then our engineers will comp the drums and send the tracks to you.

From there, you can choose to come back to June Audio and finish the rest of the song, or take the professionally recorded drum tracks and record the rest at home or at another studio that suits your needs.

It’s only $75. You can do one track or come back every week to record multiple songs on different kits to keep each one sounding subtly unique and fresh. And you’ll never, ever have to pay for setup time.

What if you don’t have a drummer? If you’ve got an extra $25, we have a session drummer on hand. For $100, you’ll not only get professionally recorded drums, but you’ll also get Reed Perkins. He currently drums for Local Kin, Mac Wright, Michael Barrow & the Tourists, Chi Chi Le Möt, Ben Reneer, and has opened for Hunter Hayes, Melt, Little Big Town, Sub-Radio, The National Parks, and more. He’s recorded on hundreds of songs in the Provo music scene and will be able to arrange your song with ease.

Interested? We’re now accepting bands for our first night of Drums Only. RSVP here and we’ll reach out to you. Check out Studio 2’s specs below!

Studio 2

Tracking Room 2 is 500 square feet. It has hickory hardwood floors, RPG BAD panel acoustic panels throughout, integrated ambient lighting, and a darker moody color scheme. The room also includes a single isolation booth.

Control Room 2

Another Wes Lachot Designed RFZ control room, Control Rom 2 houses a 32 channel Daking 1112 console, ATC 150 monitors and Burl Converters. Outboard gear from API, Chandler, Empirical Labs, and many other manufacturers ensure that Studio 2 is ready to handle anything.

Drums

• A&F Royals Brass Kit 22,12,14,16
• A&F Raw Brass Snare 6.5×14
• A&F Pancake Snare
• Slingerland 26” Bass Drum
• Slingerland 14×12 Marching Snare Drum
• Rogers Holiday Kit 12,14,20
• Rogers Holiday Kit 12,16,22
• Rogers Holiday Kit 12,13,14,16,18,22,22
• Rogers Dynasonic 5 line chrome over brass 5×14
• 1970’s Ludwig Kit 14,16, 24
• 1964 Ludwig Downbeat Kit 12,14,20
• 1966 Ludwig Downbeat Kit 13,13,16,22
• C&C Walnut/Poplar/Maple 6×14
• DW Collector’s Brass Snare 7×14
• DW Collector’s Brass Snare 4.5×14
• DW Collector’s Black Nickel over Brass Snare 8×14
• DW Collector’s Aluminum 3mm  5.5×1314
• DW / Craviotto 6×14 Snare
• Emerald Bell Brass Snare 8×14
• Gretsch Brooklyn Kit 13,16,22
• Gretsch Brooklyn chrome over brass Snare 6×14
• Gretsch Brooklyn wood snare 5.5×14
• Gretsch chrome over brass Snare 5×14
• Gretsch Round Badge Kit 12,13,13,16,20
• 1958 WFL Snare 5×14
• 1940’s WFL Snare 5×14
• 1940’s WFL Kit 13,16,28
• Ludwig BlackBeauty Snare 5×14
• Ludwig Acrolite Snare 5×14
• Ludwig Supraphonic Snare 5×14 triple flanged hoops
• Ludwig Supraphonic Snare 5×14 die cast hoops
• Ludwig Supraphonic Snare 6.5×14
• Ludwig Downbeat Snare
• Ludwig 26×14” Bass Drum
• Ludwig 30×10″ Bass Drum
• 1980’s Tama Camco 12,13,16, 22
• PDP By DW Aquabats Action Drums 4-Piece Shell Pack (which is kind of a secret weapon… we’ll explain later lol)