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Total Drumming

Total Drumming
Recording by
Mick Fleetwood
Released2002
StudioBlue Moon
GenreRock, loop
Mick Fleetwood chronology
Shakin' the Cage
(1992) 		Total Drumming
(2002) 		Something Big
(2004)

Total Drumming is a collection of loops and samples by Mick Fleetwood. The release is a compendium of over 800 drum loops, intended for the purchaser to use for their own project[1] Fleetwood is featured as the only performer on all of the samples and the loops are formatted as WAV files.[2] The project was produced by Mike Scheibinger and Jonathon Todd, and was released by Sony Creative Software.[3] A special limited edition of Total Drumming was also released that included a signed booklet from Fleetwood.[4]

Background

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Before work started on this project, Fleetwood listened to some of his older material to determine what he would record in Blue Moon studio with Scheilbinger and Todd.[5] It took three hours to unpack all of Fleetwood's gear, which included drum kits, wind chimes, talking drums, udus, timbales, a gong, and various hand percussion.[6] The gong that Fleetwood played on this project was previous used on The Dance album in 1997; Todd had the instrument shipped to Blue Moon studio for the 2001 recording sessions.[5]

Over the course of two days, Fleetwood spent over 30 hours in the recording studio tracking various grooves, one-shots, and "an assortment of percussive sound bites". The loops were recorded using the ACID recording software, which was developed by Sonic Foundry.[6] The samples were recorded and released as WAV files.[5] Several microphones were used to capture Fleetwood's instruments, including four Sennheiser MD421s on the tom drums, a Shure SM81 on the hi-hat, and an AKG C460 on the ride cymbal. Two ADK A51Ss served as stereo overhead microphones and two Milan VIP50s captured the ambiance of the room.[5]

Track listing

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All songs written by Mick Fleetwood

  1. Mysterious Echos
  2. Straight Up
  3. Dry Grooves and Fills
  4. Grooves and Fills
  5. Oneshots
  6. Percussion
  7. Vocal Bites

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Mick Fleetwood - Total Drumming". producerplanet.com. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Sonic Foundry Offers Fleetwood Drum Sounds". Mixonline. 24 June 2002. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Loops & Samples: Mick Fleetwood: Total Drumming". sonycreativesoftware.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Sonic Foundry has Fleetwood library". The Capital Times. 27 June 2002. pp. 4e. Retrieved 14 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c d "Modern Drummer: Hot Products! Great Gear For '03" (PDF). Modern Drummer: 122–123. June 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  6. ^ a b Perry, Shawn (2002). "The Mick Fleetwood Interview (2002)". VintageRock. Retrieved 1 September 2023.