Looking for live drums tracks for your music? I don't provide a "drums for hire" service, as this is only a hobby of mine, but if I feel I can add something to a track then I'm more than willing to collaborate! Best way to find out - ask me!

You can reach me at:
iceman@icemandrums.com

Check out the guidelines on this page and lets get to it!

The key to successful remote collaboration lies in synchronization. It is vital to be able to synchronize the tracks being exchanged, to ensure that all the parts will line up during the final mixing. Follow these guidelines to make the process as smooth as possible:

1. Provide your bed track or scratch tracks in .wma format. mp3 has been known to cause alignment and/or time-stretching issues.
2. Include a click track, either by panning all the music hard one way and the click hard the other way (in a stereo mixdown), or by submitting 2 files, one containing the music and the other one the click track. The click track should of course be exported from the project that contains your music, to ensure that the 2 are perfectly aligned. This exported click track will become the absolute time reference for the project. Please make sure you include a 4 or 8 beat count-in before the music starts.
3. Send me a link to your files (the easiest way to transfer a large file is via FTP - but www.yousendit.com provides a good alternative if you don't have FTP space available. Please don't e-mail the files!).
4. Once I start recording, I will send you a rough mix down of my drum idea, for you to approve or request modifications. During the exchange phase we may share further material as it becomes available (i.e. you record new parts).
5. Once you are happy with the drums, I will provide separate files for you to import into your project ("seps"). The seps contain drums only, and can either come as a stereo mixdown (in which case you will have no control over the drum mix), or as full seps (6 tracks, with separation of snare, kick, hi-hat, toms, crashes, and ride). The advantage of the latter is obviously that you will have full control over the drum mix, but it also means transferring larger files and more work for you!
6. Seps are provided either as 16 or 24 bit, .wav files, @44kHz. I will provide you with a direct link to download the files from my FTP server. Files are compressed using Monkey's Audio codec (.ape). The .ape file format is a lossless compression format, which means that when you de-compress the files, you restore the orginal .wav as I recorded it. If you do not have a file conversion utility to manage .ape, I suggest www.dbpoweramp.com, which comes with a free Monkey's Audio codec.
7. Seps include a 4-beat count-in copied from your original click track, to ensure that you can align them easily on your side.
8. The files can now be imported into your project - that's it! Up to you to get a good mix and finish up the tune. Of course, if further tweaks are required, another round of the above steps will be carried out.