diff --git a/content/blog/2022-08-07-aurora-drum-cover/index.md b/content/blog/2022-08-07-aurora-drum-cover/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..22758370 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2022-08-07-aurora-drum-cover/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: Aurora drum cover +date: '2022-08-07T19:30:30+00:00' +layout: micropost +categories: +- music +- drums +- foo fighters +- aurora +- taylor hawkins +- dave grohl +- nate mendel +- pat smear +- chris shiflett +- rami jaffee +- rock +--- + +I've been wanting to record this for a while. This is my cover of "Aurora" by +Foo Fighters. Recorded as a tribute to the amazing Taylor Hawkins. + +{{< youtube cq5FCdLD3Kc >}} + +"Aurora" was apparently Taylor's favourite Foo Fighters song. + +From [Classic Rock +World](https://classicrockworld.org/taylor-hawkins-reveals-aurora-is-his-favorite-foo-fighters-song/): + +> “I’d say without a doubt, it would be ‘Aurora,” says Hawkins, adding, “I think +> it’s really, I love that side of Dave. I love it when Dave gets into his voice +> almost like a yacht rock and he doubles his voice very well. And that was the +> first drum track I did for the Foo Fighters that I was very, very proud of +> because I only played half the drums on the Nothing Left to Lose album because +> it was my first time in the studio and I was … I didn’t know how to record. +> Recording drums and playing live is very different and the errors are very +> polarized, once you are under the scrutiny of the microphones. You had to get +> it right.“