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Custom Kick drum cover
Records it appears on · 1
- Billie Jean
Michael Jackson · Thriller, 1982
- Drum kit · InstrumentVerifiedFurniture blanket with a zipped opening for the microphone. Isolates the kick: front head removed, cinder block inside for weight. Swedien describes zipping the cover up tight around the mic as his method on Thriller generally
Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.
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