Stray From The Path's Craig Reynolds calls out bands for allegedly using pre-recorded drums live
Stray From The Path's drummer Craig Reynolds recently took to Twitter to call out some of "your favorite bands" for allegedly using pre-recorded kick drums during their live performances. According to Reynolds, the use of pre-recorded drums is a common practice in the music industry, but many fans are unaware of it.
In a series of Tweets, he started off by saying:
"some of your favourite bands have ALL their kick drums on track and you're so dumb you don't notice"
Reynolds elaborated in a series of Tweets:
"Putting ALL of the kick drum on a backing track is like having a football team with one player who is secretly an android, but then everyone just going 'ah cool that android is absolutely murdering everyone again and scored 500 goals, love this!'"
"I guess there will always be people who just want to see a 'spectacle' regardless of talent or hard work. each to their own but those people will be the first to 'make their own' music with AI and stop supporting artists. I hate everything about music except music.
The most annoying part of this whole thing has been people using the term 'triggers' for this. triggering is absolutely fine and if anything it makes your mistakes FAR more noticeable. completely pretending to play one of your drums while it does complex patterns: not cool"
"My second favourite takes of the day are the people who think that because they've never seen or worked with anyone who puts their kick drums on track that it can't possibly happen.
Well I've never seen anyone fuck a dog but i'm sure it happens somewhere
I'm sorry that you haven't seen this happen at the 20 capacity slim jims saloon but I assure you some dogs are getting fucked at the o2 academy
Not disrespecting a small capacity shows btw I mean this is stuff you can ONLY get away with in bigger venues or else everyone on the front row would just hear it lmao
And if someone with history of working with/around dogfuckers tells me it happens, I'd probably just believe it and not die on some weird dog fucking conspiracy hill"
Reynolds has not disclosed which bands he is referring to, despite requests from fans, implying he's looking for systemic change in the culture saying "I want these people to know that I know."
In response to the comments from fans who are unfazed by the use of pre-recorded drums, Reynolds posted a follow-up video on his Instagram account to address the issue further. He poses the question of whether it's simply miming, and if that's OK with fans.
Reynolds said:
"Guys I'm shook. I made a Twitter thread announcing that some of your favorite bands, all of their bass drum, all of their kick drum is on the backing track. None of it comes from what they're actually doing. It's all pre-programmed. They're miming basically. And I thought that was a big revelation. And on Twitter, the general consensus is: "That's OK, as long I'm seeing the music get played like it is on CD then I don't actually care.""Now, call me an old man, but that's just miming. I thought we were against miming. Is miming OK? I'm shook as you can see. I don't know what to do, I might just give up. The moral of the story is just don't practice I guess, and all you can do is just put backing tracks and then just look like you're having fun and then everyone will just watch and enjoy it, and buy a t-shirt and you don't have to do any work. It's the taking part that counts. Second is just as good as first. When AI comes we are all completely screwed" advertisement
While some fans may not see an issue with pre-recorded drums, others argue that it takes away from the authenticity of a live performance. Reynolds' callout has sparked a conversation about the use of pre-recorded instruments and the impact it has on the overall concert experience.
Regardless of personal opinions on the matter, it's clear that the use of pre-recorded instruments is a common practice in the music industry. Whether or not fans are aware of it, the debate surrounding the authenticity of live performances is an ongoing one.
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Post CommentTldr just like your joke career playing corny ass core. Sheetrock still entirety live, you dweeb
He's 1000 percent correct. People are recording stuff they can never pull off live but hey, as long as they have social media clout and streams right?
Kurt would have never let Dave pull that shit. He would have put him in a Boston crab until his puny back broke.
It's not about being dumb, this is the kind of thing that only people in the backstage and working the sound will know. It's like going to a magic show and say "all the people in the audience are dumb because they don't know how these tricks are made". But what you'll expect from a necktat dipshit moron. And give the names or shut the f*ck up, otherwise fans can't callout bands on their bullshit.
he is just upset that he couldnt play drums, because he broke his back. Mount him.
I don't gaf about SFTP, but I'm definitely with him. That shit is wack af. It's a matter of integrity. No self-respecting drummer would ever pull some weak bullshit like that, especially in DM where the music is centered around the kick drum. People work too hard to do it right to accept that trash. Crucify them.
Shook. Shook. Shook. Shook. Schmuck. Shook. Shook. Shcock. Shook.
AI is digital and therefore binary so this must piss off the Bud Light drinkers.
Stray From The Path put a photo I took on their merch and never compensated me for it.
I mean his singer pretends to be black. But he's good with that sooo
Milli here, someone's just jelly his band isn't big enough to use a backing track. That is what I read.
This guy is secretly homo and has a major crush on the Pet Shop Boys and their drum machine.
I'm a drummer and this guy is an absolute BEAST of drummer so he can say whatever he wants. He's also right, any way you look at it. He's an incredible musician and he knows what he's talking about. I've tried to play some of the shit he plays and I just can't figure it out.
I'm calling bullshit. This dude has DEFINITELY watched someone f*ck a dog before.
Imagine being a drummer in a live show and pretending to play while the crowd cheers. LOL
dude looks like a trailer park Adam Levine,shut up & play the goddamn drums monkey.When concert goers would like your opinion, they will beat it outta' you.
^you just put Agoraphobic Nosebleeds "drum machine" on anti-depressants with that last remark.
They stripped me naked had me lift my ballsack up so they could check underneath it, and then had me bend over and spread my asscheeks apart so they could look inside my asshole.
But you see the advantage that any of those drum machine bands have over him is that none of those bands are Stray From The Path
To summarize: Craig Reynolds is calling out bands for using pre-recorded kick drum tracks but not naming names because he is a coward.
It's Motionless in white specifically but Craig was too much of a pussy to say anything to Vinny or the band personally the entire time they spent opening for them.
Misleading article title. Add "but refuses to name them".
Stray from the Path 2013 - f*ck COPS. Stray from the Path 2023 - WE ARE COPS AND f*ck FAKE DRUMS.
Meanwhile this dude on records is quantized and sampled and he thinks THAT'S ok because "production". lol Metal might as well have been AI for the past 15 years the way drums sound nowadays. Everyone forgot what a real kit sounded like, and now you are surprised? Give me a break
You mean Warped Tour Hot Topic scene music isn't really the realest? Wow I'm 'shook'
He's talking about Lorna Shore. Plenty of videos of him playing where the kick is going off way crazier than any of the hits on the actual drum.
The dude doth protest too much about f*cking dogs, methinks.
I'm not surprised I'm just going to go ahead and blame this on rap "music" and "culture" and here's why rappers use backtracks heavily and rely on them, for me seeing Suicide boys was a waste of f*ckin money i tried to branch out to rap and within a year i went from digging newer rap to absolutely HATING it. Going to a show and watching two people on stage do karaoke basically which I can't even compare it to that cuz karaoke doesn't even have the words live was insanity lol I'm not surprised it's just like asking Alexandria using the backtrack vocals when they replaced their vocalist for a bit, rap music is a f*cking infection and has infected most genres of music unfortunately. Kind of sad People just want to make money and get famous they don't actually care about the art they create anymore. It's insane how rap music is the most listened to music on Earth when it's made with absolutely no instruments 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm going to call out Craig Reynolds' vocalist for being a commie narc
^^^ If rappers had any brains they'd refuse to play live. What would their fans do? Stop buying their music. Live rap is WACK. Put out records, sell merch & do social media - that's it. And DO INTERVIEWS.
Don't like it, don't spend money and listen to it. Same thing I do for stray
He's a tard but things have gotten so fake and gay the last few decades that hes probably right.
So do these drummers even have bass pedals or are they just playing with feet on the ground?
We all know he's talking about Lorna Shore. Come on man.
dude from Born of Osiris must be sweating bullets rn lmao
Rage Against the Machine here, thanks for the callout Brother Craig. Fight the power.
"I'm sorry that you haven't seen this happen at the 20 capacity slim jims saloon but I assure you some dogs are getting f*cked at the o2 academy" This is comedy gold. This dude is such a ding dong
Tweet about it but don't say it to their face (or on Twitter). Man-Pussy.
Mad that Lorna Shore out sells his Rage Against The Machine cover band.
"Stray from the Sheetrock, maybe?" Sheetrocker here. Sftp is a bunch of soft handed soy boys
I mean yeah, it's incredibly lame to have a track for that but you only needed one or two sentences to call them out. Twitter threads and a video for this?
anonymous 5 hours ago I'm so happy that someone bought lambgoat to turn it into a fanboy gossip site. Well done! Yeah the guy is like 40 and tying to impress teenagers
Who the f*ck cares? Go dye your hair about it, sissy-boy.
Did you guys know your favorite bands are recording their parts on albums individually, on separate tracks? The band isn't playing together live as a whole, they are crafting that sound using technology and f*cking dogs!
This guy drummed on Viatrophys self titled album, he is king. And 100 correct.
Shook From The Path. lol and damn, really an Agoraphobic Nosebleed reference? Crazy thread today
Malevolence used vocals tracks for the singing guitarist guy. Watch the ldb set, they probably wont release it on h56 cuz he gets exposed when some girl takes his mic for a sec
This article is way too long but he has a good point. Layers, click tracks, backing tracks, all fine and acceptable. This drum thing takes it a step too far though. Inching closer to "DJ presses play and dances around" levels.
In all my years on this earth, I've never thought to use a metaphor about dog f*cking to compare pre-recorded drum tracks. Sounds like a dog f*cker thing to do.
Lol... he's calling out this type of nonsense from drummers, but what about the fact that his band doesn't even write their own music? I know them personally... their old guitar player who doesn't go on tour writes most of their music (or at least did) and they wanted to keep that secret from everybody because they aren't talented enough to write their own shit. So kind of hypocritical to get upset about "poser drummers" when the entire band is also doing a lot of posing via playing somebody else's music that isn't their own.
The game has never been the same since Oceano dropped Depths in 2009
So wait, is it ok to f*ck dogs or not? I don't wanna be that weird guy f*ckin or not f*ckin that sexy lil thaaang.
Admin deleted my post saying SFTP might as well just use a drum machine because the music is boring AF and drum parts basic. Anybody who has played the game rock band can play these parts
Sounds like he's talking about Fit For An Autopsy and their cover-band playing members. One douche writes everything, the rest get to play karaoke.
Lorna shore, Lorna shore, Lorna shore, Lorna shore, Lorna shore, Lorna shore, Lorna shore! They tried to hide the bass drums with flashing lights in front of both bass drum heads. The heads never moved the entire set! He is spot on!
Who cares what he thinks. HIS BAND SUCKS! I mean, really sucks
Dude needs to STFU and get back to the pile with that sissy assed ghey pron turkish bathhouse haircut.
God damn this comment section is a shit load of f*cking idiot trolls morons. It's understandable if your in a band that uses a lot of samples and synths on your album and you don't wanna hire an extra band member for that but having any member of your band playing a show with a majority of their instrument being played of a laptop is a f*cking joke.
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I'm so happy that someone bought lambgoat to turn it into a fanboy gossip site. Well done!