I've always loved Jeff Porcaro's playing and subsequently, loved Toto's music. Any chance I get I will try to cover one of their songs. My objective is to not copy Jeff's playing but to pay tribute to an amazing drummer by playing my own version of some of the songs that I have loved over the years. This week Steve Lukather announced the end of Toto as a band. Well, this video is my "Thanks for the Music" tribute to one of the best bands to ever release music.

I recorded my version of this track on the 18th of August, 2019 in my teaching studio at JMC Academy with my Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple 6 piece kit and some of my favourite Paiste cymbals.

THE KIT
Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple
22 x 18 Kick Drum
10 x 7.5 Tom
12 x 8 Tom
14 x 13 Floor Tom
16 x 15 Floor Tom
13 x 5.5 30th Anniversary Dave Weckl Signature Maple Snare

Cymbals - Paiste
15" 602 Modern Essentials Hats
16" 602 Modern Essentials Crash
20" Masters Extra Thin Crash
19" Signature Full Crash
22" 900 Series Heavy Ride
14" 2000 Series Sound ReflectionsChina

HEADS
Toms are fitted with Remo coated Emperors on the top and Remo clear Ambassadors on the bottom.
Kick drum has Remo clear power stoke 3.
The Snare drum is fitted with a Remo coated Ambassador on the batter and an Ambassador snare side head on the bottom.

Mics
Kick - Shure Beta 91 (internal), Audix D6 (at hole), Yamaha Subkick
Snare - Shure Beta 57 (top), Shure SM57 (bottom)
Toms - Sennheiser e604s (10" and 12")
Floor Toms - Shure KSM27s (14" and 16")
Hats - Shure - SE Condenser
Ride - Shure - SM109
Overheads - Rode NT2a's
Room Stereo - Shure KSM27s
Room Mono - Neumann TLM149

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