Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupWitch Hunt · RushMoving Pictures℗ 1981 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.Released on: 1981-02-12...
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19. Witch Hunt (28 Punkte, 7 Nennungen)
(Moving Pictures, 1981)
"Usually our songs are put together as a three piece, but we sometimes set aside one project to be a studio production number. Being a cinematic type piece, "Witch Hunt" also allowed a lot of atmosphere for unusual percussion effects which I took full advantage of! I emptied my armory using the gong bass drums, wind chimes, glockenspiel, tubular bells, conga, cowbell, vibraslap, various electronic effects, and in one section I double-tracked the whole drum kit. It was fun. The "percussion ensemble" in the second verse was very interesting to do. When we recorded the basic track, I left that section largely blank, and went back and overdubbed each drum separately. I used different sounds and perspectives on each drum to create the dramatic effect of things alternately being very distant and very near. I also removed the bottom heads of my toms on this track to get a darker, more primal sound.
For the intro we went outside of Le Studio in Quebec and it was so cold; we were well into December by then, I think. We put a couple of mics outside. We started ranting and raving and we did a couple of tracks of that. I think we had a bottle of scotch or something with us to keep warm. So, as the contents of the bottle became less and less, the ranting and raving became harsher." (Neal Peart)