Another Simon Phillips kick fan

I just wanted to post that I tried the Simon Philips thing - rolling up a towel and taping it to the inside of the batter head of your kick - and I was extremely dubious it would work because I'm playing a 20x14 kick drum. I figured it would just muffle it to death.

Man it sounds so focused. Of course it can't make it sound bigger, it is what it is. But just a much clearer and cleaner sound. Took a lot of the 'slappy' sound out of the beater hitting the batter head too. So I'm a fan all around. Seems counterintuitive but it works!
 
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