Brad Frost

Introducing Cold Album Drumming!

I'm so freaking excited to announce my new music project: Cold Album Drumming! https://youtu.be/uXA3yj_bK8k?si=fPrOWOJGZCU_cIhe Be sure to smash that subscribe button on YouTube 😂 and vote on the albums you'd like to hear me play. What the heck is "Cold Album Crumming?" Cold Album Drumming is where I play along to the albums I know intimately, but have never played drums to before. The drums are recorded totally cold: One take. Cover-to-cover. No learning. No listening. No practice. No warm-up. In most cases, I haven't listened to the album in many years. I give a little preamble to describe my relationship with the album, then I hit record and let 'er rip. Why do this? Quite simply, it's fun. Fun to operate on pure recall, fun to figure things out on the fly, fun to play along with some of my favorite music, fun to have a musical outlet I can squeeze into my lunch break. 200 albums I've been chipping away at Cold Album Drumming for months now. Whenever I find a spare window of time before work, during my lunch, or after work I'll scramble down to my basement, quickly pick an album to play, hit record, and go at it. So far, I've identified about 200 albums that I feel I could play, and keep thinking of more to add. These albums have been the soundtrack to my life, so I know the songs, the parts, and the music pretty dang well. But with a few exceptions I've never played drums to them before. It's a really fun project to connect with some of my favorite music in a totally different way. I always come away with a greater appreciation of the album and the artists that created them. Launching with 8 albums So far I've recorded 25 albums that I'll be trickling out on a steady weekly rhythm (you should subscribe on YouTube and RSS). I'm launching the website with 8 albums! I picked some really fun ones to start. I'll link them up as well as a sample song from each album: Discovery by Daft Punk https://youtu.be/FEZ8y0kuJhg?si=jthJOEhDFcd2TyN3 Watch the whole album In Rainbows by Radiohead https://youtu.be/TOsEv82OP1U?si=aqgwU0kcpaTCmR1T Watch the whole album Santogold by Santigold https://youtu.be/GCxb9Q2xBo8?si=6lFNJlbs-4GLe5q_ Watch the whole album Aquemini by Outkast https://youtu.be/-2yYUdVMHOM?si=YkN9NLJKcmoLHtTa Watch the whole album Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab https://youtu.be/cz-Fl5V3Y5I?si=igYS0hEx9w8yatlk Watch the full album Plastic Beach by Gorillaz https://youtu.be/KwOfGghk9c0?si=5ob1nBZc0v8nlWl6 Watch the full album Lola vs Powerman and the Moneygoround by The Kinks https://youtu.be/yMATUf5borE?si=KPV-99h3XTGqvFn2 Watch the full album The Crane Wife by The Decemberists https://youtu.be/rNBiCmZGMj4?si=nlQaTkNPv3cZ8PL2 Watch the full album Vote! And follow along There's MUCH more to come. I have about 25 albums recorded already, and this is the kind of thing that I like to do in my free time (Weird? Yes. But I feel like it's the right kind of weird.) If you think this crazy idea is kinda fun, here's what I'd love you to do:

Thanks so much! Here we go!