In 2009 at the age of 20, Cohen moved to Los Angeles and studied percussion at the Los Angeles Music Academy. That year, Cohen and some friends recorded a metal violin cover on video of System of a Down's Toxicity, which she then posted on YouTube. A few months later, the video had three million views and Cohen decided she was going to shoot and post 100 more drum covers to see what happened next. Five years later she has more than 120 videos, 140m views and 900,000 subscribers on YouTube, and more than 1.4m likes on Facebook.
"I first became familiar with DPA mics during a recording session a couple of years ago," says Cohen. "The recording engineer thought they would work perfectly for my setup. I like having the cymbals super low, which doesn't allow much room for tom mics. The DPA mics worked incredibly well. I didn't have to adjust my setup and the recording quality was mind blowing. The DPA mics provide amazing quality jam-packed into the smallest mic I have ever seen."
She adds, "I just finished a full US tour with my band, and after each show I would get so many comments about the drums sounding unbelievably amazing - and huge. This was achieved without using any triggers, and largely thanks to these incredible DPA microphones."
FOH Engineer Robby Brown echoes Cohen's sentiments. "The DPA d:vote 4099Ds are magical on drums," says Brown. "They are easily the best tom sound I've gotten to date."
(Jim Evans)
