Anyone at the Wickham festival?

Trude

If anyone out there has survived the mud at the Wickham festival, come along to the Acoustic tent later and say hi! 
I'm playing with my folky band, The Courtiers at 7.40. There will be much fiddly-deeing and I'll also treat you to a slice of Zep if you're up for it:

PolarityMan

That drum thing is so cool. 

Trude

@PolarityMan thanks! It takes a while to wrap your head around it, but it's become a trademark of mine. Beats putting up with a real drummer anyway

PolarityMan

I couldnt see from the video what is it striking to make the snare sound and does it sound that good acoustically as well as mic'ed? Tim told me you were using something a while back but hadn't ever seen one until this video.

Trude

Yeah, there's a 10" snare in the box, which you can hit via a pedal under each heel. It's a devilishly clever setup. Google Farmer Footdrum and you can see all the details. He's improved the design a lot since I bought mine. 
It sounds great acoustically, and it just needs a single boundary mic on the floor underneath to get a good sound to the PA.