Seriously, I've seen countless articles on proper drum Micing and different techniques, but I feel room mic placement just gets a brief mention most of the time.

I'm lost. I have yet to record a decent room mic track. Most of the time it has an ugly sound (like a gated reverb) or full of cymbals and no punch (needing to EQ to compensate, but it's still far from ideal).

I've read what seems like 50 different ways of compressing the room mics. I'll start by saying I'm definitely going for a John Bonham(no, we don't have him for a drummer, but someone who plays similar) type sound.

Greetings,

How do you get a room mic in phase with the drum kit if it is a good 8 feet from the drums?