I also like to use big crashes, usually 18″ or 19″. DW drums already have lots of low end, so I can tune these drums a little tighter so they cut through but still sound huge. I’m playing smaller tom sizes too: 10″, 12″, 14″.
Right now I’m really scaled back: one rack tom, two floor toms, single kick drum.
So I found some kids in my grade and started a band, and we learned from each other. I wanted to learn how to spin sticks and be a rock drummer, and they just shook their heads and said, “No, no, you need to learn to play jazz beats and the rudiments.” They did give me some great drum books that I still practice with today, but at the time I just wanted to jam. But they were very jazz- and classical-oriented, which just wasn’t my thing. I had a couple teachers for short periods of time, and they were great players. I would spend hours sitting at my kit, teaching myself. I would put on my favorite records and try to figure out what the drummers were doing. I hated it at the time, but now I’m glad they made me do it! I wish I had stuck with it more. I agreed and took two years of piano lessons. They said I had to prove that I was serious about playing an instrument, and that it would be a big help if I could learn to read music. People who don’t even play drums can’t help but air-drum to these guys’ songs.īefore I was allowed play drums as a kid, my parents insisted that I take two years of piano. They put out so much energy live that they take the bands they’re in to new levels, and on record each one of them writes drum hooks. These are some of the guys who I love to watch as much as I love to listen to. I love John Bonham, Keith Moon, Tommy Lee, Dave Grohl, Shannon Larkin, and Morgan Rose, to name a few. My influences are the guys who demanded attention behind the kit. I love all kinds of music, but I’m a rock drummer at heart. I call what I’m doing on that song my “evil disco beat.” Also, it’s a really short song and is just high-energy the whole way. I’m really proud of my playing on the whole record, but I think my favorite song is the title track. Our record release party will be on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood on Monday, July 21 with Steel Panther (previously known as Metal Skool). This coming July 22, my band, Blacklist Union, are set to release our new album, Breakin Bread With The Devil, produced by Chris Johnson (Evanescence, Josh Todd) and Anthony Valli of Crazy Town.
0 kommentar(er)
