About this user
I love all types of music and performing live.
My Drums:
Kit #1: 5-Piece AYOTTE Custom Wood Hoop. Blue Onyx Finish. 10x10 & 12x12 Toms, 14x16 Floor Tom, 18x20 Bass Drum, and a 5x14 Ayotte Custom Wood Hoop Snare; PEARL MASTER CUSTOM 10x10 Tom at the top tuned higher than the 10x10 Ayotte. Yamaha Hex Rack.
Kit #2: 8-Piece Vintage 1990's Noble & Cooley Horizon Series Kit. White Wash Finish. 8x8 Tom, 9x10 Tom, 10x12 Tom, 12x14 Suspended Floor Tom, 14x16 Suspended Floor Tom, 18x22 Bass Drum, 18x20 Bass Drum, and a 7x14 Solid Steam Bent Maple Snare Drum. Gibraltor Rack.
Kit #3: 8-Piece Vintage Noble & Cooley STAR Series One Ply Maple Steam Bent Kit. White Wash Finish (1 of 23 made).
Kit #4: 8-Piece DW Collector Series 24-K Gold Plated Kit with an Exotic Wrap Zebra Wood Collector Series Snare Drum.
Kit #5: SONOR back up and practice kit for travel, leaving in practice spaces, other less experienced drummers who come to hang out and jam or for use around Nasty Smokers!
Backup Snares: 6x13 Green Satin Finish Snare; Noble & Cooley 3 3/8 X 14 One Ply Steam Bent Maple Piccolo Snare in Black Finish with Chrome Die Cast Hoops; Noble & Cooley 7x14 One Ply Steam Bent Maple Snare in Natural Finish with Chrome Die Cast Hoops; Maple Works Custom Made 5x14 Maple Snare with Brass Die Cast Hoops; Ludwig Chome Over Brass Supraphonic Snare; Pearl Jimmy DeGrasso Hand Hammered Brass Snare.
Cymbals: Too many to list the whole collection; I will update sometime when I am not so busy with work. I am a Brassaholic and a collector of fine vintage Paiste Cymbals.
My current active set up is as follows Vintage Paiste 2002 Black Label cymbals of the following types 14 Sound Edge Hi-Hats, 4 Accent, 11 Splash, 16 Crash, 18 Crash, 20 Ride, 20 China; Vintage Preserial Black Label Paiste 602 16 Crash; Vintage Paiste Sound Formula 8 Splash; UFIP 10 Thin Splash; Sabian 10 Hi-Hats; Paiste Signature 16 Full Crash from the early 1990s
My Collection includes Vintage Paiste Sound Creation cymbals, Vintage Black Label Paiste 2002 cymbals, Vintage Preserial Black and Red Label Paiste 602 cymbals, Vintage Blue Label Paiste 602 cymbals, Vintage Paiste Sound Formula Cymbals including Round Badge and Frankenstein Badge cymbals, Vintage Paiste Signature Series cymbals.
Hardware:
Pearl, TAMA, SONOR, Ludwig, and Gibraltar. I think TAMA makes the best hardware these days but to be fair I have never tried DW Hardware.
Pedals:
Two DW 5002 AD3 Double Bass Pedals, Ludwig Swivel Base HiHat Stand with Drop Clutch, Gibraltor X-Hat Attachment on the Hi-Hat Stand.
Heads:
Remo, Aquarian, and Evans.
Sticks:
Vic Firth and Regal
Current Project: Folgers 2011 Jingle Contest participation.
Most recent Project: "The Des Moines Project"
Formation Date: October 2009
Record Label: YabaMTV Recordings
Label Type: Independent
Past Projects:
Dead Celebrities: Andrew Steiner, William Rouse, Tim Pursifull, Steve Detgen, and Brandon Lowe.
Missing Peace: Andrew Steiner, Frank Travieso, Rod Rodriguez, Marcus Davee, and Jason.
King Janitor: Andrew Steiner, Brian Kaupas, Dennis Osorio, with guest basist Matthew Peckham.
Videographer (when mobile camera): Amos Maldonado or Jennifer Nowakowski
Recording Studio: Cannon HD Video Camera, 27" iMac running Logic Studio, NADY RMX-6, Firestudio Tube, Furman Power Conditioner, Yamaha HS80M Active Studio Monitors (120 Watts, 1x8 in.), Audio Technica Mics, Mackie 808S 1200W Power Mixer, JBL JRX 125 speakers, JBL JRX 115 Speakers, CROWN Power Amp, DBX Limiter/Gate, and Mackie Studio Monitors
Influences: You tell me; it should be obvious
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