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Infero Exicution · #21 (**permalink**) 09-19-2009, 11:37 AM

Age:: 13

Years playing: 5 and a half

Amateur/Semi-Pro/Pro: between Amatuer and Semi-pro

Formal training (Yes or No):Self Taught
Stick brand/model: Vic Firth Nylon tip 7AN

Stick tape/Gloves/Nothing: None

Cymbal brand/models: PAISTE Alpha 16'' and 18'' Medium Crashes, Paiste Alpha thin Splash 10'', SP hats/16'' crash, Wuhan 14'' china, Sabian B8 ride, Agazarian 8'' splash

Fav cymbal cleaner: Don't use one, but Bohsphorus cymbal swipes

Drum brand/model:Pearl Limited Edition Vision VSX 6-piece

Single or Double bass: Double bass

Shells-Maple/Birch/Other: Birch/basswood combo (6-ply racks, 8-ply floor and bass drums)

Drum suspension (type or none): Standrard tom holders

Drum Head Brand/Type: Pearl Pro tone on toms, Soon to be EC2's on toms, On the bass, I have and EMAD coated, Evans EC Reversed dot on snare.

Pedals: Pearl 902 powershifter double pedal.

Pedal beaters- Pearl Duo-beat

Snare stand: PDP 900

Hi-hat stand: PDP 900

Favorite bands:Rush, Metallica, Queensryche, Dream Theater, Can't remember rest...

Favorite drummers: Mitch ,Mitchell, Neil Peart, Lars Ulrich, John Bonham,
Danney Cerry, Mike Portnoy, Niko McBrain, etc..

Damo · #22 (**permalink**) 09-20-2009, 09:39 AM

Age:: 34

Years playing: 20

Amateur/Semi-Pro/Pro: Semi-Pro (as in, I make about half of my weekly earnings from gigs. If it was 100%, Id consider myself pro)

Formal training (Yes or No):A very limited amount, mostly self taught with a few cameo/celebrity lessons

Stick brand/model: ProMark SD23W

Stick tape/Gloves/Nothing: Nothing

Cymbal brand/models: Sabian (endorser): HHX, AAX, Prototype, HH, AA

Fav cymbal cleaner: Dishwashing detergent and Sabian cleaner, but as a general rule I hate cleaning cymbals!

Drum brand/model:1. Custom Sonor Designer, 2. Sonor Force 3007, Roland TD12

Single or Double bass: Single, with double pedal

Shells-Maple/Birch/Other: Vintage Maple, preferably

Drum suspension (type or none): Designers AX-4 mounted APS system

Drum Head Brand/Type: Aquarian (endorser) - All kinds, depending on the situation, but almost always SuperKick 1's on the kick.

Rack or Stands: Stands

Pedals: Tama HP200 at the moment, not sure what to upgrade to this time.

Pedal beaters- Felt, religiously

Snare stand: Sonor 600

Hi-hat stand: Tama HH900

Favorite bands:Symphony X, Meshuggah, Dream Theater, Ark, plus adolescent favourites Metallica, Sepultura, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi

Favorite drummers: Jojo Mayer, Tomas Haake, Dom Famularo, Deen Castronovo, Blas Elias, Mike Portnoy

PearlVSX · #23 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 05:34 PM

Age:: 47

Years playing:38

Amateur/Semi-Pro/Pro: Semi-Pro level

Formal training (Yes or No):no

Stick brand/model: Vic Firth 5A wood

Stick tape/Gloves/Nothing: nothing

Cymbal brand/models: Zildjian, Sabian

Fav cymbal cleaner: Orange oil/funiture polish/dish soap 'n warm water

Drum brand/model:Pearl Vision VSX

Single or Double bass: Single

Shells-Maple/Birch/Other: Pearl VSX Birch/Basswood/Birch

Drum suspension (type or none): Optimounts on Vision toms

Drum Head Brand/ Aquarian Response 2 toms/ Evans EMAD kick

Rack or Stands: Stands

Pedals: Yamaha Flying Dragon single

Pedal beaters- hard plastic, felt

Snare stand: Pearl 900

Hi-hat stand: Pearl 900

Favorite bands: Thousand Foot Krutch, Kutless, Pillar, Porcupine Tree

Favorite drummers: Virgil Donati, Dave Weckl, Vinnie Coliauta, Dom Famularo, Gavin Harrison, Buddy Rich, Thomas Lang, Lester Estelle Jr. etc.

hokie4life · #24 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 08:01 PM

Age: 31

Years playing: Guitar player for years playing drums roughly on and off 5 to 6 years.

Amateur/Semi-Pro/Pro: Not sure but i got gigs coming up.

Formal training (Yes or No): Yes In guitar and taught by an older guy on drums in my teen years.

Stick brand/model: Oak 7A and 5 AB Pro Mark Sticks (Some long name on the oak not worth mentioning)

Stick tape/Gloves/Nothing: Nothing but considering grip tape

Cymbal brand/models: Meinl all the way. Sound Caster series, Classics, and Byzance. Adding more!!!

Fav cymbal cleaner: Bleach kills the swine flu

nothing favorite at this time looking though.

Drum brand/model: Last good kit PDP all birch set. UPGRADED big time MAPEX Saturn is what i own and play

Single or Double bass: Got 2 legs so i got a double pedal pearl screaming demon and they play lovely on the ninja setting.

Shells-Maple/Birch/Other: Mapex Saturn is Maple with Dark Walnut wood shells.

Drum suspension (type or none): Yes Mapex

Drum Head Brand/Type: Remo weather king ambassadors (came with the kit will change to something else to experiment with i just got the kit not even a week ago)

Rack or Stands: Stands (Will convert to rack in the next few months)

Pedals: not chain driven Pearl Screaming Demons

Pedal beaters- whatever came with them Buy Pearl Eliminator Demon Drive Double Pedal | Double Drum Pedals | Musician's Friend I would like to sample wood beaters for the fun of it but i am happy the way they are.

Snare stand: Mapex

Hi-hat stand: Mapex (Looking for a remote hi-hat)

Favorite bands: Are you kidding? I don't have that much time.

Favorite drummers: To many to list. I like drummers that compose music not just keep a standard beat. I like drummers that make guitar players change their riffs to something better than they originally had planned to play

butter · #25 (**permalink**) 01-19-2011, 11:19 AM

I'm doing this again since a lot has changed.

Age: 16

Years playing: 3 or 4

Amateur/Semi-Pro: Amateur semi-pro

Formal training (Yes or No): not on set.

Stick brand/model: Whatever, for practice, no-name off brand stuff

Stick tape/Gloves/None: none

Cymbal brand/models: Sabian Xs20 medium thin 16" crash, 20" ride, 14" hats and Paiste Alpha medium thin 18" crash and 10" splash.

Fav cymbal cleaner: haven't used any yet

Drum brand: Mapex Meridian Maple Studioease in Cobalt Burst

Single or Double bass: double

Shells-Maple/Birch: Maple

Drum suspension (type or none): ITS

Drum Head Brand/Type: Evans SST EC2 on toms, EC2 power center on snare. I plan to try Aquarian classics soon.

Rack or Stands: Stands (tama roadpro)

Pedals: DW 7002 series

Pedal beaters: Hard plastic

Snare stand: brandless

Hi-hat stand: DW 3000 series

Favorite bands: NIN, As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, August Burns Red, Underoath, All that remains.

Favorite drummers: John Bonham, james sullivan, Jordan Mancino, Shannon Lucas, Aaron Gillespie.

blevinspercussion · #26 (**permalink**) 01-19-2011, 08:30 PM

Age: 30

Years playing: 22

Amateur/Semi-Pro/Pro: Pro (as in, I make a living playing and teaching.)

Formal training (Yes or No):Yes in percussion and Drumset

Stick brand/model: Vic Firth 5A or Pro-Mark 5B Shira Kashi Oak

Stick tape/Gloves/Nothing: nothing

Cymbal brand/models: Sabian: HH, HHX, AA. Paiste: Alpha. Zildjian: Oriental

Fav cymbal cleaner: none

Drum brand/model: Pearl Export Select with a Pearl free-floating piccolo snare

Single or Double bass: Single...always

Shells-Maple/Birch/Other: Birch for toms and bass, brass for the snare.

Drum suspension (type or none): Pearl ISS

Drum Head Brand/Type: Evans: G2 clear on the tom batters. G2 coated on snare batter. G1 clear on resonant side.

Rack or Stands: Stands

Pedals: Powershifter Eliminator

Pedal beaters- Felt, flat head.

Snare stand: Don't know. I've had it since middle school and it doesn't have a brand on it.

Hi-hat stand: DW5000

Favorite bands: Here's the short list: Tool, A Perfect Circle, Garbage, The Cardigans, The Genitorturers, Mr. Bungle, Frank Zappa, T.A.T.U., Puscifer, Jakalope, Coheed and Cambria, Nine Inch Nails...etc, etc.

Favorite drummers: For this one, I'll narrow it down to my four favorites: Gregg Bissonette, Steve Gadd, Josh Freese and Vinnie Colaiuta. Also worth mentioning are Chip Hancock (my first private teacher whom I stayed with for eight years and who still remains a close friend) and Dr. Monte C. Coulter (my college percussion professor). Those two men have influenced my playing far more than any other drummer/percussionist.

Gus · #27 (**permalink**) 01-19-2011, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by butter

Favorite bands: NIN, As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, August Burns Red, Underoath, All that remains.

A. AS I LAY DYING is coming to my town, B. Underoath came two years ago, C. All That remains drummer is friendly.

Check out Unearth...

butter · #28 (**permalink**) 01-20-2011, 12:37 AM

I missed out on AILD last time, but Underoath is coming to a city 3 hours away from me next week. I don't think I'll be able to go, but I will definitely try. Depends on my paycheck on friday

Do you mean Shannon Lucas or Jason Costa?

Quote:

Originally Posted by blevinspercussion

Snare stand: Don't know. I've had it since middle school and it doesn't have a brand on it.

Wow! I wonder if mine will last that long...

Gus · #29 (**permalink**) 01-20-2011, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by butter

I missed out on AILD last time, but Underoath is coming to a city 3 hours away from me next week. I don't think I'll be able to go, but I will definitely try. Depends on my paycheck on friday

Do you mean Shannon Lucas or Jason Costa?

Wow! I wonder if mine will last that long...

!00% sure it was Jason, he was drumming traditional. How I get into almost every show is I help load in...

Pros and Cons Of loading in:
Pros:
Free admission
Keeps you busy
You get to meet new people
You get to MEET THE BAND
You get to help set up the bands kit (though some can be picky, notice that I didn't say jerks)
You might end up getting a job as a DRUM TECH or become part of the union/ work for the union!

Cons:
Might have to wait
Might have to pay to get in
Might not be treated with respect (highly unlikly)

*Note* to prevent cons call first, And If you have loaded in or played at a venue, tell them you loaded in there.
Also you can say that a person who loaded in for terror, sworn enemy, mastodon, recommends you.