"Drumming is about time - and I'm still having a good time"
Charlie Watt
I've been playing drums for years now and just love em. This is an assorted page about drums, including the gear I use, some clips of my favourite drummers, songs with great drumming and various technical beats and patterns I have composed (coming soon)
Me rocking out my Sonar kit during a recording
For links to the drum brands that I use click here
Shells
DW (pdp) MX series, all maple shells, in fusion sizes, with STM free floating tom mounts
Snare: 14" x 7.5" (diameter x depth) Premier steel snare
Bass: 22" x 18"
Tom 1: 10" x 8"
Tom 2: 12" x 9"
Tom 3: 14" x 12" (suspended)
Tom 4: 14" x 12" Birch (suspended)
Cymbals
Hi-Hats: 14" Sabian AAX Stage Hats
Ride: 22" Sabian Metal Ride
Crash: 18" Zildjin Z Custom
Crash: 18" Zildjin A Custom
China: 18" Sabian Hand Hammered China
Splash: 12" Sabian AAX Metal Splash
Bell: 12.5" Zildjin Zil-bel
Accent: 4" Pastie Accent Cymbal
Hardware
Tama Iron Cobra Double Kick
DW/pdp HH-800 Hit-Hat stand
DW/pdp SS-800 Snare stand
Various stands including: Pearl CH-88 and CH-88L booms (with counter weights) Yamaha straight/booms and pdp straight/booms
Pearl Icon DR-500 drum rack, (round legs with square bars)
PC-50 Clamps
Skins / Heads
Snare Batter: Evans Genera HD coated snare head
Snare Resonate: Evans EC2 clear snare Head
Bass Batter: DW factory by Remo, ebony, with 8" Hole
Bass Resonate: DW factory by Remo, with built in muffle ring
Toms Batter: Evans EC2 clear heads
Toms Resonate: Evans G1 clear heads
This drum kit I keep set up at my parents house, for rocking out when I visit
Shells
Sonar, birch shells, in rock sizes
Snare: 14" x 5" (diameter x depth) DW/pdp maple snare
Bass: 22" x 18"
Tom 1: 12" x 10"
Tom 2: 13" x 11"
Tom 3: 16" x 16" (on legs - it's cute)
Cymbals
Hi-Hats: 13" Zildjin Z Dyno Beat
Ride: 20" Zildjin
Crash: 17" Pastie 2000
Crash:18" Sabian AAX Studio Crash
China:14" Sabian Mini Chinese
Splash:8" Sabian Pro
Splash: 6" Pearl CX-500
Hardware
Pearl 50th Anniversary Double Kick (with 4 way beaters)
Pearl 50th Anniversary Hi-Hat Stand
Yamaha SS-740 Snare Stand
Stands: Various boom and straight stands by Yamaha, Pearl, DW/pdp, Sonar & Dixon
Skins
Snare Batter: Evans Genera HD Coated Snare Head
Snare Resonate: DW factory snare resonate head by remo
Bass Batter: Mapex factory, clear, by Remo with 6" Hole
Bass Resonate: Remo Powerstroke 3, clear with focus dot
Toms Batter: Remo Emperor, coated
Toms Resonate: Mapex factory resonant heads by Remo
Sticks
Unless stated sticks used are wood tips with a lacquered finish
Promark 747 Rock
Silver Fox 2b
Silver Fox 502
Vic Firth 2b
Vic Firth 5a
Ahead 5a, graphite sticks with plastic sheeth and nylon tips
LP Brushes
Tama Rhythm Watch
A great metronome designed for drummers
Tama Tension Watch
Measures drum head tension at each lug for simple tunning, cuts down tuning time and helps you to train your ear
Cases
Ragone Snare Case
Rock Bags by Ashton (untill I can buy some hard cases)
Books A Rough Guide To Drums The Essential Tip Book
James Blades and Johnny Dean - How To Play Drums (covers lots of percussion)
Steve Mansfield - 1001 Drum Grooves
Ted Reid - Syncopation For The Modern Drummer
Videos
Chad Smith - Red Hot Rhythm Method
Dave Weckl - Back To Basics
Jeff Porcaro -1989
Steve Smith - Part Two
Here is a collection of youtube vids of some of my favourite drummers
The kind of drummers that make you want to either practice all day or just give up : P
Vinnie Colaiuta
Born: Brownsville, Pennsylvania, USA
The drummer who played with Herbie Hancock letting loose in fine form
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Virgil Donati
Born: Melbourne, Australia
He's just ridiciously fast and good and an Aussie too
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This is a list of songs with awesome drumming, not so much crazy solos or anything (apart from moby dick) it's more just tight and technical drumming
Song:
Artist:
Album:
Drummer:
Deadly Rhythm
Refused
The Shape of Punk To Come
David Sandstrom
Song:
Artist:
Album:
Drummer:
Moby Dick
Led Zeppelin
How The West Was Won
John Bonham
Song:
Artist:
Album:
Drummer:
Moshiach
Cog
Open Up
Lucius Borich
Song:
Artist:
Album:
Drummer:
No Cuts, No Butts. No Coconuts
Death By Stereo
If Looks Could Kill I'd Watch You Die
Jarrod Alexander
Song:
Artist:
Album:
Drummer:
Video
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Panasonic Youth
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Miss Machine
Chris Pennie
[External Link]
Video of Chris Pennie playing this at a drum clinic
Song:
Artist:
Album:
Drummer:
Salt Peanuts
Royal crown Revue
The Contender
Daniel Glass
Song:
Artist:
Album:
Drummer:
A Song for the Dead
Queens of the Stoneage
Songs for the Deaf
Dave Grohl
Song:
Artist:
Album:
Drummer:
Ticks & Leeches
Tool
Lateralus
Danny Carey
Song:
Artist:
Album:
Drummer:
To Mandate Heaven
Poison The Well
The Opposite of December
Chris A Hornbrook
Song:
Artist:
Album:
Drummer:
The Widow
The Mars Volta
Frances the Mute
Jon Theodore
