I love talking about drums. I love playing drums. I currently have a Gretsch Renown Maple kit in a translucent ebony gloss finish. I play Paiste cymbals, however my hihats are a hybrid consisting of a 15 inch Zildjian Mastersound bottom and a 15 inch Paiste Giant Beat top. I also have a Roland Handsonic that I use for ethnic drums like tablas and congas. In percussion I have a cowbell, Treeworks chimes, and a Wuhan gong. The kit I had before the Renown Maple was an Ayotte custom kit with wood hoops in a satin red finish. I loved that kit because of its uniqueness and it sounded great, but the Gretsch Renown Maple gives me the tone, attack, and versatility I want.
This blog is going to be a place where I can teach, talk about, and play drums. I will be posting instructional materials, videos, promotional stuff for my band Faethm, and other random drum stuff like articles, news, and anything else related to drums.
I have been playing in Faethm for nearly a decade. We have been through some line up fluctuations, and over the years our style has evolved from a raw riff-oriented rock to a harder rock, almost metal, and now we are a nice balance of progressive, hard rock, and metal. Our music now is much more technical than it ever has been in the past, and is exploring the realm of progressive music. I am incorporating more time signature changes, tempo changes, and poly-rhythms into my playing. Currently my top five influences, in no particular order, are: Danny Carey (Tool), Thomas Haake (Meshuggah), Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree), Sean Reinert (Cynic), and Charlie Zeleny (Blotted Science "Machinations of Dementia").
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