Over the years, I have changed my drum set
constantly. First of all, I want to talk about the drum set, then I give you
some specs about it, some adjustments I use and last but not least all the gear
stuff to make the drum sound great.
Drum Set
Since the beginning of Seasplash, I use a
Pearl ELX Drum Set in black. It's pretty standard and solid. Standard here means, Snare, Bass drum, High-Hat, 2 Cymbals, one Ride, 2 mid-Toms and one Floor Tom. The
wood's got a full sound, even though the ELX serie is not Pearl's flagship.
However, over the years I stucked the drum set up by having made the exactly
double version of the standard set, but with different sizes of Toms. Since
then, I'm varying my drum set depending on what we are going to need for recording
sessions and differently for live session. But normally for live sessions, I
stick toghether 2 Floor Toms, one Snare and Bass Drum with a double bass pedal,
2 High-Hats (one left and a open High-Hat on the right), one ride (normale
size), 2 Mid-Toms (13" and 15"), 4 crashes, one china cymbale and one
splash cymbal. This set up gives me the flexibility to play any song we've got.
This is actually one quality thing about Seasplash, we are able to play every
Song live and have played every Song live.
Besides my main drums, I added some percussion
stuff too. For example do I play some Bongos though haven't used them yet in a
song. But its a nice to have. Other stuff like a bell or a nice sounding
bar-chimes, rattels, and so on.
Specs
Mostly for my Toms I use Remo hides. They
sound really rocky and live more or less long.
Exclusevly, I play woodsticks because of the sound though I
vary with thickness and wood quality. I change also the label of the stick from
time to time, just to test some new things.
Electronic Gear
I have amplified my drum just like every one
else does. Perhaps more old fashioned. So I use normally condenser overheads
which are set up in A/B positions. A SM 57 for my High-Hats, a Beta 52 for my
Kick, a Beta 98 AC for my Snare top, on the bottom I've got a Shure PG 56. For my mid
Toms I've got also two PG 56, for the Floors two PG 52. This is actually my
live stuff which surprisingly works great though the PG Series isn't strong in delivering,
but it goes well with my sound. However, in our experience a tight live drum
sound is depending on the mix of the drums. That's why I have my drums
compressed, gated and limited. But more important, my drums are paneld in
stereo range only 45 degrees on each side. This gives us room for the guitars
to sound more clear.
Of course it isn't just the sounding and the
mixing that makes the drums cool and tight, it is also my playing. I've been
always a passioned player and played along how I feel the stuff. But for studio
sessions I had to learn playing with click. That wasn't easy at the beginning.
Today, and I think that's what actually makes my drumming for Seasplash
specially, I play tight on click while feeling the stuff live. So this
combination is perfect.
Monitoring is more or less the same as the
other Bandmembers have got. Though I have added a 15" floor
monitor to hear the low frequencies better. The in-ear system, which I do not
always use for live gigs, depends on the spl on stage. Because I play very hard and loud, I
need to protect my ears by plugging them. To make the on stage sound more
comfortable to the others, I use a custom made plexi panel wall in front of my drums.
Now I have given you a view into my work and hope
you enjoyed reading it.
Stay tuned and keep rockin'!
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