tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12222350011660882782024-02-19T03:20:36.533+00:00Irish DrummersWillie Whelanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12012165602050155926noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-60882438423382743132023-10-23T00:18:00.001+01:002023-10-23T00:29:38.439+01:00Cian Doherty, Drummer with The Burma<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4pD7hkysKUXmOGM4GEUROY-cTzSKXyplB3JIbBfi26LMWM8OIypn2sjRUvl0uYkPU7G6YJObZUdDNtNAI1jZRxPmCS6yiG2yJ9Ewvh-sNZZ5Dj2QJQ4unOFiHzl2nTNH2-NFJBr77Zcd_uEek7ToUOX_tRCsMlO-6uSQ7wYWwqY-yphyWWE7xmgdo2o/s2048/OV%202022.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4pD7hkysKUXmOGM4GEUROY-cTzSKXyplB3JIbBfi26LMWM8OIypn2sjRUvl0uYkPU7G6YJObZUdDNtNAI1jZRxPmCS6yiG2yJ9Ewvh-sNZZ5Dj2QJQ4unOFiHzl2nTNH2-NFJBr77Zcd_uEek7ToUOX_tRCsMlO-6uSQ7wYWwqY-yphyWWE7xmgdo2o/w213-h320/OV%202022.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How did you get
started with drumming? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt;">My family are in the Music Business so I've been around Music my whole
life. I started playing at 17, which I guess was a bit late in some ways. My
parents got me my first kit for my 17th birthday and it was all up from there!
After 3 months I had my very first gig playing with my brother at a school
show. I loved it and haven’t looked back since. A month or two after that, I
was lucky enough to see Chad Smith at a really small master class in Dublin and
that took my motivation to play to another level.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What type of drums
do you prefer to play? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt;">I have two main kits that I use - a Gretsch Brooklyn which is nice
and compact and a bigger Ludwig Classic Maple. They’re two beautiful and very
contrasting kits. I chop and change between both of them all the time. My go to
snare is a Ludwig Copperphonic 6.5x14 and my cymbals are all Istanbul Agop.
They’re incredible cymbals and usually if I get a comment from somebody about
my gear after a gig, it’s about my cymbals.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
<b>Who are your favourite
drummers? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Steve Jordan, Chad Smith, Carter Mclean, Aaron Sterling, Dave Elitch,
Steve Gadd & Graham Hopkins. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What songs / albums
inspired you the most?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt;">John Mayer - Where the Light is Live in L.A</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Skinty Fia - Fontaines D.C<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Daft Punk - Random Access Memories <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Eminem - The Eminem Show<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Starboy - The Weekend <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocHrUqNxYzF55u8uUGBdiiMlre2ppCYvuw09RI-CFt6ZdId4-Mp7luD5-gkpNkHyi_TgGf8_APeZeJly4umjgtAx3JCX3_O-oF7d2hGSbWYJrUzH7_K-U33bd2n9F5tbpaH1R7PtNRP5TgATCqtMbAVEvjAU8Re-yKTWaMtiaoggqQmBDgjohxM9DGho/s4000/ATN%2023.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3964" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocHrUqNxYzF55u8uUGBdiiMlre2ppCYvuw09RI-CFt6ZdId4-Mp7luD5-gkpNkHyi_TgGf8_APeZeJly4umjgtAx3JCX3_O-oF7d2hGSbWYJrUzH7_K-U33bd2n9F5tbpaH1R7PtNRP5TgATCqtMbAVEvjAU8Re-yKTWaMtiaoggqQmBDgjohxM9DGho/s320/ATN%2023.jpg" width="317" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What’s your
favourite The Burma track? </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Our newest single “Holiday”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
<b>What advice would you give to someone
who wants to start playing the drums? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt;">Find yourself the best teacher you can. Learn from people who know what
they’re talking about. My first teachers were Danny Byrt and Fionn O
Ceallachain and they were a huge part of why I went down the path that I did
and got me to where I am today. A good teacher can help you progress on the
instrument at a much quicker rate. Also record yourself constantly, even
just with your phone. Listen back, make adjustments on what you like, or don’t
like and repeat. </span></p><p>
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #313131; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Play with as many people as
you can and prep for each gig you have even if it's a familiar or easy gig for
you. There's always room for improvement and the attention to detail won't go unnoticed.</span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #313131;">Photo Credit: Ciara O'Toole</span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #313131;"><a href="https://www.theburmamusic.com/">https://www.theburmamusic.com/</a></span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #313131;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6nnn5LYcpqTA3f7mjLcpuK?si=C6IBh42vSFep9HJCiHL7jA&nd=1">The Burma Spotify</a></span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #313131;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57cHMd18t7k">The Burma Youtube</a><br /></span> <br /></p>irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-41971110817968580622022-05-02T11:04:00.002+01:002022-05-02T11:15:18.568+01:00Gary Wickham, drummer with Silverbacks<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQ36BSXBjjkxY1PRoP9yols5CkWKwjg6gXMdqR7sXR8tcTJG4oWa8zVsbAFBFUqa8hCzMvcvfI-GOzYJzpclzH4r2wtN5vysV2mwcZcntjhCPVl-qY2xECZ3cWii-1qYqMa0p-jbCXR3M5HBHhzjUVdvRlTO04XNssOVIKlE7x9isO5gaNZDm4djt/s770/Gary%20-%20Silverbacks%203.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="770" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQ36BSXBjjkxY1PRoP9yols5CkWKwjg6gXMdqR7sXR8tcTJG4oWa8zVsbAFBFUqa8hCzMvcvfI-GOzYJzpclzH4r2wtN5vysV2mwcZcntjhCPVl-qY2xECZ3cWii-1qYqMa0p-jbCXR3M5HBHhzjUVdvRlTO04XNssOVIKlE7x9isO5gaNZDm4djt/w400-h270/Gary%20-%20Silverbacks%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Who are your drumming influences?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">I really love Glenn Kotche of Wilco and
Mervyn Craig from The Redneck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Manifesto. I
sit down and I wonder how they come up with the beats to their songs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The way they
play is different to the way I do. They’re drummers that I love and will </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">always go
back and listen to. Another drummer that has really influenced me is </span>David
Lovering of the Pixies. Over the years, while I was playing, even in cover bands, I used
to steal ideas from Dave and the Pixies. Pixies not only influenced me
but also pretty much all of my friends. Also I really admire Levon Helm of The Band.
I absolutely love their music.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did you get started?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Well my dad was a DJ. We always had music in
our house although no </span>member of my
family played an instrument but then in primary school, in order to get out of class,
I volunteered for the marching band. I played with them until I was sixteen or
seventeen. It involved a couple of years of just snare drum. It was a novelty
because we were all young and my friends and I played in parades like St. Patrick Day
and in competitions.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoRR-ZPwG9S-0-fNsOE5NdeK6DLXRVSEWJUrEVqsHaTYMK5TgoTpzv6dtzMT5foKhZkCO2N0tQRgIWC-nz_ZUT4gHy_zpmuyxxEvG9UQXevqQ4wvRXubi5ZBEVwYd_eGzJ-qAwvHSuKSPi6ZyP26GV8PfzEXDyoIBd8g9SIxmNg4sTyRgTRRHuTYp/s770/Gary%20-%20Silverbacks%201.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="770" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoRR-ZPwG9S-0-fNsOE5NdeK6DLXRVSEWJUrEVqsHaTYMK5TgoTpzv6dtzMT5foKhZkCO2N0tQRgIWC-nz_ZUT4gHy_zpmuyxxEvG9UQXevqQ4wvRXubi5ZBEVwYd_eGzJ-qAwvHSuKSPi6ZyP26GV8PfzEXDyoIBd8g9SIxmNg4sTyRgTRRHuTYp/w400-h260/Gary%20-%20Silverbacks%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">What are your favourite songs and
albums?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">This is
always a hard one. Over the last year or so during the Covid-19 lockdown, I was </span>listening to
a lot of music that was familiar. I was listening to a lot of Van Morrison.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">My favourite
album of his currently is St Dominic’s Preview but it changes all the </span>time. I
recently started listening to Arthur Russel as well. “Love is Overtaking Me” is
the album I have
been listening to most.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s next for the band?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Well the new
album is out which is great and we’re looking at getting out an </span>album a year.
With our first album we had the songs ready and we waited six months for a record
deal that never materialized. I imagine by the end of this year we will have a
third album recorded that we’ll try to get out for next year. The guys are
really prolific and they always have songs on the go. We’re playing Whelan’s on
the 20th of May and we’re also due to go to the UK and Europe and play a couple
of dates over there in May.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s your favourite song on Archive
Material?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well the song I tend to go back to the most is
Central Tones. I’ve done a complete U-Turn on this because it was originally
the song I suggested shouldn’t be on the album. Another song which I really
enjoy is Archive Material because it has a really good vibe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you play certain songs differently live as
opposed to the recorded version?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Gary: Yeah it’s
actually quite funny because with the first album we had recorded it but we
were playing those songs for at least a year or 18 months beforehand but because
of the Covid-19 lockdown, with all the stuff on Archive Material, we haven’t really
been playing those songs live except maybe 2 or 3 times. When we went back out
again on tour last October, we started in the UK and we did a couple of dates around
Ireland at that time. When we started playing the songs I was thinking maybe I
should have played it a different way. At the end of Archive Material itself, I
have this sort of shuffle beat where it slows down and I kind of have regrets
about that. With the new album, we wanted it to be more of a studio album so we
used more percussion but we were conscious that we needed to replicate it live.
On the song, Different Kind Of Holiday, when we recorded it in the studio, we
used a lot of percussion and when we went out live, I wondered how I could
replicate it, but we managed to recreate the feel which is the most important
thing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSojq-B873f2NuNysJrjJFUAvipb3FHPZRcbIT9YCp4SNGaPSnGvECkDycFk_d4lvRyfwUvurB3TicltyoGn_2xVedV8Yksb60yebdNIfpnid0uDUZCHrdbd2pW2A2sOf7q38wkrTaUTuKyNYkbPlIJhiWbRulxaQQs5_IjHHg3-iG0vBhE7WMf9i/s770/Gary%20-%20Silverbacks%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="770" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSojq-B873f2NuNysJrjJFUAvipb3FHPZRcbIT9YCp4SNGaPSnGvECkDycFk_d4lvRyfwUvurB3TicltyoGn_2xVedV8Yksb60yebdNIfpnid0uDUZCHrdbd2pW2A2sOf7q38wkrTaUTuKyNYkbPlIJhiWbRulxaQQs5_IjHHg3-iG0vBhE7WMf9i/w400-h259/Gary%20-%20Silverbacks%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">When it comes to arranging songs how much of
an input do you have in that process or is it left to one or two band members?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The way it works is that Daniel and Killian
will do a demo, they love to demo everything. They will write all that stuff
and I can’t really sit down and listen to it because if I hear the song 5 or 6
times, I end up thinking that’s the beat. All I can hear is the way that they
recorded it and I can’t get that out of my head. I don’t really want to get
locked into it. So what we do is bring in the song, break it apart and then put
it all back together again. It’s funny when you hear songs like “Different kind
of holiday”, “Archive Material” or anything like that, they’re different from
the demo and we’re in a lucky position that no one is precious about the
material. Everyone will have a say and everyone plays a part.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">There’s no doubt you take your music
seriously but also in listening to the album, there’s a real sense of fun<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Yeah
you’re right, anyone who comes to our gigs and hears our music, they know we
take it seriously but they know they’re not just listening to a dour rock band.
They’re also listening to a band that has a lot of humour and fun in their
lyrics and music.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What
advice would you give someone that wants to start a career in music?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The main
thing I would say to people is to start a band with your friends. Get as good
as you can. It’s only when you go out and play live that you really get your groove.
The best thing is to just join a band.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><i>Gary is the cool dude with glasses</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><i>Photos Credit; Róisín Murphy O'Sullivan</i></span></p>irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-38647119052911074122021-12-28T21:32:00.000+00:002021-12-28T21:32:31.128+00:00Johnny Bonnie - Drummer with Trouble Pilgrims<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUpSAJqQ7bSLobgEc4h5AA_-MmGgxjE0aFvvt4hN18pi8f2FT1OkIuzutB-TGtTYBQxA1Yfyu9nCE_P02hBh2PTkd6etAhaHTmjiA-ex9R2W-A-oNOzeSQeTQham5T4pmc9tzZT_Q3SURLAdDKa83LNg1zY5DiYhsyGyhDWh-qR4b6rcskZKDv1J6j=s924" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="638" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUpSAJqQ7bSLobgEc4h5AA_-MmGgxjE0aFvvt4hN18pi8f2FT1OkIuzutB-TGtTYBQxA1Yfyu9nCE_P02hBh2PTkd6etAhaHTmjiA-ex9R2W-A-oNOzeSQeTQham5T4pmc9tzZT_Q3SURLAdDKa83LNg1zY5DiYhsyGyhDWh-qR4b6rcskZKDv1J6j=w276-h400" width="276" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Can you tell
us about the new album and your favourite tracks on it?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">The new album -
Blood, Glass and Gasoline</span><b style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">, </b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">was put together in 2020 at Hellfire studios
in Dublin. We were originally to start in March but because of lockdown we had
to cancel. Then we got a window in September where we worked hard for two
weekends to do as much as we could. In 2021, Pete finished putting his new
studio “Pilgrim Sound" together and the album was mixed and completed
there. The album is the bands second and has eight tracks.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">My favourite
tracks on the album are, “Old Days" written by Tony. He has a great way of
writing emotional lyrics to go with the music and this song certainly brings
out a lot of passion when we play it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">And Pete's “Light a penny candle” It’s a story of Pete’s experience of
walking through Dublin City and encountering the homeless. I feel it will be a
become a true classic of Irish Music.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">How would you describe your drumming style?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">I like to play a very precise and straightforward style as a good
foundation. I play hard and like to drive the music à la punk rock.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">I came across Dr. Feelgood when they were on a TV show called “The
Geordie Scene" and I admired the drumming of John Martin (The Big Figure).
They say the Feelgoods were the influence of a lot of the early punk bands.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">I have been very lucky to play with a lot of bands over the years and
try different styles of music such as country, rockabilly and blues.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">I really love that big punchy beat that the audience feels pounding through
the PA.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Who are your favourite musicians?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Terry Chambers
from XTC</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I really liked
Terry as he had a style which was his own and when I went to see him perform, I
was amazed at his ability. Another drummer I love, who had this unorthodox
style was, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Hughie Friel
from the Irish band The Atrix.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">And of course
...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The great Clem
Burke- A left-handed drummer who plays a right-handed kit.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I met Clem at a gig he did in Whelan's a few years ago. That trick of his
of throwing a stick in the air and catching it without missing the beat? Well
in Whelan's he did it and it hit the ceiling and rebounded back at him fast, but
he still caught it,and didn't miss a beat, -magic!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_PFMIC1wrPJj5mwjrSbb1esuBnCBfSN0lkgkZKQEwk_JRPdvM9vX0wH61FvQj8ehFyQ5XP1rVx04SI83FQou_oJd8hkQWTccOUVYMVX3-95yq-xI1xC0O3mKIaQqmOA_YkBjsBj533omHyN8qB2bbYgx86zlMnqdE6pM1Bl4QLMYnsNMsP6m3qy_h=s1080" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_PFMIC1wrPJj5mwjrSbb1esuBnCBfSN0lkgkZKQEwk_JRPdvM9vX0wH61FvQj8ehFyQ5XP1rVx04SI83FQou_oJd8hkQWTccOUVYMVX3-95yq-xI1xC0O3mKIaQqmOA_YkBjsBj533omHyN8qB2bbYgx86zlMnqdE6pM1Bl4QLMYnsNMsP6m3qy_h=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">What are your favourite songs/albums? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Songs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">Dr. Feelgood -
Roxette</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Go Betweens-
Right Here<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Records-
Starry Eyes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Hugh Cornwell -Going To The City<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Albums<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">The
Flys-Waikiki Beach Refugees</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Blade
Runner-1982 soundtrack<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Calexico-Hot
Rail<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">X.T.C. - Drums
and Wires<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What
advice would you give someone wanting to learn the drums and be in a band.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">I
started out in 1978. We sat around a table in Ireland's first McDonald's, in Grafton
Street and we each picked what instruments we fancied playing. That band was
Skank Mooks. I picked drums and at my first gig in Saint Anthony’s Hall, I
asked Paul Bibby who was The NewVersions drummer,could I get a go on his kit
after he sound checked as I had never sat on a kit before and I was doing my
first gig that night!!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">I'm self-taught. I never got lessons, but I
think if I was starting off today I definitely would. I suppose I was lucky
that punk was just born and that gave me that motivation to get into music.
There are now a lot of online learning sites which are mostly free and are
worth a look.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">Try
to play with people you get on with. It’s important that everyone gels and you
need to listen to different styles of music. Enjoy what you’re doing is the
most important thing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What drum
gear do you use?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">I
have two kits at the moment.A vintage 1960s Pearl kit with a light blue Pearl
wrap and a Tama Star Classic Bubinga with a Marigold sparkle wrap.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">The
Pearl kit I bought in 1978 and it took me through the early punk years. In
later years I gave it a full restoration job and it came out gleaming.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">Pearl:
</span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""> </span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">22-inch bass drum, 14-inch snare 13-inch
Tom 16-inch floor Tom</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Tama:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>24-inch bass drum 14-inch snare 12-inch Tom
16-inch floor Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">The
Tama Kit is Bubinga which is harder wood than Maple or Birch but that does make it
heavier to carry around. Which kit I use on the day sometimes depends on the
load into the venue because of the weight of the Tama.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I
also use <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sabian
and Paiste Cymbals <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DW9000
bass drum pedal <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Porter
and Davies BC2 silent tactile bass drum monitor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Wincent
XXL5A drumsticks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Photographer
credit;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Tama kit pic, credit John Ward.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Pearl kit pic, credit Vanessa Byrne.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div>irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-48080349111413052742021-10-30T19:59:00.002+01:002021-10-30T22:17:17.288+01:00Dave Clarke - Hothouse Flowers also Songwriter / Producer / Drummer, solo and with numerous music artists<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4hkIjpgbEfNhg9_mxxoeuMkVNSL9DlcmRthcFzM-e_OE3gfPmH6MaJPa5QPhSm5WAMYEkZT3QwySnWVmetMT9Y_krrJ4RcxW3y_t-vMmc2ebiSJwial2rlRY9oX5bDdyEnsNXqR7x6o/s2048/IMG_2658.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4hkIjpgbEfNhg9_mxxoeuMkVNSL9DlcmRthcFzM-e_OE3gfPmH6MaJPa5QPhSm5WAMYEkZT3QwySnWVmetMT9Y_krrJ4RcxW3y_t-vMmc2ebiSJwial2rlRY9oX5bDdyEnsNXqR7x6o/w400-h268/IMG_2658.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How have you been coping
during the Covid-19 pandemic?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">It hasn’t been too bad over all. But, there have been ups and downs just
like for everyone else, I imagine. Fortunately, I have a set of drums at home
which I can play at any time because I’m out in the country side. So I do try
to play every day, it’s always a work in progress. I’m on the coast. A daily
swim in the sea and a walk on the beach has also helped my sanity! I like to
sketch with oil pastels. I’m collecting ideas for future new music projects in
everything i see and do.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How would you describe your drumming
style?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">I am a musician first and drummer second. I play for the song or piece
of music. I think my style is quite simple, really and usually, simplicity is
what’s required to make it work. This can be trickier than people think. I’m a
product of all the people I’ve played with, the music I’ve listened to, and the
places I’ve been to over the years. Plus, my own personality informs my
playing. I’ve been a Zildjian Cymbals endorsee for 30 years. Click on the link
for my Zildjian Cymbals profile from the Zildjian Cymbals website.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://zildjian.com/dave-clarke.html?fbclid=IwAR2B5YZX9evXdcbgLCWcGM8Z4UyWYFHdwuXCFe_ncY5919eGpHl9djmk3tg" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://zildjian.com/dave-clarke.html?fbclid=IwAR2B5YZX9evXdcbgLCWcGM8Z4UyWYFHdwuXCFe_ncY5919eGpHl9djmk3tg</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">I’ve been a Pearl drum artist endorsee for 17 years. Click on the link
for my Pearl drum artist profile from the Pearl drum company website.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://pearldrum.com/eu/artist/dave-clarke/13731" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://pearldrum.com/eu/artist/dave-clarke/13731</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Who are your favourite musicians?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;">Well, in terms of drummers, I think there is a deep well to go back and
tap into within Jazz, World Music, and the Blues.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I love Jack DeJohnette, his playing is really musical.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Elvin Jones is someone I go back to a lot and listen and watch, always
in control but right on the cliff edge it seems to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Tony Williams, I really love the rawness and power and honesty of his
playing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Tony Allen, who was one of the main driving forces in the genre of
Afrobeat music and his playing with Fela Kuti, as well as his own solo records.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Carlton Barrett with Bob Marley who is famed for popularising the one
drop rhythm apart from his amazing playing Bob Marley and the Wailers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Mitch Mitchell with Jimmy Hendrix.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Ginger Baker with Cream.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Jimmy Cobb with Miles Davis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Hunt Sales with Iggy Pop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Ronnie Tutt with Elvis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Fred Below with Chuck Berry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Phil Rudd with AC/DC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Earl Palmer with Little Richard/ Fats Domino/ the wrecking crew and so
many other great artists that he played with.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">That’s just the tip of the iceberg! So many great musicians across all
genres and time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz99YfCLEVehF6S7Gjy20wz2_ECODU8-1PZNXj2tg5t2FZ4U51qRZwJURIZtHqYaeP-sTl-VwloS_a9nbbeioa6et4JBK7SYmJUjo2NLGo8yksMhBcTlgBysh7xBzG56JuNMtynOjyiUc/s2048/IMG_2657.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz99YfCLEVehF6S7Gjy20wz2_ECODU8-1PZNXj2tg5t2FZ4U51qRZwJURIZtHqYaeP-sTl-VwloS_a9nbbeioa6et4JBK7SYmJUjo2NLGo8yksMhBcTlgBysh7xBzG56JuNMtynOjyiUc/w400-h266/IMG_2657.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What are your favourite songs /
albums?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">This is hard also as there is so many great albums / artists and songs
that I love.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This is an incomplete list in no particular order:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Idiot - Iggy Pop - Hunt Sales drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Lust For Life - Iggy Pop - Hunt Sales drums.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures - Stephen Morris drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">PIL -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Metal Box - Keith Levene drums on Poptones.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles & Heaven Up Here - Pete de
Freitas drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Sound - From the Lions Mouth - Micheal Dudley drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sly and the Family Stone - Stand & There’s a Riot Goin’ On - Greg
Errico and Gerry Gibson drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Rolling Stones - Aftermath & Exile on Main St- Charlie Watts
drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Beatles - Revolver / Rubber Soul & Abbey Road - Ringo Starr
drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Neil Young - Harvest - Kenny Buttrey drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Myles Davis - Bitches Brew - Jack DeJohnette drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sketchs of Spain - Jimmy Cobb drums & Elvin Jones percussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Kind of Blue - Jimmy Cobb drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Doors - Morrison Hotel & the album The Doors -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">John Densmore drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde - Kenny Buttrey drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Modern Times - George G. Receli drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk - Vince Ely drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Who - Won’t Get Fooled Again - Keith Moon - drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Led Zeppelin - Kashmir / Ramble On - John Bonham drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Lou Reed - Transformer - John Halsey drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Velvet Underground & Nico - Album of the same name - Moe Tucker
drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">David Bowie - Low - Dennis Davis drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Ramones - It’s Alive - Tommy Ramone drums.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Dave you have an incredible and
impressive drumming C.V. Can you let us know some of the amazing musicians, studios, bands and producers you are currently and have been involved with?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;">From Amuse, Blue in Heaven, The Blue Angels,The Black Velvet Band, Eddi
Reader w/HHF, Mary Coughlan, Warren Zevon ,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Maria Doyle Kennedy, Glen Hansard w/Hank Halfhead and the Rambling
Turkeys, Kieran Kennedy, Gemma Hayes, Paul Tiernan, Fleadh Cowboys , Something
Happens,John Martyn w/HHF , Supernaut, Shane MacGowan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">w/HHF, The Dubliners w/HHF, PreNup, The Revenants to name a few.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Working in the studio with Producers like Martin Hannett {Joy Division,
New Order, Factory Records}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Chris Blackwell {Island Records, Bob Marley,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">U2, Steve Winwood}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">E.T. Thorngren { Talking Heads, Black Uhuru, Bob Marley }<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Jimmy Miller { The Rolling Stones}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Donal Lunny { The Bothy Band, Planxty, Moving Hearts}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Edge {U2}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Working in studios like Windmill Lane studios, Dublin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Compass point, the Bahamas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Abbey Road, London.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Townhouse, London.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sarm West, London.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Strawberry Studios, Manchester.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Eden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Studios, London.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And a lot of the big studios and small of the day, sadly mostly gone
now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Touring with Blue In Heaven opening for bands like:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Cramps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Orange Juice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Cult<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Alarm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">U2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Simple Minds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">PIL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Damned<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">New Order<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Echo and the Bunnymen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Art of Noise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Chameleons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">China Crisis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Boomtown Rats<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">John Cale<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Theatre of Hate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Spear of Destiny<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Self Aid in the RDS Arena Dublin <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">and for the last 21yrs HotHouse Flowers, touring and recording, tv
Shows, playing festivals like Glastonbury, Fuji Rock in Japan and many others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime, recorded in the Mojave desert.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Burning Man, Black rock desert, Nevada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Hothouse Flowers latest album “Let’s Do<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This Thing” is out now. We made this record over the course of a great
week of work in Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Released 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Available on all digital platforms:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://music.apple.com/ie/album/lets-do-this-thing/1502339727" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://music.apple.com/ie/album/lets-do-this-thing/1502339727</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQb_GAMuesgw64LOV4XnIWrFHG1EokGg5U_ULXq1mfdiaO9Yp57lG45WnuYKCyXGdq4FA6H0MqCFtwZBN9c3n9n39_0jUujPGgV2s8rpfCEcRwXs2kjzlMybiDX2-BbFB4vzoKYb0n90c/s2048/image0+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQb_GAMuesgw64LOV4XnIWrFHG1EokGg5U_ULXq1mfdiaO9Yp57lG45WnuYKCyXGdq4FA6H0MqCFtwZBN9c3n9n39_0jUujPGgV2s8rpfCEcRwXs2kjzlMybiDX2-BbFB4vzoKYb0n90c/w400-h300/image0+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What is the secret of your success?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;">Well, I think ‘musician first, drummer second’ is an important
thing for me when</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">working with other musicians. Playing what’s best for the song or
piece of music you are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">working on. For any musician, it’s important to always be aware of
what’s going on. So, you have to learn to watch and listen. You’ve got to be
able to get along as you can be with the same people on the road or studio for
long periods of time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Be prompt and know the required material.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Listen to all types of music.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Learn another musical instrument.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Start writing music/songs. This will all help when playing what’s
needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Nothing should get in the way of what’s required to make the music work
and flow in the right way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Enjoy the music and playing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">always - have fun!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Apart from drumming you also write
and record your own material. In fact Hotpress magazine said of <i>Listen
For The Signals</i> that it is a timely, provocative kick against
over-polished production – and it’s well-worth wrapping your ears around. You
must have been well chuffed with those comments?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;">Yes, a very good review for that album. It was much appreciated at the
time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It’s fantastic when a piece of work you have made gets<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">that sort of recognition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I have three solo albums out which i have written, recorded and
produced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I play all the instruments and sing on them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">They are song based albums so no big drum solos!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There Was A Girl - 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/album/id343200477?ls=1&app=itunes" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">http://itunes.apple.com/album/id343200477?ls=1&app=itunes</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Hey You - 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/album/id699379581?ls=1&app=itunes" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">http://itunes.apple.com/album/id699379581?ls=1&app=itunes</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Listen for the Signals - 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1454539382?ls=1&app=itunes" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1454539382?ls=1&app=itunes</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Daveclarkerocks" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://www.facebook.com/Daveclarkerocks</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/daclarke5/?hl=en" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://www.instagram.com/daclarke5/?hl=en</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/daveclarkerocks" target="_blank">https://mobile.twitter.com/daveclarkerocks</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Photo Credits; Marcelo Biglia / L Campos-Moya</span></p>irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-63848003986577964552021-09-19T18:14:00.000+01:002021-09-19T18:14:39.801+01:00Niall Quinn - Drummer, Singer, Songwriter with Limerick band The Hitchers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwaeadDMlv99kgqYhU8EkTb5CpP1-gxF0IE9sYGcByv-GMu-iVJD9wW4JFO9t8oewiYUdBrlRM2G48y3-Ev3D5sAFuycWji3ruVI6SWWgtmvLhL__mOS48xcjT3685log36Bl_Lp9Si4/s918/niall+quinn4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="918" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwaeadDMlv99kgqYhU8EkTb5CpP1-gxF0IE9sYGcByv-GMu-iVJD9wW4JFO9t8oewiYUdBrlRM2G48y3-Ev3D5sAFuycWji3ruVI6SWWgtmvLhL__mOS48xcjT3685log36Bl_Lp9Si4/w467-h275/niall+quinn4.jpg" width="467" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How
have you managed during the Covid-19 pandemic?</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I have tried to
make the best of it. Progressed some writing and recording for the next release
whether that’s Theme Tune Boy or something else. But the week before the world
shut down I'd had a small cyst removed from an index finger joint and it wasn't
entirely successful meaning I'd have to go back for another go when the world
re-opened. So lockdown rolls on into late summer and I went for a swim in the
Headrace Canal near my home just outside Limerick, near Ardnacrusha Power
Station in Co Clare.. Next thing I know I've a gangrenous looking septic
infection that's right the way into my bones and I'm in hospital in Cork hooked
up to IV antibiotics and they're slicing dead bits off the finger. It was
insane!. A year later, I still have the finger but it's still a bit of a zombie
with a mind of its own. I got the ability to hold a drumstick back handy enough
but guitar and bass are going to prove a longer road. So I did the only thing
that seemed logical to me -I wrote a song about it. More an essay really.
Somewhere between Alice's Restaurant, Alien and The Walking Dead. </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMHKyG0Udn0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMHKyG0Udn0</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">When
did you start drumming?</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I started building my own practice kit at home from plastic tubs when I
was 14. The first time I got to use an actual drumkit was the night before a
live performance on the back of a truck in Limerick city centre. Soon after, my
dad backed me with money. I'm sure he couldn't spare to get me a tiny Striker
beginners set. He also gave me his drumsticks and céili block -he and his
family were quite musical and involved in Ceoltas. I made shit of his sticks
and céili block in no time -pretty much using it as a cowbell. Luckily I did a
bit of woodwork in art college and was able to do a tidy restoration on the
block at least.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How would you describe your drumming style?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Probably for others to say, but
I'd guess they might say, historically at least, I'm in the Vera Duckworth
range when it comes to subtlety and nuance. Though in more recent years I think
I've developed something of a gearbox I can shift through. I did drums and
percussion with my friend David Irwins, Tom Waits -the early years Tribute some
years back which put it up to me a bit to consider creative alternatives to 'leathering' everything. I also play club gigs with a DJ and they can be long
shows so it's better to start with a lighter palette and build up.<br />
But generally I'm probably regarded as an old school heavy hitter and I think
there's also a strong enough association with using twin kicks as well which is
funny as I can't blast beat AT ALL. I mostly play them as Keith Moon did
-knocking out a string of 8s. It helps that being a songwriter I can
build in bits for the couple of modest tricks I can do. There's an urban
myth in Limerick (that I did nothing to reign in of course) according to which
I was "banned" from playing drums at school masses because I went
full-on 'Won't Get Fooled Again' on closing hymn 'Walk In the Light'. Also have
a rep for having a "wide" set up with one drummer colleague remarking
"your hi-hats are in a different time zone to your china but fair play you
get around them". It's one of my favourite compliments along with someone
messaging me to say "jaysis Niall, you're handy as a small pot on them
drums" <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_S7fPFGT-4Bckq3B0KCAvl6CA4JvjxaEVUqMiIG_bLNJi3J44f1v7Cheb99RCtdWBQu3WL4_wUK79PVkM-2XR0QHDyYRR-FIt14advsSEURneSz8YeSsEg2gtq8WvDLKgWhRUA8TFQK0/s720/niall+quinn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_S7fPFGT-4Bckq3B0KCAvl6CA4JvjxaEVUqMiIG_bLNJi3J44f1v7Cheb99RCtdWBQu3WL4_wUK79PVkM-2XR0QHDyYRR-FIt14advsSEURneSz8YeSsEg2gtq8WvDLKgWhRUA8TFQK0/s320/niall+quinn.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">Who inspired you to take up drums?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I suppose the bands I was listening to in my early teens in the mid 80s.
I think Vom Ritchie from Doctor & The Medics was the first person I used
listen to that had me distinctly going "I wanna play drums" as
opposed to any other instrument. I think I imagined it'd be easier than guitar
the same way some people think bass will be easier coz it's only got four
strings. But I started tapping along with my hands or improvised sticks to things
like The Cult 12"s of Rain and She Sells Sanctuary. Those 12"s were
very useful in terms of breaking the whole thing down into manageable chunks.
Not just drumming either -guitar, bass, composition itself. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Who are your favourite musicians?</span></b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As well as the
aforementioned Vom I suppose in my earlier days playing in my teens it would've
been Keith Moon for the sheer energy as well as Mitch Mitchell and Ian
Paice. </span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As I got older I'd have gotten into the metallers like Philthy Taylor,
then Lars Ulrich, Charlie Benante, Dave Lombardo, Igor Cavalera. A huge one in
later teens for me would have been Fyfe Ewing from Therapy?. Fyfe has the power
of metal, the nihilism of punk and the groove of dance. He brought it all to
the party.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What are your favourite songs / albums?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Ooh I've lots of those. Some not all that 'drummy'. <span style="background: white;">Many of my favourite albums are by Half Man Half
Biscuit 'Achtung Bono' and 'Urge For Offal' just for starters. Other albums
that get spins uninterrupted are Bizarro by The Wedding Present, London 0 Hull
4 by The Housemartins, Mellon Collie by Smashing Pumpkins, Master of Puppets by
Metallica, The It Girl by Sleeper, Murder Ballads by Nick Cave and and the
absolute timeless belter that is Exile On Coldharbour Lane by Alabama 3.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">As for individual songs - I'll never be able to
play along to Slayers 'Angel of Death' properly but I like to try. I'm getting
better at Metallicas 'Battery'. I love to play along to dance music -mainly big
beat stuff like Fatboy, Prodigy ,Chemical Bros and 90's techno as well. Myself
and Eric (The Hitchers guitarist) gig together in the guise of Decks&Drums
where he spins the tunes and I leather away. We play the coolest of the cool to
cheesiest of the cheese. It's too much fun and people seem to really enjoy it.<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What drum gear do you use?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I've had the same kit since I rescued it out of a couple of inches of
water in a coal bunker in 1988 though these days it's just the shellpack itself
I use. It's a late 60's Japanese made student kit they used to make under the
name Morris. I did a bit of research and found the shells are made of
Indonesian mahogany ply -so they're pretty heavy. I'd to do a little
restoration on some of the shells. When younger I always hoped to trade up
eventually and I used be obsessed with Premier Resonators as a teenager. I had
my midlife crisis in my 30's where I began obsessing over obtaining Ludwig
Vistalites despite the fact I was drumming relatively rarely at that time.<br />
Eventually I realised me and the Morris' are like an old age couple at this
stage. I can't imagine playing anything else and it'd be vulgar to the point of
treacherous to replace them now. Its shells which had a damaged but
beautiful mother of pearl wrap have long since been crudely covered in the
posters and smash hits song lyrics off teenage Nialls bedroom wall in a homage
of sorts to Keith Moons Pictures of Lily kit. I used to use two kicks but the
second bass drum was always the first thing thrown out of the van when we got
stuck for space so my band mates indelicately manoeuvred me to a twin kick
pedal back in the mid 90's and I never looked back. My current Double-kick
pedal is a Hayman. The rest of the kit is a 22" kick, 12" and/or
13" toms and a 16" floor. I use a 14" x 5" blue-olive badge
Ludwig Supraphonic snare and I swear I wouldn't swap it for a Black
Beauty. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The hardware has been gradually replaced by Pearl stuff over the years.
I know they make fabulous drums that record beautifully yet I've always found
Pearl drums just not to my taste. But their hardware I've always found
excellent in cost/quality terms. I do actually have an 18" Pearl floor tom
which gets used as often as a kick with a jungle jig for dance gigs. But the
Morris', which are skinned with a mix of Ambassadors, Diplomats and Emperors
plus a pinstripe on the kick with Remo muffles on both ends to tighten the
punch, have a superb and somewhat 'lively' sound that is very much of its era
-sounds great with a 70s Glam Rock gig I've sat in on. It also puts that fear
of god face on soundmen which is absolute gravy to me. I like to spoof them
some pseudo-scientific drummer bullshit when they express concern and offer
gaffa tape like "Oh no, no, it's imperative they're never tuned -but just
left on the stage to 'room up' like a nice beaujolais".<br />
<br />
Pretty much all my cymbals are Paiste which I presume your readers know is
pronounced Pie-Stee and neither Paste, Pash-tee nor Páistí. I used have an
endorsement deal with Paiste back in The Hitchers days but lost touch with 'my
guy' there who I think moved on to C&C. I wish I'd taken further advantage
of it to obtain some smaller and faster crashes. But I used get 18" heavy
crashes -absolute bin lids because a lot of the time I was competing with a
wall of Marshall Amps in semi-amplified/smallish PA setups. Among my crashes I've
a vintage 18" Giant Beat crash/ride I picked up from an old jazzer. I
rarely use it for rock gigs but for mellower stuff you can crash it, ride it,
swish it. It's super. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The only non-Paiste cymbal I own is a a 14" Meinl wafer thin crash
a friend quite generously gave me that I use for the club gigs. It cuts through
everything, super-fast decay. In-out. <br />
So my cymbal set up for The Hitchers and any other live rock gigs would be
2002(top)/Rude (bottom) combo 14" hats, 12" Signature Flanger Bell
(tiny bin lid that cuts through EVERYTHING! Long decay mind. As Nigel Tufnel
said you can go for a bite and that'll still be going) and to avoid a forest of
cymbal stands that shares a boom with a 16" 900 dark Crash. Similarly
sharing a boom over the other side are an 18" 2002 Crash and an 18"
Rude China the latter of which I got 2nd hand for IR£80 in 1993 and it's still
hitting me back. I alternate between a 20" Signature or 2002 Heavy Ride
though I sometimes use both -more overhanging than stacked so I can play 16ths
jiggling a stick up and down between them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; padding: 0cm;">What advice would you give someone wanting to take up drumming?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span><b><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; padding: 0cm;"><br />
</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If you can dance
you can drum, and I mean if you can dance at all as in sway in time to a piece
of music -then you can drum. Drumming is articulated dancing is all. <br />
Also -protect your hearing from day one. There's nothing rock'n'roll about
tinnitus. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
<b>What advice would you give someone starting out in music?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b> </b>I used
give a standard smart-arsed answer to this along the lines of "don't take
any advice from beaten dockets like Niall Quinn". But then I heard a
story about the second world war that gave me pause for thought. Its a story of
incomplete datatsets really. The allies were concerned about the number of
planes they were losing on raids over Europe. Unsustainable losses. So trying
to enhance survival chances they looked at the damage sustained by the planes
that made it back and made a chart or diagram that mapped out the most common
areas of damage to the planes. They were about to embark of a program of adding
heavy armor plating to those locations when someone cried 'STOP'.-having
realised that's where the planes that survived were hit. That means it must be
possible to survive being hit in those locations and inversely it must be
impossible (or at least unlikely) to survive being hit in the places those
planes HAD NOT taken damage. They added armor to the locations showing little
damage in their charts. Survival rates shot up. So the planes and crews that
never made it back still provided data that saved others. So I guess that makes
me one of the planes that never made it home and therefore I may actually have
useful data to contribute. In that spirit and with the caveat that I'm in my
late 40's, can't work Instagram and the landscape of the music business has
changed beyond recognition to when I started out here goes...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
- Be more generous and open than I was with the ideas, suggestions and creative
inputs of your bandmates. They are your greatest asset and are as invested in
your success as you are.<br />
<br />
-Turn up on time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">-In any and every contract you're offered don't presume the independent
legal advice you will of course be getting will spot everything. Have each band
member who will be signing the contract go through it counting and highlighting
every instance of the word ALL. Now each of you write out what you understand
the sentences containing the word ALL to mean. Where differences of
interpretation occur seek clarification until you have consensus. With
consensus reached -you now have your battleground. You'll want as many of those
"ALL"s as possible changed to something like "certain
specified" or "certain defined". <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
-Work as hard as you can, play as hard as you like and set reasonable
boundaries between the two. It took a long time, far too long, for the penny to
drop with me that "heh ...the barman isn't pissed, the girl on the door
isn't pissed, neither are security. So -why am I pissed?" Now when your
work is done -drink paint for all I care. There's no Just Say No lectures from
me beyond suggesting you make informed choices on what you put in your body.
But respect the fact you've chosen to work in an industry that floats on
alcohol. <br />
And beyond that I'm afraid I really haven't a clue. Noel Redding once said
"Eat well, sleep well and try not to get your dick caught in your
zip". I think that advice has held up well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4JvOZcIF18kUdW1ittuskc5pgR_x2IdrZTSdavy68QecIkA-v6L3o1cVk_maWXAj88SfkTT29nemvN149sA9rb_4duy3HQ5lc2xtArK2plPCN2RbIgf-hszljEZM9Qp8C2HmtGxbPmU/s2048/the-hitchers-2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4JvOZcIF18kUdW1ittuskc5pgR_x2IdrZTSdavy68QecIkA-v6L3o1cVk_maWXAj88SfkTT29nemvN149sA9rb_4duy3HQ5lc2xtArK2plPCN2RbIgf-hszljEZM9Qp8C2HmtGxbPmU/s320/the-hitchers-2018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What is the music scene like in Limerick at the moment?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b><br /></b>
As ever It's very, very good. I'm not one of these people who imagines golden
ages for bands or music or whatever. Limerick has always had loads of creative
people doing exciting stuff in any and every genre. What can ebb like the tide
a bit is opportunities for those creatives to show what they can do and develop
-be that access to venues putting on gigs or recording facilities or even
rehearsal spaces -the latter of which ironically there are often more of in
economic downturns. But a lot of those boxes seem to be ticked at the moment
and hopefully more so as the world opens up a bit. Limerick has always had it
covered with the indie-guitar based thing and singer/songwriters but there's a
thriving hip-hop scene now too that's given rise to the Make a Move festival
and sure the whole world has heard of Denise Chaila by now. And metal has
always been chugging away in the background thriving just fine in the dark -and
Siege of Limerick which happens twice a year when the clocks change has become
a cultural jewel in the crown. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What’s next on the horizon?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b><br /></b>
Well I'm still writing and recording and getting over damage to the left hand.
2022 will see the 25th anniversary Vinyl re-issue of The Hitchers first album
It's All Fun and Games Til Someone Loses An Eye so I'm looking forward to doing
some gigs around that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-75052447591227480192021-01-02T00:35:00.001+00:002021-01-02T00:35:51.572+00:00Damian Greaney, drummer with The Clockworks<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpPUHtBuysdsqSSww_wq_-8km9Ci3Y2OnISc9H73o-VKSdQxh2Pb6-6YmfkKpB04Z4Iuk2TF9bH3f-OcqJDgcxiIkbhqV6GGWMIGkcriFRvI7K__bqrpfo9nzfBDSGpsT5GNmQuO93qI/s1200/Unity+Studios-+Digital+%252826%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpPUHtBuysdsqSSww_wq_-8km9Ci3Y2OnISc9H73o-VKSdQxh2Pb6-6YmfkKpB04Z4Iuk2TF9bH3f-OcqJDgcxiIkbhqV6GGWMIGkcriFRvI7K__bqrpfo9nzfBDSGpsT5GNmQuO93qI/w320-h400/Unity+Studios-+Digital+%252826%2529.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">How
did ‘The Clockworks’ get started?</span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Well<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>myself, James
McGregor and Sean Connelly, (singer and guitarist in the band), we all went to
the same Secondary School. Sean and I were in the same year. I knew him first
and we were friends since 1<sup>st</sup> year. James had been writing music for,
I don’t even know how long, but he had started off writing poems and then
worked on turning them into songs so eventually he and Sean started playing
music together. Sean had been in a metal band around that time but he was playing
drums so he decided to take up guitar for the band. Then they started writing
songs and they needed a drummer. Sean asked me purely because I had shown a bit
of interest in playing drums so when I started going on 16/17 they began asking
me to go and practice with them. Tom who’s our bass player joined later whilst
in Galway, studying in N.U.I.G.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Is
it true that The Clockworks are signed to Alan McGee’s label, Creation23?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We are yeah which is absolutely mental! When we were
living in Galway, we used to watch Oasis documentaries and he would be popping
up and we read his book and everything. He was just this figure in music and he
was always respected and admired but we never thought we would be signed to
him. Sean had seen an interview with Alan in the NME and the interviewer asked
him “what’s the best way to get in touch with you?” and he said “just send me a
message on Instagram”. At this stage we had probably sent him about 50 messages
on different social media channels but Sean sent him an Instagram message and
he heard our song and he liked it. I get a message saying he was going to come
and see us in the rehearsal room so get over here now. So he came to the
rehearsal room and we didn’t have a gig lined up since we were just there and
we thought he would stay for a song or two but he stayed for a whole set and for
another hour or two after that. Before he left he said there was no waiting
around and he wanted us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Who
are the drummers that have influenced and inspired you the most?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sean was probably my first influence because as I said he
played in a metal band and I’d remember he would bring his drums anytime they
did music practice. He would play them all through lunchtime. I remember I used
to be more than happy spending my lunchtimes watching him play. That’s what
initially got me interested in playing the drums. It just seemed so cool and fun.
After I started playing in the band I got into other bands. I started getting
into Matt Helders, from the Arctic Monkeys. I just remember listening to every
album especially the first two from a drumming perspective. I just thought
there was something so gritty but you could still dance to them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always liked Matt Tong, drummer with Bloc
Party. He was their original drummer and again just the same thing, they always
picked the right beat. It’s always just right, does exactly what feels right
and I think that’s the most important thing. An Irish drummer that influenced
me was Micheál Quinn, Meltybrains? and Dermot Kennedy. I never got to see Meltybrains?
live but I just remember watching whatever videos they had online because I
just thought he was a fantastic drummer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What
are you currently listening to?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s a weird time because just out of boredom I’m
listening to anything and everything. One of the most recent that I’ve really
liked is Michael Kiwanuka. Probably one of my favourite albums ever is A Grand Don’t
Come for Free by The Streets. I just really love, not necessarily the concept
but I just thought the way he did that album was so different. Each song has
its own story but yet all songs together are the full story and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you don’t need to listen to it all to
understand it or appreciate it but if you do it makes it that bit better. I’ve
always loved that one. I think that the way we operate and what they did on
that album is that the music should tell the story along with the lyrics. It
should add to it. We are writing music for the score of a film. What story we
are trying to tell for a particular song is how we approach it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9CNczCcWc4vGXBbFlS49tRmX9dFZo4t8nNA0UQsZW6X4RZWF37anEwFe1KqrGMfRsCHp7Rai1YtZupl41pjATAo-FtsRRa5vzmWE8Q7O5qRvlrSdjBntul6-kVh1n8eYzcXkWjx7hHs/s1280/The+Clockworks+%25285+of+6%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1280" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9CNczCcWc4vGXBbFlS49tRmX9dFZo4t8nNA0UQsZW6X4RZWF37anEwFe1KqrGMfRsCHp7Rai1YtZupl41pjATAo-FtsRRa5vzmWE8Q7O5qRvlrSdjBntul6-kVh1n8eYzcXkWjx7hHs/w400-h268/The+Clockworks+%25285+of+6%2529.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br />What’s
next on the horizon?<o:p></o:p></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hopefully get back gigging towards the end of summer but
that depends on Covid-19. What we are definitely going to do is to keep
recording and releasing music. We have a song already recorded that we are hoping
to release in February 2021. We are just going to keep releasing singles for
the time being and then as soon as gigs start back up we will be ready to go.
We are not going to waste a second! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have been in London coming up on 2 years now and that’s where we spend most of
our days,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What
advice would you give someone starting out in music?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That’s a good one. I would say try getting around with
other people and when you can try just gig as much as possible. I was thrown in
at the deep end a bit in terms of learning how to play drums. While I was
playing gigs and when you are on stage and you make a mistake, you make sure
you don’t make it twice because you don’t want to be up there in a room full of
people not being able to play a song and that’s how I kind of learned. I think
you learn quicker if you throw yourself in at the deep end and I think it’s
important to play with other musicians because again if you play by yourself in
a room you’re just playing a chord or 2 but if you bring other musicians along to
play in a room with you, you’d be surprised at how different it is because you
have to kind of feel it with 3 or 4 other people. I think it’s important to
play music with other people. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Your
recent singles “Can I speak to a Manager?” and “Enough is Never Enough” got
huge coverage. You must have been delighted with that response!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Both of them got a great response and a lot of radio
plays here in Ireland which we love. Just because we moved to London doesn’t
mean we want to stop making moves here in Ireland. We still want to make an
impression here. Dan Hegarty (Radio Presenter) has been great to us and also Annie
Mac (BBC Radio). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re delighted with it
because when you choose a song to release, you obviously choose the one that
you think is the best at the time. You never know how it’s going to be
received. We’re very lucky and grateful for how people received it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Covid-19
has had such a huge impact on everyone. How have you managed to cope?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We definitely took things for granted but to be honest we
have been lucky as we all live in the same house so we have still been able to
practice and record in the studio just because we haven’t been putting anyone
at risk by doing those things. That’s been very lucky for us. I think the
biggest thing is how much we miss doing gigs which isn’t that surprising I
guess but I’ve really missed being able to go to a venue and just even the
small things. I’ve been <br />missing every part of it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-68104489231344564382020-08-28T22:32:00.000+01:002020-08-28T22:32:38.325+01:00Stephen Byrne - Drummer with One Morning in August<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsv9njzE9sXQtxBPDMgWwC33KT_N51prsLJj9DxhBYjhonMdMiqaKspdD8x4xrjeotfciCrXl0ybH2t5QCrK21Slz9yh8giiQC6wYVeoFaaHlceyyD3RzuJHDx9LuiEUn7LuUqXzuphM/s2048/20190609_175408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsv9njzE9sXQtxBPDMgWwC33KT_N51prsLJj9DxhBYjhonMdMiqaKspdD8x4xrjeotfciCrXl0ybH2t5QCrK21Slz9yh8giiQC6wYVeoFaaHlceyyD3RzuJHDx9LuiEUn7LuUqXzuphM/w384-h512/20190609_175408.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How does
it feel to be releasing the One Morning in August debut album?</span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It's an absolutely brilliant, great feeling. John and I have played
covers for years at sessions and with a collective of musician friends of ours
at gigs, but to finally have our own original music, is a great feeling. When I
was young, learning the drums, I wanted to get into a recording studio and be
part of creating music, writing your own drum pieces, playing it, recording it
and listening back to yourself and what you've made. I can't wait till Friday!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Apart
from music, what else are you interested in? </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Lots of things, I'd give everything a try. Mainly into running and
fitness at the moment. I cover about 40 kms a week on roads and trails and on
the spin bike. Big rugby fan, I like going to Leinster and Ireland matches,
motor racing, photography, videography, aviation. When it comes to TV, I love
all sorts of documentaries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How would
you describe your drumming style?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I think it's sort of funk based, when learning to play I used to
borrow cd's from Christy Stapleton. There was everything in there from Art
Blakey the jazz drummer to Simply Red, Led Zeppelin and lots more. I like to
think that stuff influenced me. I think my style mostly resembles Chad Smith
from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, that mix of energetic funky rock. When it
comes to our stuff, I try to create pieces that fit the song and the tone and
feel of it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Who are
your favourite musicians?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So many, Jimi Hendrix, Thom Yorke, Noel Gallagher, Pixies, Zeppelin. My
favourite drummers would have to be Dave Grohl, Neil Peart (Rush), Danny Carey
(Tool), John Bonham.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3FeFXZVde0m42Ba6ss9kul6MUtRjU60rf82adkcRN0YfXps0bMP-e3yZakGaimEo7VAQx-1kZnANc2WlJcIz8gdYSJA1QBzn6huywrMIGpoOQfRPFJelN-lv_rj3oxZ7aYECiQsuSDc/s1080/FB_IMG_1580985034275.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3FeFXZVde0m42Ba6ss9kul6MUtRjU60rf82adkcRN0YfXps0bMP-e3yZakGaimEo7VAQx-1kZnANc2WlJcIz8gdYSJA1QBzn6huywrMIGpoOQfRPFJelN-lv_rj3oxZ7aYECiQsuSDc/w512-h384/FB_IMG_1580985034275.jpg" width="512" /></a></b></div><b>What are
your favourite songs / albums?</b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Very tough as there's so many but here's a flavour....<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Radiohead - The Bends<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Oasis - Whats the story morning glory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">REM - Automatic for the people<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Pixies - Surfer Rosa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What's
next on the horizon for One Morning in August?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Hopefully playing live gigs but that is way off yet with Covid-19 and
all. We'll also get cracking on writing some new music; there are lots of ideas
for songs all ready to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How have
you been coping during the COVID-19 pandemic?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I found it very tough initially; I have a boy in school and a girl in a
creche so they were at home with me for three months while I worked from home.
The lack of social interaction was tough and thankfully I kept up the exercise
regime to help keep the head right. Not knowing what's coming down the tracks
is tough on people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-4230768541298052792020-08-09T01:53:00.000+01:002020-08-09T01:53:13.291+01:00Keith Walker - Power of Dreams <p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhKKoWBQS8QtgNHx4SVMTEAJ-nkzymJd0FqiO_6E58OwFWrBJV_os4fpuaWkpiOr1jrPtqgoSvZlrylQ032-VwKgc3uyipmrOnNQWK4SN7hO0RRoKtajgxym3OqDZlyEe98PCHEHYS7o/s960/109305098_10207711568143676_1477482297767924987_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="796" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhKKoWBQS8QtgNHx4SVMTEAJ-nkzymJd0FqiO_6E58OwFWrBJV_os4fpuaWkpiOr1jrPtqgoSvZlrylQ032-VwKgc3uyipmrOnNQWK4SN7hO0RRoKtajgxym3OqDZlyEe98PCHEHYS7o/w531-h640/109305098_10207711568143676_1477482297767924987_n.jpg" width="531" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">How does it feel to be releasing new music with Power of Dreams?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It feels great! It feels like it’s supposed to be
happening. It's not forced or unwarranted and that makes the record (Ausländer)
quite special. Hearing the record now as a full body of work makes me
very happy and I think it will resonate with a lot of people.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How would you describe your drumming style?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I'm a rock drummer by nature, but my style has
evolved over the years. Since moving to the US 20 years ago, I've played with
punk bands/indie pop bands and electronic bands. Playing different styles of
music is very beneficial to any drummer and has helped my drumming a great
deal.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How have you been coping during the COVID-19
pandemic?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I've been coping pretty well actually. I live in
Phoenix Arizona, where unfortunately the state has handled it rather badly. And
as a result, we are currently in the middle of a second wave. There are still
major restrictions on doing most normal activities. I've been very busy
thankfully throughout with the recording of the new PODS album; spending time
with my daughter Violet, also with the good fortune of experiencing large
growth with my e-commerce clothing brand Baby Teith. I'm an optimist and while
this is all very strange and disruptive, I see the light at the end of the
tunnel.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Who are your favourite musicians?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Prince is my favourite all round musician, rest his
soul. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Drummers : Ringo Starr (The Beatles) Stuart
Copeland (The Police) Thomas Hedlund (Phoenix) Larry Mullen Jr (U2) Josh Freese
(NIN/The Vandals) </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Guitar: Johnny Marr (The Smiths/The The)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bass: Andy Rourke (The Smiths) Kim Deal (The
Pixies)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Synths: Gary Numan, Trent Reznor (NIN)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBRBAIYoFikhR3qn9MVkjUyG32eZjXycyB41KjLoKfs2KTVgYhed-UIp9DCO3QVlSnZheaKsCEnSSRkZUZm-b6z_Bb1i3gJCSb-dr4ZppzGgLzhGlN-9mSN59UN345uYrr3nR6BVgDkU/s745/556182_378180578890016_1063142628_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="500" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBRBAIYoFikhR3qn9MVkjUyG32eZjXycyB41KjLoKfs2KTVgYhed-UIp9DCO3QVlSnZheaKsCEnSSRkZUZm-b6z_Bb1i3gJCSb-dr4ZppzGgLzhGlN-9mSN59UN345uYrr3nR6BVgDkU/w344-h512/556182_378180578890016_1063142628_n.jpg" width="344" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What are your favourite albums?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Radiohead - The Bends</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Beatles - Abbey Road</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Smiths - The Queen is Dead</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Prince - Sign o’ the Times</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Pogues - Rum Sodomy and the Lash</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Blue Nile - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Walk Across the Rooftops</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Kate Bush - Hounds of Love</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Pixies - Doolittle</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What drum set up do you use? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">For Ausländer I used a 1968 Ludwig super classic
(Pictured) a truly beautiful sounding drum set - I love vintage drums and have
mainly played 60's Ludwig sets here in the US over the past 20 years. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Drums - Kick 22", Snare 14" Ludwig
Acrolite, 12 Rack Tom, 16" Floor </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Cymbals - Zildjian 18" A Custom Crash,
Zildjian 14" A Custom Hi-Hats, Zildjian 20" A Custom Ride</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What advice would you give someone embarking on a
career in music?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Don't be afraid of your own power. Listen to good advice
when it's available. Be true to yourself and stay true to your vision. Have fun
and when it's not fun, take a break and do something else.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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photo by Ana Baraza and the other is by Killian Mckeown</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-54716654706238461622020-08-01T21:31:00.001+01:002020-08-01T21:39:53.028+01:00Lorcan Byrne - Drummer / Percussionist<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What type of drum
kit do you use?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I play a DW set predominantly, with an all maple
Gretsch snare with wooden hoops. Zildjian K Constantinople ride and hi hats and
various bits of bells and shells, laid around the kit to keep me
entertained. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Who are your
favourite players?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">There are so many to mention, but probably the drummers that have had
the biggest influence on my sound would be Brian Blade, Mark Guiliana, Marcus
Gilmore, Roy Haynes, Stewart Copeland and Danny Carey. Tigran Hamasyan is a
jazz pianist that has probably left the biggest mark on how I approach
rhythm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What are your
favourite songs / albums?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, it's hard for me to
pick a few but some that I always come back to are Jeff Buckley: 'Grace',
Pearl Jam: 'Vitalogy', Tigran Hamasyan: 'Mockroot' and 'Shadow Theatre', John
Coltrane: 'A Love Supreme', Charles Mingus: 'Ah Um' and Bon Iver's self titled
album.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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some of the artists that you have played / recorded with?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Basciville, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Ailbhe Reddy, Bill Whelan, The Man
Whom, Sacred Animals and The Ocelots. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you give someone wanting to play drums?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Listen to as much as you can, and whenever you hear something you like
try to learn how to play it. Also, listen to what the other instruments are
playing and make sure you understand the context of everything you're
playing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">How did you cope
during the COVID-19 lockdown?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I was lucky that I felt inspired to practice a lot during the lockdown.
I think this was probably due to the slew of videos of amazing drummers
shredding in their homes. I'm very grateful to have my own space where I can
focus on improving my playing, and to keep me distracted from the
apocalypse. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-22026835192517231762020-07-19T00:31:00.001+01:002020-07-19T00:31:18.096+01:00Colum Young - Drummer with Emperor of Ice cream<br />
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of drum kit do you use?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I have a
few drum kits: a Yamaha, a Canopus and I practice on a '67 Ludwig white pearl
marine in sizes 22 x 18, 12x9, 13x9, 16x16 with a Ludwig supraphonic
snare <span style="background: #F9F9F9;">5x14</span> that I bought in
New York with Zildjian A's cymbals, 14" hi-hats and 18" and
21".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Who are
your favourite players?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">When I
started out on drums my favourite players were from the bands I was listening
to, like Dennis Davis (Bowie), Michael Shrieve (Santana), Ginger Baker (Cream),
Phil Thompson (Roxy Music), James Gadson (Bill Withers), Phil Collins
(Genesis), and Chris Frantz (Talking Heads). Growing up some of the Irish
players I listened to were Fran Breen, John Wadham, Jerry Fehily and Darren
Beckett. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Then,
when I started to really study drums and take playing more seriously, I learned
so much from drummers like Kenny Clarke, Papa Joe Jones, Max Roach, Elvin
Jones, Tony Williams to name a few innovators on the drum kit who continue
to inspire me. My first teacher in New York was Eddie Locke, a phenomenal player
and mentor, who taught me as much about the tradition of Jazz as playing
the instrument itself. Of course, there are some incredible current
drummers--Billy Hart, Marcus Gilmore, Dan Weiss and Tyshawn Sorey--who are
doing really exciting things and exploring new boundaries on the drums.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What are
your favourite albums / songs?</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I
remember stocking shelves in a supermarket as a kid and they would always play
Paul Brady's "Nothing But The Same Old Story." I loved that
song and the album <i>Hard Station</i>. Jimi Hendrix was a big
inspiration, especially <i>Band Of Gypsys</i>. <i>Kind Of Blue</i> was
my gateway into the world of Jazz so of course Jimmy Cobb was a big influence.
I got to see him and hear him play many times in NYC when I lived there, which
was a dream come true. Any John Coltrane album; Elvin Jones was another huge
inspiration. I got to hang out with him a couple of times, once at a drum
workshop in Dublin before I moved to NYC. When he asked if I knew anyone there,
and I said "not really," he turned to me and replied,
"well, you do now." That gave me a lot of confidence to make the
leap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Can you
tell us some of the artists that you have played / recorded with?</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I left
school when I was 16 with the life of a drummer in my mind and started playing
with a local band in Cork called The Dancing Bastards from Hell,
affectionately known as just "The Bastards." It was a
conglomeration of well known musicians in Cork at the time. I only really got
the gig because they had basically run off every other drummer in town with a
lot of onstage slagging. That was as much a part of the Cork scene as it was
how you played. It was a tough apprenticeship in those days but fun. I
think they left me alone because there wasn't any other drummer left and I
was so young. The band was banned from Trinity College and the entire town of
Mitchelstown amongst many other claims to fame. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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course, I started to play with the Emperors Of Ice cream, Bass Odyssey and a
host of other local bands at that time. Whenever the great Louis Stewart was in
town we played together. He was another game changer for me as a young drummer.
Here was this world class guitar player who encouraged me and was
supportive of my playing. I also got to record with Bic Runga and Nick
Seymour (Crowded House) before I decided to try playing in Berlin for a year
and then NYC for 18 years. In New York I had an opportunity to play with Saul
Rubin, Greg Glassman, Stacy Dillard, Asaf Yuria, Pasquale Grasso, Alexi David
and Dida Pelled, among many other bands. I recently moved to Amsterdam and am
enjoying getting to know the scene here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How does
it feel to have The Emperor of Ice cream back together again?</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I'm
really enjoying getting back together with The Emperors. Graham Finn--the
Emperor's guitar player--is also in NYC and we'd try to play together whenever
we could, and it's been great to get back working with Eddie Butt, Haggis
and Eddie Kiely, our manager, again. It all happened very organically.
Starting with a nostalgic newspaper article in the <i>Irish
Examiner</i>; the interest in the band and enjoyment of the singles
we've released so far has given us a wonderful opportunity to finish an
album we started 25 years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The long
awaited debut album from Emperor of Ice cream is about to be released. Can you
tell us what can we expect?</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We're
proud of this album and want it to cement our time together as a band--where we
grew up, the time we shared--and also who we have become as musicians and
people since then. It's been exciting to see our two singles, "Lambent
Eyes" and "Everyone Looks So Fine," do so well in Ireland and
it's been fun re-recording a number of these songs from our locations around
the world. It's all pretty remarkable considering we popped up again after all
these years and can't play live currently with COVID-19 to support the album.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Hopefully
next year we'll have a chance to show the folks who have supported us that we
can still play our asses off and give people a great night out, which we could
all do with right now!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you cope during the COVID-19 lockdown? </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Obviously
I miss playing live with other musicians but I try to be positive and use this
time for personal practice on the drums. I have a ton of stuff I'm
working on--like four-way coordination and melodic playing on the kit.
And, of course, we're putting the Emperor's album together and
promoting it online and with social media. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Between
the album, practice, listening to music and learning more on the piano there's
no shortage of things to do during lockdown. But, you know, it's also important
to take it easy on the expectations we have of ourselves right now and focus on
finding the joy in drumming and music, however we can. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-65817564608710136872020-07-11T21:59:00.004+01:002020-07-11T22:13:29.293+01:00Rob Barrett, World Drumming Champion, Educator and Top Barber from Dublin.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Rob
Barrett is a well respected drummer, educator and Top Barber from Dublin. Having
started his drumming career, as a marching band drummer at the tender age of 9,
he then went on to become one of Ireland’s most accomplished pipe band drummers
with the St. Laurence O’Toole pipe band, under the tutelage of the brilliant
Stephen Creighton. Rob has won almost every major honour, including several
World Drumming Championships’. When it comes to kit drumming, Rob has been
a well respected player for many years.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Rob spent
10 years working in the Drumgeon in Musicmaker, where it is fair to say he was regarded
as a reliable source for any drum advice. He also built up an amazing roster of
drum teaching accolades having worked with some of the world’s top drummers</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">What type of drum kit do you use?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">At
the moment I go between an Ayotte Velvet series steel hoop kit and a 1970’s
Pearl Wood/Fiberglass. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">The
Ayotte is a 22x16, 12x9, 16x15 Maple kit. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">The
Pearl is a 22x16, 12x8, 13x9, 16x16. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">My
main snare is a Ludwig Acrolite 14x6.5. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I’ve a mish-mash of Sabian cymbals. I’m kind of known for having loads of
hi-hats. I’ve got 3 or 4 different sets on my kit at any time. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">My
favourite players right now are: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">Stephen
Creighton who is my pipe band mentor and World renowned Drum Sgt of St Laurence
O’Toole pipe band. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">Dan
Mayo is a super experimental kit player who combines acoustic drum sounds with
modular synths and heavily processed effects. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there’s so many great albums and tracks to pick from so I think it’d be easier
to give you the tracks and records I can’t stop listening to recently. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">My
favourite albums currently are:</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">KAYTRANADA
- 99.9%</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">Kendrick
Lamar - To Pimp a butterfly</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">Illingsworth
- Magic Deck</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span><span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">My first serious band was Distractors
who were a Finglas based rock and roll outfit that toured Ireland for 3/4 years
and played all the usual venues and festivals. After Distractors I took a
few years break to concentrate on Pipe band drumming. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">I am
the current drummer for Dublin rapper Rebel Phoenix @rebel.phoenix<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">Alternative
band Errorists @erroristsband<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">Experimental
improv band RRestlers @rrestlers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">Dublin
blues legend Mary Stokes @mary_stokesblues<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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drums?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">For
anyone thinking of playing drums I’d suggest getting lessons. Try out a few
different teachers and find out which teacher suits you best. Go into
Musicmaker and make friends with the lads in there. They are a great source of
info and advice for all levels of drummers alike. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">Also
try and remember that no matter how serious you do or don’t take it, it’s only
drums!! It’s supposed to feel great and be fun always! If it doesn’t enrich
your life and soul it mightn’t be for you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; padding: 0cm;">I
know it may seem a little strange but I really enjoyed the lockdown. I didn’t
realise how much I needed a recharge and a rest. I’d been grinding and working
flat out for quite some time whether cutting hair in Trench or drumming with
various acts and artists. So when the lockdown happened I took a breather and
was mindful of getting into a daily routine. I didn’t drink any alcohol,
started practicing yoga and spent a lot of time with my practice pad a sticks.
I revisited a lot of my pipe band tunes which was great!! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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know that gigs won’t be happening any time soon so I’ll keep up my practice and
enjoy working in the barber shop now that we’ve reopened. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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still be found working with some of Ireland’s top bands/drummers/studios. His
@kungfudrumming classes are a popular fixture in @yellowdoormusicstudios and has
brought a sense of community for the resident drummers while refining their
craft. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-80044905646861254022020-06-27T22:15:00.005+01:002020-06-30T22:18:17.187+01:00Dennis Cassidy - Promotor / Collaborator & Drummer with various artists including jazz/hip-hop collective Mixtapes From The Underground <br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I'm a bit
of a vintage drum nerd so my main kits are a 60s Rogers Holiday in 20, 12,
14 and a 70s Japanese Badge Pearl in 22, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">12, 16. I love that old-school dry
studio sound, so both kits are set up with coated P4 heads on the toms and
an Emad on each bass drum (with plenty of tea towels on standby) My main snare
is a Pearl Sensitone Aluminium 14x6.5 that I use on pretty much everything as
it has that lovely warm 70s era Acrolite tone and is incredibly versatile. If
I'm doing more of a hip-hop/electronic thing I'll bring the Mapex Brass Master
13x3.5 which is essentially a modern, piccolo version of the Black Beauty.
It's cranked pretty high with an O-Ring for extra dryness so is perfect for
playing breaks and processed sounds. I'm proud to endorse Sabian Cymbals and
Vater Drumsticks (huge thanks to all at Musicmaker) so I have a nice selection
of Artisan, HH, HHX and AA models to choose from depending on the situation. My
main live set up is a pair of 15" Artisan Light hats with 17" &
18" HHXtreme crashes in both brilliant and natural finishes. For a bigger
sound I'll put those same hats with the 21" HHX Groove Ride and
19" & 20" HHXtreme crashes. I also have a really nice
22" Artisan light and 20" AA Raw ride with rivets that I use for
quieter/jazzier stuff plus a couple of older model HH thin crashes that go
together beautifully. Stick wise I go between the Vater 5B Sugar Maple and Jazz
Ride models, as well as their Wire Tap brushes and T3 Mallets. </span></div>
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so many! Style wise, I'm influenced by everything really. From straight up
serving-the-song playing and stick-smashing heft, to unorthodox phrasing ideas
and bold experimentation with sonics and textures. I started playing in the mid
90's so cut my teeth to all things grunge, punk and metal as well as some of
the acid jazz and hip-hop around at the time. In the early 00's I got
deeper into jazz and world music while studying in Newpark, which in turn
expanded into free playing, minimalism, and electronica. Mid 00's to the early
teens was a heavy diet of funk breaks and even more hip-hop, running the
Mixtapes From The Underground project, and in the last few years I've been
going down the less is more route, checking out a lot of early country, folk
and Americana as well as tons of 60's & 70's Krautrock, psych, post punk
and new wave. I've also been lucky enough to work at a record store
the past seven years which has given me access to a wealth of sounds, so
that's been a pretty big influence too. All of these different phases have
informed the musician I am today and I'm always excited to keep exploring
and listening as much as possible, with open ears and an open mind. In no
particular order, drummers (and producers) such as Tony Allen, Stewart
Copeland, Jimmy Cobb, DJ Shadow, Dave Grohl, Delia Derbyshire, Billy Martin,
Mick Fleetwood, Jon Brion, MF Doom, Steve Reich, Four Tet, Edan, David Axelrod,
Matt Chamberlain, Dave King, Questlove, Dosh, Squarepusher and Glenn Kotche
(among many others) are all constant sources of inspiration. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bob James
- Angela (theme from Taxi) is a big one for me as it holds so many memories. I
used to stay up way past my bedtime to watch that show and I always loved the
combination of the opening flute line with the footage of the yellow checkered
cab cruising across the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan. It still gives me
that warm and fuzzy feeling all these years later! It's also the first
time I heard the majesty of the Fender Rhodes which is pretty much my
favourite instrument after the drums. More recently I've discovered the
incredible Kentuckian singer/songwriter Joan Shelley, in particular her
self-titled album from 2017 which was produced by Wilco main man Jeff Tweedy
and features his son Spencer on drums. He's only in his early twenties but has
the chops and sensibilities of Levon Helm, Jim Keltner and Ralph Molina
combined. It's one of my favourite records of the last few years and is an
absolute masterclass in song craft and understated playing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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honourable mentions:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The
Cardigans - Life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jackson - Look Sharp<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Feist -
Metals<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Come Away With ESG <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jazzist - A Livingroom Hush<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Boys - Ill Communication<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I've been
very fortunate to work with some amazingly talented folk across various
disciplines over the years, but definite highlights would have to be: Nina
Hynes, Sean Og's Trihornophone, The Dead Flags, composer Garrett Sholdice,
Tryst, Fehdah, Loah, AJ Croce (son of Jim Croce),</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The Holy Roman Army, Butter, Emma O’ Reilly,</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Shelley Bukspan, Lethal Dialect, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Jamie Clarke (ex Ambience Affair)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> and my own improv jazz/hip-hop
collective Mixtapes From The Underground.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Listen to
as much music as you can and find out what moves you. Join a band and play
shows. You learn more on stage than you ever can in a practice room. Find
a good teacher that inspires you. If you can, learn to read music and work
on your rudiments. If you want to be a working musician, learn to
play with a click, be on time for rehearsals and gigs and do your homework
before said rehearsals and gigs. Get a good physio (your body will
thank you for years to come) and always, ALWAYS protect your ears. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There's
no right or wrong way to create, so try not to get hung up on criticism or what
other people may think. Being a creative person can be hard and there can
be a certain expectation to be switched on all the time, from yourself and from
others. It's ok to have off days. This is normal so be kind to yourself.
If you feel overwhelmed, don't be afraid to ask for help, be that talking to
other artists, friends and family or to a counsellor. Playing music is such a
privilege, so enjoy it and if you can make a living from it then even better.
Most importantly, have fun! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">What upcoming projects are in the pipeline?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">At the moment all gigs are off
the table with the Covid pandemic, but I was lucky to get to record some great
music before the lockdown happened. The main one being with my longtime friend
and co-conspiritor A.Smyth on his debut album which we did with the brilliant
Dara Nolan at his Astakalapa studio in Gorey. It's a really special record
and I'm so proud to have played on it. Also did some nice neo-soul grooves and
percussion for my pals, Sligo based La Gracia. My good buddy and local funkster
Danny G is putting the final touches to his second album and there may be some
new music from Paj and Selk too. I'm also working on a beat tape for my solo
project Mother Tongues, which is all made using samplers and turntables (no
drums allowed!) so I'm hoping to put that out over the coming months. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-38771752729136056522020-06-21T05:18:00.003+01:002020-06-21T05:18:16.905+01:00Brendan Doherty - drummer with Cloud Castle Lake<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">What type of drum kit do you use?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It's kind
of a mix and match kit made up of '60s Rogers toms, an old Premier 20"
kick drum from the '50s and a '70s metal shell premier snare. I use Istanbul
Agop Cymbals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Who are your favourite players?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Elvin
Jones, Earl Palmer, Danny Richmond, Jim Keltner, Paul Motian, Ringo, John
Bonham to name just a few.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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songs?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Flower - Antonio Carlos Jobim<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Boys - Randy Newman<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Yeah - Charles Mingus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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House - Haruomi Hosono<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Else - Sun Ra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Swing
Slow - Swing Slow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">How did you get involved in Cloud
Castle Lake?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Through a
friend. They were looking for a new drummer and a mutual friend recommended me,
so I went in and we played through some stuff and it just kind of clicked. It's
been a great experience playing with them, and many of the other projects I'm
now involved in came about through connections I made through CCL. So I'm
forever thankful to the guys for having me on board.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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group have? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It's been
a pretty quiet year for us. We're all involved with other projects outside CCL
and were all pretty busy individually for the past year, so we didn't have much
time as we'd like to focus on the band. Once this lockdown ends though,
hopefully, we'll be back in the studio working on new music!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">How are you spending your time
during this COVID-19 lockdown?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I've been
having a crack at learning Ableton, which I've been meaning to do for a long
time. Doing a lot of cooking, walking, listening to music. It's been a good
opportunity to get some practise done. I don't have a kit set up at home so
I've just been doing some much-needed hand technique practise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Photo credits; Igor Kwasniak and Red Keane.</span>irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-44617063446575802082020-05-15T23:02:00.002+01:002020-05-15T23:02:08.345+01:00Brendan McInerney - Drums and backing vocals for Bleeding Heart Pigeons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What inspired you to take up
drumming?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I guess what started it was listening to early U2 albums', mostly the War
album. This was when I was around 10 or 11 and I wanted to start playing. A cousin of
mine was throwing out an old drum kit and I started on that for the first few
months.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What type of drum kit do you use?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I'm playing a C&C Player Date 2 kit with a walnut veneer finish. I
adore this kit! Sizes are (22/10/13/16) and a 14 x 6.5 snare. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Cymbal wise: Mainly Istanbul Agop - 18" Traditional medium crash,
20" dark crash 21" signature ride with 14" Traditional
hats. For some songs I use a 20" Meinl Byzance flat ride, a really
lovely cymbal, have had it for years. I'm also using Roland SPD-SX sampling
pads live with BHP.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Who are your favourite players?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">To name a few - Chris Bear (Grizzly Bear), Matt Barrick (The Walkmen),
Chris Talbot (Wild Beasts), Bryan Devendorf (The National)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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songs?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Some of my all time favourite albums would have to be: Deerhunter -
Halcyon Digest, Sigur Rós - Agaetis Byrjún, Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden, Grizzly
Bear - Veckatimest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(Have become a bit obsessed with Stereolab in recent months)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Been trying to keep positive and stay productive. I have been reading a
good bit more of late, (Kevin Barry - City of Bohane, John Connell - The Cow Book)
trying new recipes in the kitchen, getting in a cycle, when I can too. Also organising album promo bits with the guys, over zoom calls, I have some of my
kit set up in my sitting room at the moment also, so it’s not too bad!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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album 'Stir' coming out this month. Can you tell us what to expect?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We do, we're self releasing it on May 22nd. It's our first release since
our debut 'Is' in 2016 and was written and recorded in our small farm shed
converted studio, throughout 2017. We took more of a 'song writing' approach
this time, I think with the last album we just didn't know when to stop (lol).
We wanted to write songs for a more accessible audience while still trying to
keep our own sound. I am very proud of the finished product and can't wait to
have it out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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produced some great acts over the years. What is it about Limerick, in your
opinion that creates such great music?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It sure has! There are some really great bands in Limerick at the moment
and many of them are great friends of ours. DIY LK have a massive part to play
in Limerick’s music scene, from hosting gigs in Pharmacia by really great bands
from around the country to their annual festival - Feile na Greine (which sadly
is cancelled this year due to Covid-19) it’s an amazing group and am proud to
be a part of it. It’s great to have something like it in Limerick. We were
never really part of a community as such around the time of the first album, so
it’s very nice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-81068849591292950322020-05-09T23:05:00.000+01:002020-05-09T23:05:11.742+01:00Dan Walsh - Drummer / Composer / Producer / Saxophonist<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Fixity is a home for my compositions and ideas around repetition, space, and textural exploration in song form through improvisation. It has existed since 2015 and since then has taken in the perspectives and skills of numerous musicians from Ireland and Sweden that are important parts of my musical life in different ways. There have been 10 releases in total so far since then, including two LPs released by Penske Recordings, 'The Things In The Room' [2016] and 'No Man Can Tell' [2019]. All available at </span><a href="http://fixity.bandcamp.com/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">fixity.bandcamp.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Other ongoing projects I am involved in as either drummer, producer or saxophonist include Senior Infants, The Bonk, Not Earth, The Great Balloon Race and The Council For the Dark Arts Orchestra. I also organise Cork Improvised Music Club, an independently promoted residency dedicated to the world of real-time music making at Plugd Records in Cork City since 2013. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://seniorinfants.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">seniorinfants.bandcamp.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://facebook.com/improvisedmusiccork" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">facebook.com/improvisedmusiccork</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Classic in bebop sizes (18/14/12) with a Sonor SClassix 14x4 Birch snare.
Cymbalwise I use a 20" Bosphorus master series unlathed ride and
22" Istanbul Custom Jazz ride with 14" hihats made up of a KCustom
Dark top as the bottom and Meinl Thin crash on top.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Chase, Rashied Ali, Bob Moses, Jim Black, Paul Motian</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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John Coltrane</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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David Axelrod </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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favourite song has been 'Naima' by John Coltrane, in particular the version
recorded live in Stockholm in 1961 with Eric Dolphy. I think it’s the most
beautiful thing I’ve ever heard. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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anyone else you’d like to play with?</span></b></div>
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had the opportunity to play with some really beautiful people throughout the
years and I would love to be able to keep on developing these relationships
further and finding new possibilities. There are a few folks I would love to
play with and learn from such as Matts Gustafsson, Tyshawn Sorey, Roscoe
Mitchell, Lee Ronaldo, Marc Ribot... I could go on. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lockdown?</span></b></div>
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practice as an artist is built on interaction and collaboration in real time
with people so this lockdown has put a significant hold on a lot of what I do.
I don’t have a studio right now so it's a time where playing drums and
being involved in collective improvisation are not possible. Given the
circumstance, what I’m doing is composing, practicing saxophone and
recording what I can for various projects in preparation for whenever we can
return to our lives. It is not an easy time for musicians and dealing with an
uncertain future is a terrifying thing, but we have to be sure to keep
what fulfils us present in our lives, every day. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-53806392028161164362020-05-02T18:55:00.002+01:002020-05-02T18:55:46.350+01:00R.S.A.G - Drummer and Vocalist Jeremy Hickey <br />
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album 'Chroma' coming out in May. Can you tell us what to expect?<br />
</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />'Chroma' is a mood driven album, with a much richer soundscape and heavy weight
percussion. You'll hear songs that will connect to my earlier work and then
some from a new more sensitive space. I am proud that my co-writer Jamie Walsh
and I were able to merge our musical and lyrical ideas to produce songs of
intensity and emotion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kilkenny, a city that has produced some great artists over the years. What is
it about Kilkenny that inspires such creativity?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
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Kilkenny has a great advantage; being situated in the middle of Waterford, Dublin and
Cork. As a result, over the years the city has hosted an array of music and
arts festivals which attracts people from all over the world. This has created
a sense of pride along with a lot of inspiration for the city. Kilkenny has always
been a creative hub for artists, producing bands like Crawl Babies, Engine
Alley, Kerbdog, Jerusalem Taxi's, My Little Funhouse, Headspin, Surfin' Dead,
Blue Ghost, Gout and The River Valley Band, to name but a few. They all in one
way or another inspired each other. Kilkenny is also the home of Cartoon Saloon
and Lighthouse Studios, who have had two Oscar nominations, for the last two
animated features. Is there something in the water? Maybe, but for me it's the
people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>How do you feel you have progressed as a
musician over the years?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I feel I've progressed from a lot of different aspects of what I do. My
playing has progressed from performing live both as R.S.A.G. and with other
bands and artists. With recording and producing music you have to approach
performing in a different way. You have to think about the overall sound and
how each performance will fit to suit the mood and narrative of each track.
This too has been an interesting learning curve for me over the years. Each
album brings with it these differences both in playing style and techniques.
Technology has also helped my progression. Apart from playing, recording and
producing, I also teach music. This too has helped develop and progress my
craft. Apart from really enjoying the teaching process I feel I've learned so much
from my students. I love hearing how they interpret what I'm teaching, hearing
their own individuality and style developing as they grow in confidence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What type of drum kit do you use?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I use an APK premier kit. It's from the mid 80's. I bought it from a guy
about 15 years ago who still had it in its plastic wrapping. I particularly
love how the toms sound.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Buddy Rich<br />
Gene Krupa<br />
Tony Allen<br />
Louis Bellson<br />
Max Roach<br />
Ringo Starr<br />
Steve Shelley<br />
John Bonham<br />
Steve Gadd<br />
Jimmy Cobb<br />
Al Jackson<br />
Levon Helm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What are your favourite albums?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In no particular order:<br />
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In A Silent Way - Miles Davis<br />
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth<br />
The White Album - The Beatles<br />
Life's Rich Pageant - R.E.M.<br />
Beethoven's 6th Symphony<br />
Repeater - Fugazi<br />
Entroducing - DJ Shadow<br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How are you spending
your time during this COVID-19 lockdown?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I've been keeping busy during lockdown, trying to make the most of my
time at home with my wife and two dogs. I'm recording new music, teaching and
facilitating a very interesting new music project online with young people from
Kilkenny for Ossory Youth. It's aptly called 'Lockdown Session'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You can order the new R.S.A.G album below</div>
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<a href="https://rsag.bandcamp.com/merch">R.S.A.G - Bandcamp </a></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Photo Credit;</span></i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Colour photo - Ruth Medjber<br />
B & W photo - Unknown<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-14290709711973097602020-04-19T20:43:00.001+01:002020-04-19T20:57:51.801+01:00James Downing - Cork based drummer (Cajon) and backing vocalist for 'The Shruggs', 'No Direction' & 'THE COVID COLLECTIVE'<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">I
started drumming when I was about seven years of age. My Dad played a lot of
traditional sessions and I joined them on Bodhran pretty early on. I had poor
technique back then but I did have a knack for rhythm alright.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Progressing
from there to a full drum kit I joined a rock covers band in school, you know
the usual story, Guns N’ Roses, The Beatles, things of that ilk, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">After
studying for a year in London I came back home to Cork.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Now
my primary instrument is a Cajon and I play as much as I can in any musical
style that I can get my grubby hands on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘The
Shruggs’ is my main band in terms of regular gigs, but I also work with: ‘No
Direction’ and most recently: ‘THE COVID COLLECTIVE’ (a musical collaboration
in self-isolation) where we get together some of our most talented musical pals
and record some videos for online. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Who are your favourite players?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">For
drum-kit: Buddy Rich is KING! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">I
Love Steve Gadd, he was a big influence early on. Then you have the absolute
groove merchants like: Zigaboo Modeliste and Manu Katché, Bonham too,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">I
have to give a mention to Brian Downey, who is probably one of the most
under-rated drummers of all time. It’s really tricky to play-along to his
stuff, (bit like it is to play-along to Ringo as well), <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">it’s
all about the feel (check out Nate Smith too).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">I
also love to watch Richie Dittrich, he is a super player and an even nicer guy,
recently discovered Dylan McCormick Moran too. The drumming future in Ireland
is very bright. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">For
Cajon: I love the flamenco Players: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Pirana,
Jose Montana, Paquito Gonzalez and many more real virtuosos, they are a real
inspiration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Paul
Jennings, Ross McCallum and Heidi Joubert have some excellent free tutorials
online so I owe them a massive debt of gratitude on the hand percussion side of
things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">What are your favourite songs or albums?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">At
the moment, I’m listening to a lot of Nick Drake, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">I
really enjoy: Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">anything
by The Rolling Stones,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Led
Zeppelin’s ‘In Through The Out Door’ is always on heavy rotation…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">it’s
difficult to pick just a few, (I could go on for ages). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">If
I had to bring only one album to a desert island I would bring: ‘The Beatles 1’
compilation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">What’s your current gear setup?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">My
Drum Kit is a purple standard Pearl Export, with my Powershifter eliminator
Single Bass drum pedal (which I’m so enamoured with that it’s nearly dangerous).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">As
I said, I play Cajon mostly now, and do most of my Live gigs and Recording sessions
with a:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Sela
Pro Cajon. (it’s got a lovely high-end ‘snap’ and a great low end BOOM with
excellent zone definition).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">For
home use and Practice I sometimes use a Cruz Cajon or a Duende .both lovely
bits of kit altogether.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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take up drums?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Do
it, have fun.. Music is flippingGreat and it will give you opportunities that
you would never get otherwise. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">In
terms of learning the instrument, I would say spend as much time as you can on
correct technique, it’s not a race, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">oh,
and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">the
best advice I ever got from a tutor remains: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">I’m
really trying to keep positive, I miss my band mates so much, I miss the buzz
of live gigs and I miss weekly rehearsals. It’s really driven it home how
important music is in a number of ways. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Luckily,
with ‘THE COVID COLLECTIVE’ at least I’m kept busy online, the first song we
covered was ‘Stand By Me’ which seems to be going down really well. I’ve just
recorded a part for another one, so keeping things ticking over, it’s a new way
of working and will hopefully keep our musicianship sharp and makes us more
rounded players when we come out the other side. My aim is to keep improving
and stay connected <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-67271393408185923872020-03-06T23:20:00.000+00:002020-03-06T23:39:10.332+00:00Stephen Reilly - Drums / Vocals at The City and Us<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I think I was around 4 or 5 years old. My older brother
Darren who is also a drummer showed me basic beats and coordination, I don’t
have a clear memory of it really being so young but that’s how the story goes.
I just messed about for a few years after that when he’d let me on his kit
until aged 12 when I really started taking it seriously and really getting into
music... largely due to my brother moving out of the family home and leaving
his kit to me on the promise that I’d practice every day. He also introduced me
to the majority of my favourite drummers and music so really I owe my entire
drumming career to him. I’ve been blessed to have grown up </span><br />
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always had a dedicated “Music Room” thanks to my dad being a guitarist in bands
all my life. I still have a kit there to this day and rehearse with my bands
there. Very very lucky and grateful for that!</span></div>
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favourite players?</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
</b><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">In no particular order;</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Jimmy Chamberlin - Smashing Pumpkins </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Danny Carey - Tool </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Abe Cunningham - Deftones </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Thomas Haake - Meshuggah </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Dan Foord - Sikth </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">José Pasillas - Incubus </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Brian Downey - Thin Lizzy </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Stewart Copeland. </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Also of late, I’ve really gotten in to Pete Ray Biggin who’s
currently playing for Level 42. There’s a host of Irish drummers I’ve huge
admiration for too! The likes of Dan Lang, Fiachra Kinder, Ben Wanders, Robbie
Barrett, Rob Kennedy, Ronan Nolan, David Dockery, Johnny Boyle... could go on
and on! </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
</span></span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><span style="background: white;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">What are your
favourite songs or albums?</span></span></b><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">This is so changeable.. I can never really pick any sort of
Top 5 or 10 songs or albums when asked so I generally answer with what I’m
obsessed with currently... favourite album of all time is easy though! “White
Pony” by Deftones...but then I think about “Siamese Dream” Smashing pumpkins,
“Lateralus” Tool, “Morning View” Incubus... this question is too hard haha. I’m
really enjoying Dermot Kennedy’s album at the moment, incredible Irish artist
doing incredible things on a global scale which is so great to see. Favourite
songs.. “Nutshell” Alice in Chains gives me chills on every listen. I’d have to
give “Stand Inside Your Love” by Smashing Pumpkins a mention seeing as I have
lyrics tattooed on me. Come back to me tomorrow I’ll give a completely
different answer! </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">What’s your current
drum gear setup?</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
</b><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">I have a couple of kits I’m using currently. I play a Pearl
Masters maple with a wedding band I play with. 20” kick 10 and 14” toms 14”
snare, I find those sizes work perfectly for that gig. My main kit is a custom
kit I had built by Mayfish custom drums based in Belgium back in 2010. It’s all
birch shells 22, 10, 12, 16. It’s a tad road worn at this stage but still
sounds massive. My cymbal set up at the moment is an array of Meinl, Sabian and
Murat Diril cymbals. I’ve certainly started to favour the darker, trashier
cymbals in the past few years. Depending on the gig I could have a simple Hats,
Crash and ride set up or a big set up of splashes, Chinas and stacks etc. I’m
constantly experimenting with it and never really settle on a cymbal set up. I
also use a Yamaha DTX12 sample pad and Vater Drumsticks because their
durability and feel is second to none in my opinion. </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">What gigs /
projects are you currently involved in?</span></span></b><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">I’m currently playing with The City and Us which is my main
project. We’ve just released a new single and have been writing, recording,
touring as much as possible over the past 12 months with a view to releasing
lots more material throughout 2020. So that takes up most of my time these days
outside of a busy cover gigs diary. Outside of that, I also play with Hero In
Error when I have the time and will be playing with Tool tribute act “The
Grudge” for some gigs this year too.. So lots on my plate! It can be hectic to
keep everything going but it’s all good stuff and each gig requires something
different which keeps me on my toes and out of trouble as my mammy would say! </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">What advice would
you give someone wanting to take up drums?</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
</b><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">First and foremost..As cliche as it is... just bloody enjoy
yourself! That’s ultimately why we play. And don’t get too bogged down
comparing yourself to other drummers, it’s not a competition and no two players
are the same so concentrate on developing your own playing style at your own
pace. Always be open to learning, there’s always something to be learned from others,
listen to and play a variety of music and did I mention to enjoy yourself!!
Life will throw enough stress and pressures at you, music should never be one
of them! Quite the opposite actually! </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-45091319698564771352020-02-07T23:08:00.001+00:002020-02-09T20:23:38.895+00:00Myles Lally - Drummer with "Risky Business" & "The Hipaclaptics" Also the Deputy drummer for Horslips on occasions.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">So how
did you start Drumming?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I suppose it’s in the DNA as they say, as my Dad played
recreationally and my older Sister played from very young and eventually toured
with some showbands in the late 60’s early 70’s. Though there was a Drum kit in
the house I was always more interested in Motorbikes as we had the famous
annual Skerries 100 race just outside the door. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">But then Skerries also had the famous Red Island ballroom, where
my older sisters raved about the famous Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy and Horslips
gigs. Though I eventually caught Rory and Lizzy years later, I did however
catch Horslips in late 75/76 and it changed my life! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">After witnessing the great Eamon Carr and his big Green Ludwig
kit up close, and of course his gorgeous playing, I was blown away, and then I
knew I wanted to actually play Drums. I was reluctant to tell my old man
afterwards that I wanted a Kit, as I was underage and was not supposed to be in
Red Island at all, mingling with all the Hippies and the smell of freshly
rolled lawn! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">He’d have been furious if he knew I’d sneaked in through a
toilet window after being refused entry at the door ! But my fate was sealed,
and I wanted to be a Drummer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">So after much badgering and pocket money, I cobbled together a
rackety old set. I can’t remember the make, but then eventually bought my
Silver Tama’s in 1980. They are rare now, originally bought in
1980. I've lovingly minded and maintained them all this time. They
have a lovely history and have been used by RTE for Late Late shows and other
different recordings over the years by Horslips and others, but always loved
and cared for by yours truly. They have a big birthday this year!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Who are your favourite players?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Well as I was such a Horslips fan in my teens, I suppose the
brilliant Eamon Carr was my original inspirational hero. He has since become a
great friend and mentor. I also love and adore all by Thin Lizzy, and when I
started to play and try and emulate my original heroes on the skins I quickly
realised just how amazing Brian Downey is, and still is! We only spoke recently
and I told him, I recon he’s probably one of the most underrated drummers in
the world, (He laughed politely!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I also believe he’s one of the most inspirational players due to
his mastery of Groove, Pocket, and the sheer simple beauty of his shuffles,
rolls and constructions within whatever track he’s playing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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listen to what he played you realise, Phillip Lynott and Lizzy were giants, but
they would never have been the band they were, without Downey’s brilliance and
very tasty and clever drumming. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Some are great at individual styles but I believe Brian could
play Heavy, intricate, and also with groove and sympathy to the actual song
he’s inside. Sheer Genius!. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">My other inspirations I suppose were all players that I could
actually watch and learn from, as I went to see everyone, at every gig I could
attend and I still do! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I loved Robbie Brennan and his many collaborations with Auto Da
Fe, Scullion, Stepaside, and latterly Grand Slam. There’s variety for ya
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I also loved watching Fran Breen and Peter Mc Kinney, and they
have played with just about everyone. On a world stage I greatly
admire most Drummers, but especially Bonham, Copeland, Mark Brzezicki, Vinny
Colliuta, Mel Gaynor, and of course Simon Phillips. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The new breed of Carter Beauford, Todd Sucherman and some of the
new guys and girls on Drumeo are just unreal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">On the home turf, Simon Freedman, Rob Kennedy and Johnny Boyle
are fantastic, especially the latter two on the “Whole lot of Zep”
outings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">My personal fav of the last few years is Eamon Ferris, he’s an
amazing drummer from the Vibe for Philo house band “The Low Riders” and
currently touring with Sinead O Connor. His precision and accuracy are gorgeous
to watch and hear. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do you have favourite songs and albums</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> ? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Gimme anything by Horslips, Thin Lizzy, Big Country,
Simple Minds, The Cult, Frank Zappa, include some Led Zeppelin, Thunder and the
Police and I’m rocking. My fav drumming tunes are many but I’ill pick these, as
I just love them for their construction and execution. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I’m currently on a Sabatacal from my regular hot seat with
Skerries/ Dublin based party-rock-pop outfit called "Risky Business".
We released our first Album "Unfinished Business" in 2018 to rave
reviews and great airplay on both RTE and Nova Radio stations. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We do everything from corporate gigs, weddings and birthday gigs
alongside our own perennials. Our annual "Risky Christmas" is now in
its tenth year. We’ve played gigs in Canada, weddings in Spain, London, and
recently an Irish pub anniversary in Portugal for the second year running.
We’ve also played Electric Picnic on the Trailer Park stage for the last five
years running.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I also have a great hoot playing with my other Muso’s ”The
Hipaclaptics” We play a Dirty Guitar Rock, glam-punk set, including
anything from Slade & T Rex to Billy Idol & The Clash, including our
twist on some other glam punk classics. It's a real fun, dirty rock'n'roll
vibe, and the punters love the craic of it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I’m also teaching some Kids/Adults through my “Silent Drum
Lessons” page on Facebook. I love how stuck in the kids get during lessons as
I’m completely self taught and would have loved lessons like it when I
started. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Q1qETDotQTnMdq4k6JE27Js2b2FYcfA1lp7A-YaXiYe-WJtXhMS-pMUJZQO6rcZVBBVmdTot-Bf4BeM3sKrgWWXaH5nGYWpp6QTKQuKD_cA4JTNTt9PQ3hAuwGEXDy5D6cbf77FKdQA/s1600/IMG_6918.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Q1qETDotQTnMdq4k6JE27Js2b2FYcfA1lp7A-YaXiYe-WJtXhMS-pMUJZQO6rcZVBBVmdTot-Bf4BeM3sKrgWWXaH5nGYWpp6QTKQuKD_cA4JTNTt9PQ3hAuwGEXDy5D6cbf77FKdQA/s400/IMG_6918.JPG" width="358" /></a><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">So how did you end up with the drumming gig with the legendary
Horslips?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ohh it’s a dream come true for me as I landed the Slips gig when
both the original Horslips drummer Eamon Carr and most recent Horslips drummer,
Ray Fean (Who’s another Irish drumming legend !) both proposed that I
periodically dep in the hot seat as sometimes Ray is fully booked with gigs in
the US and UK with Celtic Woman and also the new award winning “Come
From Away" Musical tours. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">At first I couldn’t believe it!!! Think of how many
times I Drummed all those tracks in my bedroom as you do, in yer teens! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">What an honour it was as I've been a huge fan ever since Eamon
Carr inspired me to play drums after first seeing Horslips live in
75/76. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I'd already sat-in at some other Horslips gatherings over the
years, so although initially daunted, I knew all the tracks and slotted in
perfectly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">It's funny that its all come full circle for me, as I looked
after the set up of Eamon’s legendary green Ludwig kit for many Irish gigs in
the late 70's as I travelled around as an eager roadie/fan watching my heroes,
(I'll include a pic, don't laugh, I had hair then!) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">My first real opportunity to play with my Celtic Rock heroes
came about at the end of last year, at the John O'Connor Literary Arts festival
in Armagh last November. Playing a set of Horslips classics, that included
collaborations with the event organiser, Pulitzer prize winner Paul Muldoon as
part of the Muldoon Picnic, along with some original numbers with guest
vocalist Lisa Lambe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The next opportunity came from the festival in Armagh, when we
were approached to take part in the BBC Two NI TV Arts show
“Collaborations"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We did the horslips classic “Sideways to the Sun” in
collaboration with the trad outfit Ulaid. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Later in November of 2018 I also played the Horslips Con in the
Black Box in Belfast to hundreds of fans that travelled from all over the
world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Last year we did some sold out gigs in Donegal and then a
brilliant live TV special for TG4 at the Fleadh in Drogheda, Its just been mad,
but such a thrill. I pinch myself sometimes between songs, especially when I
watch the front row bopping along, where I’m normally in the middle of them !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">What advice would you give someone wanting to take up drums?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Ohh Id say if you feel it in your heart go for it, as all the
best ones play from their hearts. Go to as many gigs as you can and watch how
others work and execute their parts and you will always learn something new.
Watch some online tutorials but don’t get dismayed by all the flash intricate
players you’ll find online, most are so technical and dextrously excellent they
put other drummers to shame but I doubt they could play with a real band and
become part of it without wanting to do intricate solos all the time ! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Best advice is be yourself and just play, and play, and play,
ohh and remember to practice! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Thanks Myles ......<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I started playing drums when I was around 5 or 6 years old. My mother
sang in a band when she was younger, and me and my brother got to go to
rehearsals and some shows. I remember her drummer, Bocker would always let me
sit in behind the kit and give it a go. One Christmas I got a small kit from
Santa, and the rest is history. How they got that kit into my room without me
hearing I'll never know! I guess you could say it was my parents who inspired
me to pick up sticks, as I wasn't really aware of any drummers back then. I
just played along to what I liked at the time, not paying too much attention to
who the band or drummer was. But as I got more familiar with the drums and
actually began listening to, learning and picking apart music, the one drummer
that inspired me as a kid was Steven Adler. I had "Paradise City"
learned when I was around 7 or 8 and just fell in love with rock music and
hitting hard. Nothing's really changed since!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Growing up I listened to a lot of nu-metal and heavy rock, so my
favourite players back then were John Otto, David Silveria, Morgan Rose, Iggor
Cavalera, Danny Carey and Dave Grohl. But as I got older and began seeking out
other drummers, I fell in love with the greats - Buddy and Gene, Ringo, Keith
Moon, Bonham and Tony Williams to name a few. I think you'd be hard pressed to
find a drummer, especially rock drummers, who weren't somewhat influenced by
those guys. But the contemporary drummers are killing it, and it's hard not to
notice the likes of Aric Improta, Anika Nilles, Tony Royster Jr. and Benny
Grebb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As far as educators go, I am in awe of Todd Sucherman and Mike Johnston,
I love how they communicate and their playing is just beautiful. As far as
Irish players go, Shay Cosgrave ranks high on my list, and pretty much the
entire roster of The Hit machine Drummers and BIMM tutors. We have an absolute
plethora of amazing players, and I am so proud to even be in the same
conversation as some of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">That's a tough one, as my musical mood always changes. But as far as
influential albums, I'd have to go with "Significant Other" by Limp
Bizkit. This album opened up my eyes to ghost notes, chops and over the bar
playing. I love John Otto's finesse and groove on it, and it remains one of my
favourite drumming albums to this day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I'm really digging Tool's "Fear Inoculum" right now, and I
cannot deny the brilliance of their previous albums. Danny Carey's playing on
songs like "The Grudge" and "Forty-Six and Two" are
mind-blowing. In a similar vein, I would invite people to listen to the
Mudvayne album "L.D. 50" all the way through; Matthew McDonough's
playing and ingenuity is amazing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Some songs that have moved me, irrespective of the drumming would be
"Come Alive" by Foo Fighters, "Welcome Home" by Coheed
& Cambria, "Vengeance" by Zack Hemsey, "Bubbles" by
Biffy Clyro and "Shadow on the Sun" by Audioslave. I love listening
to music that puts me in a mood or a headspace, I'm not the kind of person who
just listens to music for the sake of it, there's always a reason.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I have a few different rigs at the moment. I rehearse on a sturdy Pearl
Vision 5 piece (4 toms, one kick) and a Pearl Chad Smith Signature snare. When
I'm out with my tribute bands I use a beautiful Premier Signia 5 piece and a
gorgeous Pearl Sensitone snare which I just adore. I also have a brass snare
for the Signia that I use for recording. I have a rig over in the UK that's
mainly Yamaha drums, but I haven't played it in a while as I usually use other
gear when I'm overseas touring. I normally use a DW 5000, and my hardware is a
mix of Yamaha, Pearl and Gibraltar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Currently I use, and am proud to endorse Sabian cymbals and Vater
Drumsticks. I've mainly been playing the HHX models, in particular the
Evolution series, and I'm in the middle of testing out the new Complex range -
they sound fantastic so far, the 14" HHX Complex hats are just what I'm
looking for. With regards to sticks, I switch between a 55BB, 5B Extended Play
and a 2B stick, using the Vater Stick Shields so I can rimshot for days. I'm
absolutely over the moon with all of the gear I use, and am extremely grateful
for all of the support I get from such wonderful companies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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players their jobs. I cannot tell you how many times I've looked forward to
certain gigs because I know the people I'm working with are professional,
diligent and respectful. While musical virtuosity, chops and showmanship can
get some gigs, I believe your attitude is what wins people over and encourages
call-backs. When I'm looking for musicians to work with, I like to find that perfect
balance of good work ethic and musical prowess, and for me, the weight lies in
the former. In fact, I've gotten gigs based on my attitude and professionalism
alone, which is a testament as to how one should consider how approachable they
are, not just how they approach their chosen instrument. But, keep those chops
up too, there's nothing wrong with putting a smile on your fellow musicians and
the audiences faces with a little flourish here and there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I'm slowly but surely getting to grips with the social media aspect of
the music business, so putting yourself out there with videos and interesting
content is key. It also goes without saying that you should have an EPK ready
to send to prospective MD's, musicians and labels or promoters. I offer EPK services
on my website.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This one kind of depends on what stage of life the person is at, as
different people will have certain amounts of time to dedicate to practise.
But, every musician starts somewhere, at some point in their lives. Learning
can be seen as linear, and if you're dedicated, passionate and thirsty for
knowledge, you'll go far. Progress might seem out of reach for a long time at
the beginning, but don't lose hope just because, for example, the proverbial
you at age 20 can't do the same things as a 10 year old; every single person
who undertakes a learning endeavour starts at the same place, the very
beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I would recommend keeping fit as there are a few factors to consider
when becoming a drummer. Depending on the genre of music you prefer, playing a
show or rehearsal might be more or less demanding on your body. Another thing
to consider is that until you're lucky enough to have a roadie or crew with
you, you'll be lugging your drums in and out of venues. Drumming in and of
itself will aid in keeping you fit, but working on your cardio will enhance
your playing, or will at least help you get through the longer shows you may
eventually get to play.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A last piece of advice I would give would be to learn how to sight-read,
even if it's just the basics. Being blind myself, I find it extremely difficult
to read setlists during gigs, never mind sight-reading! But, I can sit down and
read drum parts, or even write my own to help make sense of more complex music.
It will also aid you in getting across some of your ideas when communicating
with other drummers or band mates, and will make it easier for non-drummers to
lay out ideas they have for you to try.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Can you tell us what projects are on the
horizon? </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I'm extremely lucky to be busy this year with various projects and
artists. My band <a href="https://www.facebook.com/carcrashband/" target="_blank" title="https://www.facebook.com/carcrashband/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Car Crash</span></a> are releasing our debut album
"Blindspots" in February (which you can pre-order <a href="http://advancerecords.com/product/carcrash-blindspots-10-vinyl-lp/" target="_blank" title="http://advancerecords.com/product/carcrash-blindspots-10-vinyl-lp/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">here</span></a>), and I am really proud of it. We'll be
playing shows to promote it, and it'll be available on all of the major online
stores and streaming services. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/paranoidvisions/" target="_blank" title="https://www.facebook.com/paranoidvisions/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Paranoid
Visions</span></a> are in the process of recording our 5 EP collection
"Countdown to Pharmageddon", the first of which is <a href="http://advancerecords.com/product/paranoid-visions-adverse-reality-cd/" target="_blank" title="http://advancerecords.com/product/paranoid-visions-adverse-reality-cd/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">already out</span></a>. It's a really interesting way of
releasing music, and I'm interested to see how well it does. The first one is
doing really well, and we'll be doing a few gigs and tours to promote them.
I've also recorded an album for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theblackpitts/" target="_blank" title="https://www.facebook.com/theblackpitts/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">The
Black Pitts</span></a> which is due out sometime this year. I sat in for a
recording and song writing session with Andrew Bass who runs <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Oblivionstudios/" target="_blank" title="https://www.facebook.com/Oblivionstudios/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Oblivion
Studios</span></a>, and two songs from that session should be available
sometime this year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">On the gigging front, I've been asked to play drums for ex-Crass
founder <a href="https://www.facebook.com/steveignorantofficial/" target="_blank" title="https://www.facebook.com/steveignorantofficial/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Steve Ignorant</span></a> on his tours for the next
couple of years which will take us throughout the UK and Ireland, Europe and
various festivals. More will be announced on that, but I am really excited to
hit the road and play these songs. Currently I play drums in two brilliant
tribute bands <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wholelottavoltage/" target="_blank" title="https://www.facebook.com/wholelottavoltage/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Whole Lotta Voltage</span></a> (AC/DC) and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Motorheaders/" target="_blank" title="https://www.facebook.com/Motorheaders/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Motorheaders</span></a> (Motorhead)
who are fairly busy this year. I also play drums in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheHitMachineDrummers/" target="_blank" title="https://www.facebook.com/TheHitMachineDrummers/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">The Hit Machine Drummers</span></a> when I'm not out on the road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I appreciate the opportunity, and thanks for your time. I would like to
make people aware of my website <a href="http://www.jaybagnalldrums.ie/" target="_blank" title="http://www.jaybagnalldrums.ie/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Jay
Bagnall Drums</span></a> where you can book me for gigs or tours, and I
also offer lessons and EPK services.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-67662966575338348902020-01-04T01:02:00.003+00:002020-01-04T01:09:49.010+00:00Sean-Luke Doherty - Drummer with The Flies<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I was inspired to start drumming by Larry Mullen Jr. and Topper Headon
from the Clash. I was very inspired by the Clash's songs in particular. 'Should
I Stay or Should I Go?' was one of the first songs I played with my band
The Flies. I learned how to play on an electronic practice kit plugged into a
stereo in my aunt's house. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I really like Matt Helders from the Arctic Monkeys and Dave Grohl from
the Foo Fighters. I love the style of music that both bands play. I also play
some Jazz and find David Lyttle very inspiring to watch. My brother James
is obsessed with the Arctic Monkeys so we play their tunes a lot together.
James is the lead singer in The Flies. When we started gigging two years ago we
played mostly covers - songs by bands like Nirvana, The Stooges, The Who, The
Arctic Monkeys, The Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Kinks. I guess that gives
you a sense of the kind of music I love to play. My cousin JJ who plays bass in
the band and I are both really into older Rock and Roll and Punk bands. Over
the last year we've moved on from playing covers and now play 100% originals in
our live set. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Your favourite songs or albums?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The first album I was really into was London Calling by The Clash. I
also love 'War' by U2. I also got obsessed by The Minutemen and Husker Du
a couple of years ago. I love the Minutemen's 'Double Nickels' album and 'Zen
Arcade' by Husker Du. I also really love REM - 'Murmur' is my favourite album
of theirs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">My absolute favourite song is 'This ain't no Picnic' by the Minutemen. I
love the funky drumming on it. I also really love 'I Bet you Look Good on the
Dancefloor ' by the Arctic Monkeys. I think the drumming on it is
amazing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I also really like our own song 'Rip-Off'. It's a rip-off of the Stooges
who I like a lot. It is punk and energetic! It has a crazy hi-hat sound on it
too - which came from the hi-hat breaking as we were recording it. I think it
adds a lot! It was a happy accident!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I play an old stripped down and pretty battered kit which our guitar
player Darragh's Dad dug out of his garage. A friend of his had abandoned it
there when he emigrated quite a few years ago. To be honest I don't have a clue
about the type of kit it is! It is very distinctive visually which I like. The
shells of the drums are all different colours. I guess you could say I play a
stripped down punk style kit with no frills! Kick, snare, floor tom, hi-hat,
one rack tom, ride and one crash. I use a double kick pedal when it is needed.
I use the double kick pedal on 'Panic' on our EP. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It is called the 'Catch up to You' EP. It is our debut release and is
available on Spotify, Bandcamp and Youtube. We recorded it in Black Mountain
Studio outside Dundalk in mid 2019 and released at the end of June. We really
wanted to get the feel of our live sound on the EP so all of the songs for the
EP were recorded fully live except for vocals. Some of the tracks are first
takes! We recorded six tracks in a day and then chose the strongest ones to mix
down. All of the tracks are originals and are I guess the best of the first set
of maybe twelve songs we wrote together as a band. We've gotten a great
reaction from people about it. We were thrilled to get praise for it from
people like Jinx Lennon, Fang Club and The Stunning. It got played on the radio
too quite a bit which was amazing. We made a video for the lead track 'Is this
What you Wanted?' in October and that got a lot of views and attention which we're
very happy about. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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horizon? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We are in the middle of writing material for a second EP right now and
intend to record and release it early in 2020. We have only played a couple of
times outside of Leitrim and Roscommon to date so it is a big aim of ours this
year to get out of our local area and play support slots wherever we can get
them. We've gigged a lot locally for two years so we feel ready for it now. We
are also in the process of applying to festivals for Summer 2020, for slots. We
think the EP and video will make it easier to get opportunities like that.
We've already been promised a slot at the Indiependence festival which we are
thrilled about. We're all in secondary school so we are trying to fit in as
much as we can around that. Myself and my brother James, are doing our Leaving
Certificate exams in June, so we have to do a bit of work for that too! We've
had some music industry interest too - so who knows what'll happen in 2020!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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want to say that because I think it is important for other autistic people to
realise that being autistic shouldn't stop them from pursuing their interests.
Playing in a rock and roll band has helped me a lot in different ways and I
find that it is a really great way to express myself!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-67459009519754140692019-08-16T23:00:00.002+01:002019-08-16T23:00:14.610+01:00Kaz - Drummer with Vulpynes<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I come from a pretty musical family. Ever since I can remember there were
always guitars and keyboards lying around the house. My main influence was my
older sister Lynn. She started taking drum lessons and would come home and
teach me all the rudiments she had learned. I think I was just as excited as
she was when she bought her first drumkit! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Pearl Export. The first songs I remember her
teaching me were Strange Little Girl by The Stranglers and Strange Currencies
by R.E.M. Along the way, I taught myself some Manic Street Preachers, Alice In
Chains, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, then onto some slightly heavier stuff,
like Placebo, Kittie, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I love drummers who ask themselves, what does the song require? They don't
bash everything in front of them just because it's there!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I have a lot of different favourites for various reasons and all have
inspired me in some way or another. Sean Kinney (Alice In Chains), Joey
Jordison (ex-Slipknot), Jerome Dillon (ex-NIN), Dave McClain (Machine Head)
Dave Lombardo (ex-Slayer), Steve Hewitt (ex-Placebo), Mercedes Lander (Kittie)
to name just a few off the top of my head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers will always be a favourite of
mine and I still listen to it frequently, Everything Must Go from them also.
Dirt by Alice In Chains, Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Superstar, NIN's The
Fragile, Slipknot's Iowa and their self-titled album, I love Gary Numan, some
Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, Garbage, Soundgarden, a lot of 90s grunge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Standard kit, 1 rack tom, 2 crashes and a ride. I'm saving up for a new
kit, but the Tama Swingstar I bought second hand years ago is still my
baby! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">22" kick, 16" floor tom, 12" rack tom. Zildjian hihats, a
vintage Zildjian 16" crash, Sabian AAX X-Plosion Crash 17", and
I use a 20" Sabian AAX X-Plosion crash for my ride instead of an actual
ride cymbal to get the tone, that I like! My kick pedal is DW 9000. So reliable
and solid, I love it. Sticks-wise I'm using Vater 5a at the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Can you tell us what projects are on the horizon?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-3-CEvNBpmxyYTb_ObMTMYiPjlWmHFgB2zPZ6qMalNmz2YfYsfrC5jUeE_L1OogGXq7rbrYeq-tLPSM1dwbek1oGEkQkr1TaEAWzkK7z0_9DvrYGU7JUd3Zt5-4bHxJsMGQkQ2rsA5Y/s1600/GP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="601" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-3-CEvNBpmxyYTb_ObMTMYiPjlWmHFgB2zPZ6qMalNmz2YfYsfrC5jUeE_L1OogGXq7rbrYeq-tLPSM1dwbek1oGEkQkr1TaEAWzkK7z0_9DvrYGU7JUd3Zt5-4bHxJsMGQkQ2rsA5Y/s400/GP.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Our next gig is on 23rd Aug supporting Stiff Little Fingers, alongside
our good friends Paranoid Visions, in the main room Academy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We play Electric Picnic for this first time this year. We have our own
headline shows in Limerick on the Friday 27th September in Dolans, and Dublin's
Grand Social on Saturday 28th will be for our EP release. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Our EP entitled Dye Me Red, will be out on 10" vinyl through FOAD
records with a new single soon after. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vulpyne camp! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you the freedom to experiment with your sound? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I love being a 2 piece! Molly and I get on so well and we work together
quite efficiently, getting our songs together and ready for a live
setting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Since Vulpynes has no bass player, I usually tune my drums low to fill
out any low ends that may be needed. We're constantly experimenting, trying new
things and bouncing ideas off each other in rehearsals. There is definitely a
nice sense of freedom being a duo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wanting to take up drumming?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">My advice would be
to start jamming with other musicians. It's the best way to learn, to find out
what your own style is, and what style you like.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Always be open minded and open to try different drum styles too! In
music college, I learned Jazz, Reggae, Pop, Blues beats etc. It's always good
to keep challenging yourself. But the main thing is to play with passion. If
you enjoy what you do, others will too!. Then practice, practice and finally
practice! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- Golden Plec <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-59709566038758554752019-07-13T23:01:00.000+01:002019-07-13T23:01:45.902+01:00Ross Turner - Drummer with Villagers and Lisa Hannigan<br />
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you to take up the drums?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The inspiration came from a number of sides. Family, friends,
school, drummers, bands. Initially I was interested in guitar as that’s what my
Dad and brother were into. In primary school, I had an American friend named
Boogie Walker whose older brother played the drums and I distinctly remember having
a moment of realisation on seeing the drums in their shed, seeing him play and
thinking I needed it in my life. In secondary school, I came across music rooms
on an open day with people playing and jamming, the drums immediately drew my
attention. My family are big music guys and we were given instruments after
showing an interest. There was always encouragement from my parents, my Dad
inspired a tangible musical influence and my mother has a creative streak, a
tactile nature, which feeds into the process of developing a love for all
aspects of drumming.</span></div>
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players?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">LevonHelm(The Band), Jay Bellerose(Joe Henry, Raising Sand,
T-Bone Burnett, Ray LaMontagne), Brian Blade(Wayne Shorter, Joni Mitchell,
Daniel Lanois), Glenn Kotche(Wilco) have all had a huge influence on me over the years.
Levon especially, in fact, I would go as far to say he completely informed my
development as a drummer. The spirit in his playing, the dedication to the
music. The moment. His book ‘This Wheel’s On Fire’, was a life changer. Through
a mutual friend, Joe Henry, I came into close contact with Jay Bellerose,
leading to borrowing drums from him while on tour in the US. Jay’s generosity
and sharing of knowledge was very influential. I tuned into attitude, approach
and philosophy of drummers in a big way, which is part of the whole picture.
The drummers I mentioned spoke to me on a deeper level. Recently I’ve been
digging in to some more contemporary drummers, such as Valentina Magaletti and Eli
Keszler. Completely expressive, yet musical in their approach to drums,
integrating manipulation to great effect.</span><br />
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albums?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">There’s a song called ‘Maudy la Lune’ by Bill Fay, that might be
my favourite song. I go through phases with different songs but that always
comes back. The feeling I get or the feeling it gives more so, is uplifting,
romantic, desperate and so close to what he’s trying to convey, I always
find it intoxicating. ‘Shinzo No Tobira’ by Japanese band Mariah comes close
too. Again, conveying so much relatable emotion, regardless of being sung in
Iranian, that will get consumed by the feeling.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Albums that come to mind that have sustained or had a meaningful
impact on me; The Band - (Brown Album), Kate and Anna McGarrigle – (self
titled), Radiohead – OK Computer, Van Morrison - Beautiful Vision, The Knife –
Silent Shout, Talk Talk – Colour of Spring. Each of those albums have a relevance
that I can associate with musical or personal significance. They have all influenced my drumming in some shape or form. Steve Gadd is really musical on
the McGarrigle's one, Phil Selway (Radiohead) and Lee Harris (Talk Talk) playing
vital roles on decade defining albums. The Knife’s programming and ability to
swing electronically had a huge impact on me too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">What’s your current drum
gear setup?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">With Villagers I’m using a 70’s Slingerland kit, which has a 20”
kick and concert toms, giving a tighter, West Coast, Hal Blaine sound – I
absolutely love it. I’ve wanted genuine concert toms for a while too so this
kit was irresistible when I spotted it on Rusty Drums. The cymbals are Sabian,
14” Vanguard hats and a 21” Vanguard crash/ride that really lights up the room
when introduced. Alongside that is a 22” Artisan Vault Ride and a 22” AA
‘fierce’ ride with rivets – both are super dry and dark and I’ve had each for
some time now so they’ve really settled into themselves.We have a good
understanding at this point. I’ve settled on Vater sticks in the last few
years, particularly the maple series - the sound they extract from the
instrument and the balance while playing feels great to me. SPDSX is a staple, which
is paired with 80's era Simmons pads. Remo Powerstroke 4 drumheads for a
preferred warm, deep tone.They sound set as soon as they go on. Snare Weights
have been really useful for tone, with the natural, leather element adding
something unique and malleable to the sound.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Lisa Hannigan’s setup requires a more open sound so I use my
Velvet model Ayotte kit with her. Features of the setup are 22” kick with no hole
on the resonant side and a walnut rimmed Ayotte Custom snare, which is my most
prized possession. I was lucky enough to get that kit and that snare in Music
Maker, Dublin when they used to stock Ayotte – pretty special sounding drums. I
use 16” hats with Lisa, a hybrid of a Sabian Stage Crash on the bottom and
super dead crash on top that I found in a music shop in the US, I always dug how
they play off each other. There is lots of room for sonic exploration and
expression with Lisa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">You’re very busy with
both Villagers and Lisa Hannigan, how do you manage your work / life balance?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Coming to terms with the nature of playing and touring is a big
part of it for me. I’ve always considered it a privilege! It's all about opening yourself up to interchangeable situations, navigating that
requires self-efficacy and an ability to think ahead, while letting things happen
naturally.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Can you tell us what
projects are on the horizon? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">For a number of years, I have had access to a space in the
National Concert Hall, Dublin as part of a residency of sorts. In that time, I
have been developing compositions for drums and percussion, which I will
present at a concert in September alongside the other current residents, James
Vincent McMorrow, Paul Noonan and Glenn Keating. I'm really excited by the prospect. My
favourite thing about that building(NCH) is the way it sounds so I invited some
Irish musicians to collaborate and record in different parts, building -
stairwells, marbled halls, a former morgue, cavernous spaces…I’m really happy
with the results. An album of those recordings will see the light of day later
this year. Developing programming skills has been really useful so I work on
and off with RTE on certain productions, ‘Story of Hip Hop’, ‘DJ Jenny Greene
and the RTECO’, ‘Classical Collision’.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">I also started a part time degree in counselling and
psychotherapy last year so I’ll be focusing on that as much as I can too! Doing
the degree felt like a good opportunity to challenge myself and do something
different, with the intention of acquiring the relevant skills.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">And finally Ross, what
advice would you give someone wanting to take up drumming?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">There is no right or wrong. Try not to be hard on yourself, try
not to compare yourself to the next drummer. Take your time! Listen to yourself
and decide what makes it enjoyable for you. Let that guide you and become an integral
part of the playing. Channel the good and the bad in your life and take the
opportunity to express yourself. Have fun with it, in whatever form that takes.</span><br />
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<br />irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-86014840487282872932019-06-30T00:14:00.001+01:002019-06-30T00:14:35.959+01:00Stephen D'Arcy - Drummer with THUMPER & Blades Club<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I’m not sure if there’s one person in
particular but my family definitely had a big part to play. There was always
music playing in the house and I remember being young and singing along to
tapes in the car. My brother and sister got really into music in their teenage
years and I’d listen to all the CDs they would buy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In retrospect, it was great to have such
a wide range of music available because it meant I never really turned my nose
up at any music and it left me with a pretty eclectic taste. In the last week, I
think I’ve listened to Childish Gambino, Mac DeMarco, Foals, Dennis Wilson,
Slipknot, Natalie Prass, Tame Impala and Courtney Barnett. Right now I’m
listening to a low-fi hip-hop playlist on You-Tube.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">There are loads of drummers that I love, but there are a few that I definitely take inspiration from.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Anna Prior from Metronomy is a great player;
she’s got a great feel and plays really nice musical parts.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint) is one of my
favourite drummers to just listen to and not analyse too much. She approaches
the kit in a completely different way than I would by introducing Latin style
patterns and displaced snares. I’ve seen her play live a few times now and
she’s got great energy on stage, I really rate her highly as a player.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I came across Ilan Rubin a few years ago
randomly watching drum videos online. I saw his Guitar Centre Drum Off solo and
it blew my mind. If you haven’t watched it I’d recommend it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">He’s done a lot of session work with
Nine Inch Nails and Paramore. I’d recommend checking out Paramore’s self-titled
album too. Rubin’s drumming on that album is so, so good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jack Bevan (Foals) is in there too. He
has amazing chops but he’s a groove-based drummer so he keeps it simple most of
the time. Foals’ album “Holy Fire” has an incredible drum sound.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hard to pick but off the top of my head…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">“Harvest” by Neil Young is a real
nostalgia trip for me. My parents always had that or “Mirror Ball” on in their
car when I was young and I loved it. Heart of Gold is one of my favourite songs
ever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">“Narrow Stairs” by Death Cab For Cutie
is amazing. Some of Ben Gibbard's lyrics on that album are poetry and Jason McGerr’s
drumming is incredible; it’s musical and precise but never too much. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I always go back and listen to “Do It
Again” by Royksopp & Robyn. It’s a mini-album/EP that they released in 2014
and I love it. It’s got these 8 or 9-minute atmospheric songs that are full of
interesting melodies and overall the production is incredible; it sounds
amazing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">“Free All Angels” by Ash came out when I
was 14 and it was probably all I listened to for about 6 months. I think I’ll
always be in awe of Tim Wheeler as a songwriter. He’s been writing consistently
good songs for over 20 years and doesn’t show any signs of stopping. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">What’s your current drum gear setup?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">My shells are from a beat-up Premier
kit. Sizes are 12x9, 16x16, and 22x18. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s about 20 years old and it was my first
kit. I’m looking to upgrade but I’m not in any major rush.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">My snare is a 14x6.5 Gretsch Renown
maple. It’s great. I crank it up pretty high with an Evans Genera coated skin a<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>nd I’ve never had any issues with overtones. It’s a great
all rounder for studio or live and sings nicely whether it’s tuned up or down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Cymbal-wise its all Zildjian. My hats are
14” K Lights and they’re perfect for me. They cut through all the mid and bass
that comes with THUMPER and can go from a tight chick to loud and washy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">For crashes, I have a 17” A Custom and a
20” A Series Medium Crash. The Custom is great for a bright crash with a fast
decay while the A Series is a lot darker and opens up the harder you hit it.
It’s a nice balance having them both, gives me lots of options.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">My ride is a 24” K Light and it’s incredible.
For a 24” it has a really nice ping as well as a bell that cuts through. When
you crash into it, the sound just gets bigger and bigger but is never
overbearing. I thought about buying this ride for about 2 years and I’m so glad
I finally did it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Most of my hardware is DW. I find that
DW hardware is built to last and I think that’s pretty important for drum gear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Your band Thumper has just released a brilliant new
single “In My Room” which is in advance of an upcoming EP. Can you tell us what
to expect ahead of its release?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This release (“Out of Body
Auto-Message”) is kind of a milestone for us as a band. Prior to this, our
recordings were low-fi and noisy home-recordings. For these songs, we got into a
studio with Dan Fox (Girl Band) and tried our best to emulate our live sound.
Dan was a perfect fit for this and totally understood where we were coming from
in terms of volume and clarity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s also the first release where you’re
hearing the full band performing. Previous recordings were done completely by
Oisín (lead vox in THUMPER) in our old rehearsal room on Thomas Street, whereas
this one is the full band, in a room playing like we do at gigs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We’re doing a limited run of 300 vinyl
for its release which is a dream come true for me. Holding a vinyl of your own
music is humbling and kind of beautiful. It’s the same kind of feeling as
hearing your music on the radio for the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The record is released on Vinyl and
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We played a sold out headline show on the 25<sup>th</sup>
at Lost Lane in Dublin and it was brilliant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We’ve also just had a run of some nice
gigs ahead of its release with Bitch Falcon as well as shows at Music Cork and
It Takes A Village Festival. Then we have a busy summer ahead with festival
season. We’ll be at Primavera, Body & Soul, Sea Sessions and loads more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The band is playing at a number of venues in the next
few months, what can fans expect?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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that comes with a THUMPER show. It took me a while to realise but I think as a
band we really strive to be as tight as we can for live shows. We rehearse our
songs over and over until we’re almost sick of them but it really pays off in
terms of playing live. Being that well rehearsed means we can go off on
tangents during songs and never get lost or lose track of where we are. It
makes every gig interesting for us playing, as well as for people watching.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wanting to take up drumming?</span></b></div>
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and stay relaxed and remember to breathe. It’s really easy to get all tense and
stiff when you’re playing but it makes drumming a lot harder and much less
enjoyable. I’ve found yoga has helped me a lot in terms of my movements when
drumming and conserving energy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Drumming is a lot of fun and it shouldn’t ever be something that causes you to
be stressed out. If you want to pursue music as a career you need to put the
work in, as it’s not easy to make a living playing music…but that doesn’t mean
you can’t enjoy it too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />irishdrummershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519244417811632021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222235001166088278.post-21144715312002858122019-06-15T23:18:00.000+01:002019-06-15T23:18:23.138+01:00Dylan McCormick Moran, All Ireland Shure Drum Mastery Champion<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I started drumming at the age of 6. I come from a
very musical family. Both my Mam and Dad play instruments, so I’m constantly
around people that have an interest in music. When I was younger, I used to
love sitting in on sessions! The one instrument that drew my attention was the
DRUMS. I think the defining moment happened when I was brought to a
music show held in Dublin! My parents found me sitting down right beside the
bass drum while someone was playing!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What drum gear do you use?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’m fortunate enough to say I’m Endorsed by TRX
Cymbals, Empire Ears and Cympad! Currently I’m using Trx’s Blend
series cymbals! 14-inch hats, 16-inch crash, 18-inch crash and 22-inch ride. I
use Cympad Chromatics, moderators and Empire Ears custom molded in-ears. The
first kit I ever bought was a Sonor Force 2007 Kit and I still play it today. I’m
in love with Sonor’s kits, so I’ll continue to use them in the future! For
recording I use the Roland TD-50 KV. I’m also a big fan of D’Addario so I use
Evans Drum heads and Promark sticks. Shure Microphones are a must for me. I’m
also a proud Ambassador for Destroy A Drum Clothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Who has influenced you the most?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The list of people that influence and inspire me is
endless. A drummer that has a real influence on my playing and attitude to drums
is Chris Coleman. His musicality and chops are insane. Every time I watch him
play, I’m blown away! More recently drummers that continue to inspire me are
Jerrod Sullivan, Simon Santunion and Lester Estelle. They have such a presence
while playing and seeing them play live is a joy. I am super thankful that I
have had a chance to develop a relationship with these drummers through social media.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWcLY2rQ-BwUkYF_HI7ajQ6_WQDrDqivkVQBv_nqDF_SnUBpWh2HwZMTSw6ZFEkazn3XekXPsT8oJGK3QVi08xmfK_x_0A_FiGLibLBKAlqzNnr6MO-twUPkwNfk-DlAFxd4GOX2Ktycw/s1600/Destory+A+Drum.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWcLY2rQ-BwUkYF_HI7ajQ6_WQDrDqivkVQBv_nqDF_SnUBpWh2HwZMTSw6ZFEkazn3XekXPsT8oJGK3QVi08xmfK_x_0A_FiGLibLBKAlqzNnr6MO-twUPkwNfk-DlAFxd4GOX2Ktycw/s400/Destory+A+Drum.JPG" width="400" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What are your favorite albums or songs?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">My favorite bands of all time are Paramore and
Mumford and Sons. Delta is Mumford and Sons newest album and I feel each song
tells a dramatic story! Hard Times is a big direction change for Paramore, but
I feel Zac Farro nails all the drum parts throughout the album.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Albums that I have loved listening and playing to
over the last few years are; Portal of Gold</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Tell us about your recent success!</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As you already know I use Shure products. When I
found out that Shure was holding a competition centered on drumming, I knew I
had to give it a go. The competition involved 38 different countries. For the
competition I had to submit a video. The video could be up to 5 minutes long.
Once submitted the voting stage took place. Once the necessary 50 votes were
surpassed judging was held. Fortunately, I was chosen as All Ireland Shure Drum
Mastery Champion. I am now straight through to the finals, where I will face
all 37 countries. I am super proud and honoured to be able to represent my
country.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">That’s great Dylan! What other projects are in the pipeline?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It’s been a crazy few years. From signing
Endorsement deals, completing Sound Engineering Courses in Windmill Land
Studios and becoming All Ireland Champion. What’s next? I just recently
launched my new website Dylanmccormickmoran.com. At the start of the year I
just wrapped up a few albums and EPs for clients in America and England. A
Record Label from New York has contacted me and we are in talks. I am almost
finished drum grades and once I’m done, I will be qualified to teach! As far as
Drumming is concerned it doesn’t matter what area of the industry I go into as
long as I can keep playing!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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