Irish Drummers; Daniel, when did you start
drumming?
I was
around 12/13 when I first started. My family was always very much involved in
music, my oldest brother dabbled a bit with guitar but never pursued it. My
other brother is also a drummer and gigs regularly, so he was a big influence
growing up! He actually donated a snare drum and a Pearl double kick to me when
I was young. I taught myself using both of these, the box from the snare drum
was my makeshift kick drum for a few months! It was an interesting way to teach
myself!
Irish Drummers; What drum gear do you use?
I use a
Mapex Pro M Maple Kit. 24” kick. 12” tom, 14” floor tom and a Pearl Firecracker
10” snare. I am a fan of Remo Fibreskyns, so all toms are coated with these. I
use a mix of Zildjian and Meinl cymbals, my favourite is my 16” Zildjian A
Custom Rezo Fast Crash. I use a DW-5000 double kick and all Mapex hardware.
Irish Drummers; Who are your drumming
influences?
Too
many to list, but some would include; Derek Grant - Alkaline Trio, Jack Bevan –
Foals, Memby Jago - The Ghost Of A Thousand/Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes,
Chris Wee - And So I Watch You From Afar and Josh Macintyre - Marmozets
Irish Drummers; What are your favourite
venues?
My
favourite venues are Whelans – Dublin, Indiependence – Cork, Stendhal –
Limavady, The Chasin’ Bull – Bundoran, Roisin Dubh – Galway and The Button
Factory - Dublin
Irish Drummers; What music projects are the
band involved in?
Currently,
we are preparing for the release of our next single. We recorded a few songs
last summer with Philip Magee, and it was a pleasure to work with him and allow
him to add his creative input to our songs. I would highly recommend any Irish
bands looking for a producer to reach out to him! The single will be released
with a video, and you can expect it sooner rather than later!
Irish Drummers; What are your favourite
albums or songs?
Again,
too many too list! But some of these albums would be very important to me and
they are Foals – Antidotes, The Clash - London Calling, Alkaline Trio - Good
Mourning, Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions, Brontide – Artery and Enemies -
Embark Embrace
Photo credit; Conor Conlon from CMP
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