mdm1969

Description:

Screen Name:

mdm1969

Sex:

M

Age:

40

Studio Musician:

No

Level Of Commitment:

Very Committed

Years Playing Music:

30

Gigs Played:

Over 100

Tend to Practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to Gig:

2-3 time(s) per week

Most available:

Nights

Began formal snare drum lessons at age 6, kit at 10. Worked my through the middle school, high school, and college music programs for corps style marching (snare), jazz, orchestra, big band. Have taught private lessons on both snare and drumkit. Taught the percussion program for music majors of Gardner Webb College '88-'90 while attending as a student.

Moved to Charlotte in '91, have played with many local bands over years (approx 600 gigs total). Am very comfortable recording to a click and understand how to track without sounding like a machine. Please see recent recordings of my band Blind View in the player above.

Dependable, reliable, no drugs, no kids, married, etc. Work days as a software developer.

Influences:

Mainly Rock, 80's Rock, Prog Rock....but pretty much everything I've ever heard.

Equipment List:

------------------------------------------------------ ACOUSTIC KIT ------------------------------------------------------
DRUMS: Spaun Custom Maple in Black Diamond wrap.
- 22" Kicks
- 10", 12", 13", 14", 16" Toms
- Pearl Master's Custom Snare in Diamond Burst

CYMBALS:
- 14" Paiste Medium Sound Formula Hi-Hats (main)
- 14" UFIP Class Heavy Hi-Hats (fixed x-hat)
- 17", 18", 19", 18" Paiste Sig Full Crashes
- 20" Paiste Sig Thin China
- 10" Paiste Sig Splash
- 20" Zildjian Ping Ride
- 14" Effects X-Hat (18" UFIP Thin China cut to 14" on top of 14" Wuhan china)

ELECTRONICS:
- Roland SPD-S Sampler
- 13" Hart Dynamics TE3.2 Hammer Snare trigger

MICROPHONES:
- Audix D-6's w/MAY mounts in Kicks
- Audix D-2's on Rack Toms
- Audix D-4's on Floor Toms
- Shure SM-57 on Snare
- Shure SM-81's on Hi-Hat, and L/R Overheads as needed

------------------------------------------------------ ELECTRONIC KIT ------------------------------------------------------
- Expanded Roland TD-20 module in same configuration as acoustic kit (dbl pedal rather than 2 single kicks)
- Live stage sound/monitor setup using B52 Matrix pa/sub system and Yamaha mixer.

------------------------------------------------------ PERCUSSION ------------------------------------------------------
- Various hand percussion (shakers, cabassa, cowbells, etc)
- Toca Timbales
- Meinl Bass Cajon
- Various animal skin hand drums

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