Anyone that knows me knows I love drums! Vintage, custom, domestic or import. I love the sound they make and the power they possess.
My kits include vintage Slingerland stuff and a vintage ’68 Ludwig kit. The Slingerland kit is actually a conglomeration of several different kits and pieces spanning the 60’s to the 80’s, all in Silver Sparkle. My bass drums range in size from 22” to 26”, with my main man being the 24” kick. The 26” kicks do…
The Music Business Is Fuc’#ed Up!!! That’s the theme of the TOUR SMART seminar that your’s truly attended last night!
No, I am not making this up.The music industry veteran MARTIN ATKINS
(Atkins was a member of Johnny Rotten’s Public Image Ltd and Killing Joke. He founded industrial supergroup Pigface, The Damage Manual, and Murder Inc., and has contributed to the bands Nine Inch Nails and Ministry) stirred up some hysterically funny truths about the music business. From passing out actual one…
I was recently asked what type of speakers I like to use for my bass rig. Well, after many years of trying different amps and speaker configurations, I prefer the Ampeg SVT 410 HLF.
I’ve tried cabinets in the past that used 15” or 18” speakers and they were all too muddy sounding for me. One of the first rigs I ever used was the Classic Ampeg with two cabinets that had eight 10” speakers in each enclosure. That offered a…
This week I wanted to follow up last weeks post and give you guys a run down of my guitars that I use on stage.
For electric guitars, my primary electric is a Fender Big Apple, otherwise known as a Double Fat Strat, because it features dual humbucker pickups as opposed to the traditional single coil pickups. I made some custom changes to the instrument for it now features an Ash body with a Birds Eye Maple neck and Ebony fingerboard…
As a musician, I’m always curious as to what equipment others use to get their signature sound. As a result, others are just as curious about the equipment AVM band members use, so I thought I’d share my live rig setup with you. For this post I will share my amp setup as well as my effects. Next week I will go through my guitars.
For amplification I use either a 100 watt Rivera Quianan head, or a 100 watt Mesa…
I read about the Kelly Shu in Modern Drummer and Drum, and seen it online, I really didn’t know how cool it really was until I met the Kelly’s at the 2010 Chicago Vintage and Custom Drum Show. They showed me how it mounted inside the kick drum just like a high-quality suspension mic. I liked it so much I got two of them. One for my studio kit, and one for my live kit. I really like the way…
