Brown Ubom

LMAM

Brown Ubom

About

Paiste Artist Since
July 2021

Nationality
Nigeria

Main Affiliations
LMAM
Fliptunez

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„Paiste has been a dream for me. Thanks to Jay Mera for introducing us to such awesomeness. I’ll never hit another set of cymbals in my life, if it’s not Paiste Cymbals!“

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Biography

Brown Ubom is a Nigerian drummer based in the United Kingdom. Fondly called ‘BJ’ - he is a professional drummer known for his skills in Hip-Hop and RnB-styled drumming. Brown was brought up in a Pentecostal church, where he played in the worship band. This was his first taste of playing in a band, and he liked it. At the age of 17, BJ was among the finalists at the popular drum event “DRUM SAMPLES” held in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria in 2006 . This competition brought him to limelight and that’s where he got the name 'BJ'. It wasn’t long until his chops and skills on the drums were heard by some key professionals. Brown has played many tours with Nigerian Artists like Obiwon, Rasine Brown and worked with Square Records, Kaffy The Dance Queen and has shared stages with international acts like American Gospel Legends Kurt Carr, William Murphy, Ms. Kim Burrell in his duty as a drummer with The Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) ABUJA , where he won the Crystal Awards with The Avalanche. BJ also organizes lots of drum clinics to inspire up coming drummers with his annual drum event “GREEN RHYTHMS DRUM FESTIVAL” which is currently the biggest drum festival in Calabar. Brown has been influenced by Aaron Spears, Marvin McQuitty, Gerald Heyward , PapiJ, Jay Mera and more. His drumming style is very funky and technical. Brown currently heads FLIPTUNEZ - a musical band that has worked with a lot of Nigerian superstar musicians like Inyanya, MrEazi, Tossy Young ,T-Shawn, Victor Winn, Drucee, Rasine Brown and is a major feature at the Annual Calabar Christmas Festival . Bj currently works as the drummer for LMAM UK and is on tour with the band.

Setup Cymbals

  • Details

    Sizes: 18", 20"
    Volume: Medium
    Weight: Medium

    Sound character: Aggressive, bright, energetic, trashy. Medium range, complex mix. Responsive feel, explosive attack. Powerful, cutting effect cymbal for exotic accents. A good cymbal for noisy crash riding at higher volume levels.

  • Sounds
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    Sizes: 20", 22"
    Volume: Soft
    Weight: Light

    Sound character: Dark, warm, smoky, breathy. Fairly wide range, complex mix. Soft feel with a quick response. Very well crashable. Controllable, peppery stick sound over a dark layered oriental, smoky wash. A ride cymbal that can easily be used in a small jazz club setting and flourish in other styles such as blues or country music.

  • Sounds
  • Details

    Sizes: 14", 16", 18"
    Volume: Medium
    Weight: Medium

    Sound character: Fairly dark, energetic. Medium wide range, complex mix. Explosive, shattering crash. Exotic stick sound over a complex, trashy wash. Assertive china for exotic effects.

  • Sounds
  • Details

    Sizes: 16", 17", 18", 19", 20"
    Volume: Medium
    Weight: Light

    Sound character: Dark, warm, smoky. Medium wide range, complex mix. Buttery, soft feel with quick response. Rich, dark, mystical crash sound with tender clarity. Extremely lively cymbal for broad accents and crashes in intimate to semi-loud settings. Well suited for delicate ride patterns or mallet swells. «For those guys who really appreciate just having a cymbal that can do everything, the larger Dark Crashes can do anything. Very crash-able, and if you want to ride on them, they will give you all the ride patterns in the world.» - Gregory Hutchinson

  • Sounds
  • Details

    Sizes: 14", 15"
    Volume: Soft
    Weight: Medium

    Sound character: Dark, full, soft, multi-layered. Medium wide range, complex mix. Soft, responsive feel. Velvety sizzling open sound. Rich, dark chick sound. A sensitive hi-hat perfectly suited for light to medium heavy use within Jazz, Blues, Country and other acoustic music styles.

  • Sounds
  • Details

    Sizes: 10", 8"
    Volume: Medium
    Weight: Light

    Sound character: Dark, soft, warm, fast. Wide range, complex mix. Very soft feel, very responsive. Delicately whooshing effect cymbal with a round, balanced decay for short accents in low to moderate music settings.

  • Sounds