Freelance
About
Paiste Artist Since
March 2004
Nationality
Denmark
Main Affiliation
Freelance
Website
www.jesperberg.dk
Setup
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Biography
Since the early days of drumming, Jesper has alway been fascinated by "the right sound." As a teenager, Jesper was constantly adding any sound source to the drumset - garbage bins, wooden boxes etc. In the late 80's / early 90's he began playing in several different Jazz/Rock Fusion bands. In 1990 Jesper visited the Paiste factory in Switzerland, spent a lovely weekend in and around Lucerne and even got to hand-hammer his own ride cymbal at the factory. Seeing the professionalism and the enthusiasm that the Paiste employees put into their products convinced Jesper that Paiste was the right way to go to get "the right sound" - and the rest, as they say, is history. For the past 20 years, Jesper has been working as a sideman for a large number of Danish artists in the styles of pop, rock, blues, soul and is continuously working in his own drum recording facility - providing artists with "real drum tracks from a real drummer" - always with Paiste as his preferred cymbals.
Setup Cymbals
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Details
Sizes: 14"
Volume: Soft
Weight: Medium
Sound character: Dark, dry, woody. Fairly wide range, complex mix. Soft, responsive feel. Full, warm, open sound. Loose, soggy chick sound. Perfectly suited for traditional swing patterns, but also well usable for other acoustic styles like Blues, Country, Soul or Gospel.
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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.
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Sizes: 10", 8"
Volume: Medium
Weight: Light
Sound character: Warm, airy, snarling, silvery. Fairly wide range, complex mix. Soft feel with a very responsive, explosive splash sound. Low tuned effect cymbal for lively accents in moderate volume. Well suited for hand-playing. Vinnie Colaiuta explains: “They are sweet, they are these kind of punctuation marks in the background.”
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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
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