Independent
About
Website
www.keithlarsendrums.com
Setup
Cymbals listed from left to right
14" Signature Dark Energy Hats Mark I
18" Signature Dark Energy Crash Mark I
10" Signature Precision Splash
22" Signature Dark Energy Ride Mark II
20" RUDE Thin Crash
19" 2002 Wild China
Cymbals listed from left to right
18" Masters Dark Crash
20" Masters Dark Crash
16" Masters Thin Hi-Hat
12" PST X DJ's 45 Hats
18" Alpha Rock Crash (as stack top)
20" Dimensions Dry Ride (as stack bottom)
Biography
Keith Larsen splits his time between studio work, live performances, and teaching. Keith’s career thrives in both the creative and corporate music worlds. Keith has been very active for over two decades in the creation and recording of a variety of music, including: singer songwriters, cutting edge electronic, top 40 cover bands, hard hitting punk rock, modern rock, meditation/New Age, and blues and jazz. His most recent endeavor is the band Porcupine hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Keith is also an accomplished teacher having taught thousands of hours of lessons. Prior to relocating to Minnesota he was on faculty at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. In addition to session work, playing live, and teaching, Keith owns and operates his own recording studio.
Setup Cymbals
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Details
Sizes: 20", 21", 22"
Volume: Medium
Weight: Medium
Sound character: A fusion of darkness, energy, projection and brilliance. Very wide range, complex, musical mix. Responsive feel, extremely controllable. Woody, silvery, spanky ping over crunchy, thriving wash. Extremely versatile, flexible ride for wide ranging application in modern blended music styles. Mark II: Tends to be a bit livelier and brighter. This manifests itself in the overall sound character and in particular in the bell and ping sound. Mark II also has a bit more volume potential due to its more open character.
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Details
Sizes: 16", 17", 18", 19"
Volume: Medium
Weight: Light
Sound character: Dark body, full frequency spectrum, brilliant highs. Very wide range, complex, pleasing musical mix. Immediate, sensitive response, strong attack, controllable spread, even, layered fade. This crash combines silky, soft qualities with energy and projection for an incredibly versatile application range. Also extremely well suited as suspended cymbals and for mallet rolls.
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Details
Sizes: 14", 15"
Volume: Medium
Weight: Medium
Sound character: Full, rich, energetic with a definite dark side. Crunchy, with a meaty bite. Very wide range, very complex mix. Extremely balanced, very responsive feel. Full dark, rich, shimmering, biting open/closed sound. Beautiful, fat, meaty, crisp, cutting chick sound. Fast, responsive, articulate with excellent feel and playability. An immensely versatile hi-hat that combines finesse and articulation with raw energy and cutting power.
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Details
Sizes: 16", 17", 18", 19", 20"
Volume: Medium
Weight: Light
Sound character: Full, dark, energetic with a brilliant broad sparkle underneath the overall cutting character. Very flexible with a wide range and a fairly complex mix. Responsive, explosive, shattering attack. Breathy layers of sound with that distinctive RUDE attitude.
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Details
Sizes: 12"
Volume: Medium
Weight: Medium
Sound character: Warm, defined with strong presence. Fairly narrow range, complex mix. Balanced feel, very responsive. Distinct, dry stick sound. Muted, trashy, hissing open sound. Crisp, dry, clapping chick. Lively, dynamic hi-hat that also works well as an auxiliary hi-hat.
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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
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Details
Sizes: 19"
Volume: Loud
Weight: Medium
Sound character: Wild, roaring, dark, trashy, shimmering. Wide range, fairly complex mix. Responsive feel. Aggressive, widespread, shattering attack with an oriental, acidic decay. Perfectly suited for all types of extreme musical styles that require a sturdy, almost uncontrollable China.
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