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Main Affiliation
Independent
Setup
Cymbals listed from left to right
18" Signature Flat Ride
(discontinued)
16" Signature Crystal Crash
(discontinued)
12" Signature Micro Hats
(discontinued)
22" Signature Dark Energy Ride Mark I
14" Signature Dark Energy Hats Mark I
20" Signature Flat Ride
(discontinued)
22" Signature Rough Ride
(discontinued)
8" Signature Dark Energy Splash Mark I
10" Signature Dark Energy Splash Mark I
22" Signature Dark Energy Ride Mark I (Prototype)
18" Signature Heavy China
20" Signature Heavy China
(discontinued)
22" Signature Dry Dark Ride
(discontinued)
22" Signature Dark Energy Ride Mark II
14" Signature Fast Crash
8" Signature Cool Bell
(discontinued)
8" Signature Bell
(discontinued)
12" Signature Splash
18" Signature Dark Energy Crash Mark I
19" Signature Dark Energy Crash Mark I
18" Sound Formula Crystal Crash
(Discontinued)
20" Custom stack
Cymbals listed from left to right
14" Alpha Medium Hi-Hat
(discontinued)
18" Alpha Swiss Crash (as stack top)
18" Alpha Swiss Crash (as stack bottom)
5" Visions Cup Chime (discontinued)
6.5" Visions Cup Chime (discontinued)
7.5" Visions Cup Chime (discontinued)
6" 2002 Accent Cymbal
8" 2002 Accent Cymbal
16" RUDE Thin Crash
18" RUDE Thin Crash
13" 2002 Heavy Hi-Hat
(discontinued)
20" 2002 Big Beat «Multifunction»
20" 2000 China Type
(discontinued)
22" Signature Power Ride
20" Visions Novo China (discontinued)
8" Signature Custom
10" Signature Splash
12" Signature Splash
18" Visions Thin China (discontinued)
20" Visions Heavy China (discontinued)
20" 2002 Custom
18" Signature Custom
19" Signature Full Crash
20" Signature Full Crash
14" 2002 Crash
12" 2002 Splash
18" 2002 Custom (pair)
Cymbals listed from left to right
14" Signature Crystal Hats (discontinued)
12" Signature Power Hi-Hat (custom)
14" Signature Dark Energy Sound Edge Hats (Prototype)
15" Signature Dark Energy Hats Mark I
20" Signature Symphonic Heavy (pair)
Biography
INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL SESSION DRUMMER. PLAYED WITH MANY MAJOR LABEL ARTISTS ON 1000’S OF SONGS & 100’S RECORDS AS A SESSION DRUMMER
Setup Cymbals
Only standard models appear in this section.
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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 I: Tends to be a bit quieter, darker and drier. This manifests itself in the overall sound character and in particular in the bell and ping sound.
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Details
Sizes: 18", 19", 20", 21", 22", 24"
Volume: Medium
Weight: Light
Sound character: Warm, deep, brilliant, lush. Medium wide range, complex mix. Responsive, giving feel. Warm luscious crashes with swift fade. Airy, defined ping over wide multi-layered wash. Broad, musical, integrated bells. Multifunctional design to work well as both crashes and rides in medium low to loud settings.
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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: 10", 8"
Volume: Soft
Weight: Light
Sound character: Full, wet with a brittle, trashy side. Fairly wide range, complex mix. Soft and very responsive, giving feel with a short, exploding sparkly splash character. Very well suited for dynamic effect accents in many musical styles. Also, well suited for hand playing in percussive set-ups.
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