Introduce Yourself!

[Paul R.]

My name is Paul.

I am 28 years old. I bought my first drumset five years ago.

I play a Tama Superstar 7 piece, Ludwig snare and Paiste Rudes.

My favorite drummers are: Chad Sexton, Benny Greb and Andrea Vadrucci.

I am not in a band, but my wife plays the guitar, bass and piano. Sometimes we jam when the kids let us. Speaking of my wife, she is very cool. I bought my first drumset about a year after we got married and she has been very supportive of it.

I haven't seen many dead people, but I did see a dear get creamed by a semi last night.

[DJBakan]

Hello,

My name is: DJ Bakan

Male, about to turn 25 years old. I live in Baltimore, MD.

My set is Tama Imperialstar 5 piece. Got it December 2010.

I play in a band but I play Congas.

I been a member for quite some time always checking around this is my first post.
I should tell you that my main instruments are Congas, Bongos, Timbales. (Latin Music and Instruments in general).
I always wanted to play drum set and now I have 3 months playing them.

Trying to get to study Recording Arts (that's where the "DJ" comes from) I most take music in University, decided to go for Jazz performance in Drum set, so I am learning now, I know at my age is crazy.

Hoping to learn from you guys.

Take care.

DJBakan

[pastor_bob]

Welcome to Drum Chat DJBakan! If there is anything that we can do to help you along, don't hesitate to ask.

[drummer]

And if you hesitate... be sure to stop hesitating.

Welcome!

[DJBakan]

And if you hesitate... be sure to stop hesitating.

Welcome!

Thank you for the welcoming! ;-)

[jcloud]

Your Name : Joshua Woon
Age : 12
Male or Female? :male
What type of Drums do you play? : Ludwig cs accent (noob kit)
Who is your Favorite Drummer? Jimmy (The rev) Sulliven
Are you in a band? Just play with my friends
Do you see dead people? No comment
How did you find Drum Chat? Love it!!

[SuperPbizzle]

Your Name : Phil Barker
Age : 30
Male or Female? :male
What type of Drums do you play? : pearl maxwin (getting new kit when I emigrate)
Who is your Favorite Drummer? John H Bonham at moment but to be honest I have lots
Are you in a band? was and hope to again
How did you find Drum Chat? By accident and love it!!

[drummer]

Thank you for the welcoming! ;-)

Ha-ha!

[jordison515]

Just realized i never did this... At least i dont remember it

Name: Nick
Age:15
Male/Female: Male
What drums do you play? Pearl Forums
Favorite drummer? I have three: Joey Jordison, Matt Greiner, Roy Mayorga
Are you in a band? Heck yeah, lovin' every second of it
How did you find DrumChat? Looked up double pedal choices and stumbled across it

[drummer]

Just realized i never did this... At least i dont remember it

Name: Nick
Age:15
Male/Female: Male
What drums do you play? Pearl Forums
Favorite drummer? I have three: Joey Jordison, Matt Greiner, Roy Mayorga
Are you in a band? Heck yeah, lovin' every second of it
How did you find DrumChat? Looked up double pedal choices and stumbled across it

Yea but you didn't tell us whether or not you see dead people.

[stuperprohero]

My names Gabriel and I'm a recovering finger tap-a-holic. I just fell off the wagon bigtime! Lol

[drummer]

My names Gabriel and I'm a recovering finger tap-a-holic. I just fell off the wagon bigtime! Lol

ha! I love it!

[gonefishin]

Hello,

My name is: DJ Bakan

Male, about to turn 25 years old. I live in Baltimore, MD.

My set is Tama Imperialstar 5 piece. Got it December 2010.

I play in a band but I play Congas.

I been a member for quite some time always checking around this is my first post.
I should tell you that my main instruments are Congas, Bongos, Timbales. (Latin Music and Instruments in general).
I always wanted to play drum set and now I have 3 months playing them.

Trying to get to study Recording Arts (that's where the "DJ" comes from) I most take music in University, decided to go for Jazz performance in Drum set, so I am learning now, I know at my age is crazy.

Hoping to learn from you guys.

Take care.

DJBakan

Crazy is not taking the chance if it comes your way........best of luck and welcome to the board.

My names Gabriel and I'm a recovering finger tap-a-holic. I just fell off the wagon bigtime! Lol

Haha...........youre not alone

[DrumRat]

Heya! Vinny here, 40 year old newb.
Playing a Simmons SD9 with a few extras.
Dead people? Umm, no, I usually bury them alive.
Site found through Google search for "left handed open set up".

[gonefishin]

Welcome to the board Vinny.

40 years old and feeling like a kid in the cany store I bet......and probably wishin you had bought them drums years ago. Congrats on taking the plunge.

[mayanrelic]

Aloha!

My name is Ryan and I'm new.

I'm 26. I've been playing drums since I was 14. There have been a couple of year long breaks in there though.

I currently play a 6 piece Gretsch Catalina Maple kit. (Fusion, amber finish)

I am in a band, "i am a rocketship." (I joined after the name was picked. ) We're an alternative/electronic band. We have a female singer. Think Muse meets Cardigans. The sound isn't 100% my flavor, but I'm a firm believer in finding 3 or 4 other bandmates you get along with and evolving into something you personally enjoy.

My influences include the regulars: Copeland, Bonham and Mitchell. But also HEAVY influence from Chad Sexton of 311.

Pleasure to be here! I've been sneaking around for awhile and finally decided to jump in!

[66musicmaster]

Your Name : Randy
Age : 44
Male
What type of Drums do you play? Cheap Ludwigs
Who is your Favorite Drummer?
Are you in a band? Foothills Blues Society
Do you see dead people? On occasion
How did you find Drum Chat? google

There's the short version. Longer version. Started playing drums in school band. Did that on thru high school, started playing guitar and bass. Quit drumming, then after college quit playing guitar and bass (around 1990). Married, kids, work, etc.

About 4 years ago, was going to sell guitars, but kids wanted to have a go at them. The kids decided they wanted to play music. So we began the lessons, and I began to re-learn myself with them. Crashed motorcycle and broke wrist. Music was a good exercise to rehab the wrist.

So here we are. Started taking my son to blues jams when he was 7. We'd go play guitars and the boy took lessons. Now the has boy passed me by. He also took up bass, drums, and is currently taking piano lessons.

When we turned our little local blues society into a "real" band, I was the only real drummer and the worst guitar player. SO I'm back into drumming, although I still play more guitar than drums. I compose and arrange on guitar. And drums are "natural" to me, after all the years of school training where drums were my life. I'm probably not considered a good drummer, although I can keep the beat most of the time and sing and keep the beat too.

I'm not back there to be "fancy" in a blues band. Our drum kit is the bottom Ludwig (Accent 5 pc std) set, although way better than the "Royce" set I had in 80s. I left it in a friend's barn 15+ yrs ago.

No money for much new stuff at this point, so will propbably be spending a lot of time here trying to figure out how to get best sound out of what I have and looking for better used stuff as time goes by and can afford to upgrade.

Our household has quite a bit of gear, since we do play a lot. Besides the blues band, we also perform in a church band. So we own:

Yamaha bass; Ibanez bass; Acoustic B100 bass amp;
Ludwig drums; paiste & sabian cymbals,
Fender MIM strat; Squier CV60s Strat; Peavey LTD strat like object; Squier telecaster; 1966 Fender Musicmaster; early 80's strat clone; Indiana Acoustic
Roland keyboard; yamaha keyboard
Roland Cube 30 amp; Fender Superchamp XD amp; Peavey Decade amp
Carvin S400D small Powered Speaker for small PA or monitor use + mics and stands.

So we have to maintain and upgrade all of these as time goes by.

This looks like a great place to hang out and ask and learn.

Randy

[DrumRat]

Welcome to the board Vinny.

40 years old and feeling like a kid in the cany store I bet......and probably wishin you had bought them drums years ago. Congrats on taking the plunge.

You are right about wishing I had them years ago, but up until now I really din't have the space or coin to get myself a set.
Most of my resources were spent just trying to survive and maintain a buzz. (Mighty tough as an under-employed individual.)
Now that I finally have a job that pays the bills with a bit leftover, I figured it was time to stop "air drumming" and get a kit

[MartyM]

66Music...Whew!!!! so you play luddys..cool..welcome aboard!

[drummer]

Welcome new guys!

[pastor_bob]

This thread was such a great idea. Thanks for the introductions guys, and welcome to Drum Chat.

For our newbies, you will find that we love looking at drums, so feel free to post up any pics on the "Show Us Your Drums" thread: http://www.drumchat.com/showthread.p...-drums-26.html

Also, we have a fun little "Newbie Initiation" thread, so make sure you check out the directions on the first post of the thread, and then have a go. There's no right or wrong on the thread, just a bit of fun: http://www.drumchat.com/showthread.p...tion-1699.html

[BallywalterBeats]

Your Name : Phil Barker
Age : 30
Male or Female? :male
What type of Drums do you play? : pearl maxwin (getting new kit when I emigrate)

Where you emigrating to mate? Wife and I are considering it.

[Fruit_Salad]

The name's Tom
I'm 15
Male

I like to play rock style drums and I like the heavyer stuff but also the things that make me groove and go into wonderland.

I don't really have a favourite drummer but I guess the skill level I aspire to be is my drum teacher who teaches privately but his full time profession is drumming for film scores and standing in for famous bands.

I'm in 2 bands headed under a rock programme led by a dedicated and talented musician. 1 band I can see going somewhere with our music if we step up a bit, the other one just makes alright experimental music xD

Do I see dead people? I study History if that counts :P

How did you find Drum Chat? I found it while googling "Drummers forum" didn't want pearl forum. I wanted to find where the real drummers were at

[SuperPbizzle]

@
BallywalterBeats: Going to America, my wife is American and I get made redundant in October time so will be going around then.

[indyracer]

Your Name (it's OK if you want to keep your real name private)
Tony

Age
Born in the early 70's

Male or Female?
Male

What type of Drums do you play?
Today I have a PDP X7 kit with Paiste PST5 cymbals

Who is your Favorite Drummer?
No real favorite drummer. I like so many different things it would be a shame to narrow it down to one or two.

Are you in a band?
No band right now

Do you see dead people?
Only when I imagine them being dead

How did you find Drum Chat?
Google probably

I done a more lengthy introduction in this thread:
http://www.drumchat.com/showpost.php...&postcount=474