It's been a while, so I hope all that know me here are doing well?
It looks like it has been around 14 months since I last was able to drop by and I see a lot has changed, but I am having fun catching up on the experiments on and developments with certain products.
It has been an incredibly busy 14 months for me, going back to October last year when I was asked to work on some of the Sonic Reality drum sample projects for a couple of name drummers. Those were quickly followed by some session work and a couple of band projects also started to come together, so my drumming career looked to be taking off again.
Ironically, just at the time, I was approached to be the Tour Manager on the first European tour for Simon Collins and his band, Sound Of Contact. http://www.soundofcontact.com
Simon is the eldest son of the legendary Phil Collins and is in his own right, a super talented drummer, musician and song writer.
Well, one thing led to another and we've since worked non stop and traveled to many countries around the world and along the way, they were voted best new band at the Classic Progressive Rock Awards in September.
.....As a result, I have not sat at my own kit since April, let alone even been home that often!
With the end of year and festive season racing up upon us, I will finally have some time to get some of my own music projects that I've had on the back burner into shape and that will also require a specific hybrid acoustic electronic kit.
I have a stunning new (well it was new at the start of the year!) Natal custom acoustic kit, but I will also need a few 'e' elements to make it all work.
I had just upgraded to the SPD-SX one day before I got the call, so that remains in the box, but again, that and the SPD-30 will play important roles.
Anyway, good to see some friends are still here although some have clearly drifted away
For those interested in following any of the Simon's, Sound Of Contact or even perhaps my own projects, I'll do updates here as and when I can.
For now I'll leave you with a photo of my studio from January, that said, almost everything has changed or is about to!
It looks like it has been around 14 months since I last was able to drop by and I see a lot has changed, but I am having fun catching up on the experiments on and developments with certain products.
It has been an incredibly busy 14 months for me, going back to October last year when I was asked to work on some of the Sonic Reality drum sample projects for a couple of name drummers. Those were quickly followed by some session work and a couple of band projects also started to come together, so my drumming career looked to be taking off again.
Ironically, just at the time, I was approached to be the Tour Manager on the first European tour for Simon Collins and his band, Sound Of Contact. http://www.soundofcontact.com
Simon is the eldest son of the legendary Phil Collins and is in his own right, a super talented drummer, musician and song writer.
Well, one thing led to another and we've since worked non stop and traveled to many countries around the world and along the way, they were voted best new band at the Classic Progressive Rock Awards in September.
.....As a result, I have not sat at my own kit since April, let alone even been home that often!
With the end of year and festive season racing up upon us, I will finally have some time to get some of my own music projects that I've had on the back burner into shape and that will also require a specific hybrid acoustic electronic kit.
I have a stunning new (well it was new at the start of the year!) Natal custom acoustic kit, but I will also need a few 'e' elements to make it all work.
I had just upgraded to the SPD-SX one day before I got the call, so that remains in the box, but again, that and the SPD-30 will play important roles.
Anyway, good to see some friends are still here although some have clearly drifted away
For those interested in following any of the Simon's, Sound Of Contact or even perhaps my own projects, I'll do updates here as and when I can.
For now I'll leave you with a photo of my studio from January, that said, almost everything has changed or is about to!
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