Well, the Whitby Gothic Weekend was a blast. I was up there on the north-east coast providing cymbals and a gong for top L.A. drummer, Tom Coyne, and one of his bands, Autumn Cannibals - the new solo project of Jeff Diehm from The Last Dance.
They played an excellent set and it was nice to hear my cymbals in a concert setting over a huge P.A. for a change. The crowd was into it too, and was a sight to behold. Such amazing outfits! Everything from Steampunk and near-fetish wear down to "traditional" goth blackness.
I enjoyed staying with the band and a few of their friends in a huge house up on the clifftops. Slightly disappointed in the double-glazed windows though. It would have been nice to hear the waves crashing into the shore more easily while drifting off to sleep. The Cannibals had flown in just for this gig, so they arrived and departed more-or-less in synch with me - Friday night to Sunday morning.
I look forward to catching up with them again when I head out to their home ground in January for the NAMM show.
Meanwhile, here's a couple of songs from their set:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=traLzUq1mqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLv7NhpEcwo
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Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Clinics and Festivals
Last week, I had the pleasure of watching 3 great drummers at work. I went to the Benny Greb drum clinic in Manchester, UK. He was supported by Ash Soan (you may not have heard of him but I bet you've heard records he's played on) and Jake Brown. All 3 were amazing, entertaining and instructive.
Jake is 14 and has been playing drums for, I think, 4 years. Sheesh! I wish I was that good after I'd been playing for 4 years. I'm still not that good!
Jake had planned out a solo incorporating quite an array of my instruments but, as he had his set time cut short, he had to scale back, so just one gong was used. But it's a beauty. Check the video here of Jake's drum solo piece - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7PDeBoDZxk
Next weekend, there's another outing for my creations - this time with top L.A. drummer, Tom Coyne. He's playing with Autumn Cannibals at the Whitby Gothic Festival over the Halloween weekend. Tom will use a full set of my cymbals on his kit, plus a Gothic gong or two. Hopefully, I'll be able to film some of that too. I'm looking forwards to watching Tom play.
Jake is 14 and has been playing drums for, I think, 4 years. Sheesh! I wish I was that good after I'd been playing for 4 years. I'm still not that good!
Jake had planned out a solo incorporating quite an array of my instruments but, as he had his set time cut short, he had to scale back, so just one gong was used. But it's a beauty. Check the video here of Jake's drum solo piece - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7PDeBoDZxk
Next weekend, there's another outing for my creations - this time with top L.A. drummer, Tom Coyne. He's playing with Autumn Cannibals at the Whitby Gothic Festival over the Halloween weekend. Tom will use a full set of my cymbals on his kit, plus a Gothic gong or two. Hopefully, I'll be able to film some of that too. I'm looking forwards to watching Tom play.
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