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Chris Dernjac

About Me

I was born in november 1986 in Lohne which is in Lower Saxony, Germany. I started playing drums when I was four years old. My father was a great drummer in the 80's, so music has always been around the House. I never had drum lessons but taught myself for about 11 years. At the age of 13 I got my first professionell band called "Flavour". I played many concerts with them and we recorded an album (The Mask 1999). Than I started to practice bassguitar which I once again taught myself without taking lessons. Three years later , in 2002, I got a new job in another band called "The Last Minute" (as drummer). In 2003 I started playing bass in my new Band "Lunatic Life".
We played concerts for more than 10.000 people. In 2004 we played a big tour gig with the in Germany well known and highly successful band "PUR".
In 2005 I've spent much time learning guitar and I started writing Songs. I played many studio sessions: Flavour [The Mask], Priceless Paradise, The Last Minute [Demo], Lunatic Life [Orbit] and Smooth Potion.
At the moment I'm bassplayer at the band "Real Spirit" which is a Top40-Band. I'm playing there since 8 month.
Check out the demo songs and meet me on the 'Real Spirit' Tour.
Equipment
Drumset:
Yamaha Stage Custom Advantage Nouveau
Natural Wood
Tour Drumset in Cranberry Red
22"x17" Bass Drum
10"x08" Tom Tom
12"x09" Tom Tom
14"x12" Tom Tom
16"x14" Tom Tom
14"x5,5" Snare Drum (Holz)
10"x5,5" SD-2055 Snare Drum (Metall)
10"x02" Sonor 3007 Jungle Snare
Hardware:
Gibraltar
Yamaha
Pearl Double Pedal
Cymbals:
PAISTE 2002 14” Hi-Hat Heavy
UFIP 13" Natural Series Reg. Hi-Hat
MEINL 06" Byzance Splash
MEINL 08" Byzance Splash
MEINL 10" Byzance Splash
MEINL 16" Byzance Thin Crash
MEINL 16" Byzance Medium Thin Crash
MEINL 20" Bycance China
WUHAN 6" Effect Bell
PAISTE 2002 20"Classic Ride
E-Drum:
ROLAND SPD-20
ROLAND KD-7
Microphones:
BEYERDYNAMIC Opus Drumset L
YAMAHA Subkick
Sonstiges:
MEINL Percussion
SHURE In Ear Monitoring
REMO Drumheads
Referenzen
Söhne Mannheims
PUR
Tom Albrecht
Nybia
Bonita
Hesslers
Radio-FFN
Bremen Vier
NDR 2
Stoppelmarkt
Artland Arena
u.v.m.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/13/2007
Band Members:
Chris Dernjac
[Drums, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals]

Influences: Ralf Gustke, Dominic Miller, Vinnie Colaiuta,
Keith Carlock, Sting, Thomas Lang, Chester Thompson, Simon Philips,
Andy Summers, Marcus Miller, Mark "Kipper" Eldridge,
Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Toto, Genesis, The Police,
Rivo Drei, Söhne Mannheims, Peilomat, Tom Albrecht,
Chris Botti, Roger Hogdson, Supertramp, David Gilmour,
Laith Al-Deen, George Michael, Phil Collins, Smooth Potion,
Lunatic Life, The Last Minute, Mike Portnoy, Spocks Beard.
Sounds Like:

Record Label: Home Recording
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Söhne gesucht 2009 - Söhne Mannheims jetzt im Doppelpack

Söhne Mannheims jetzt im Doppelpack 14 junge Künstler schlüpfen in die Rolle der einzelnen BandmitgliederMannheim. Als die Band das erste Mal gemeinsam spielt, sind alle in der Halle platt. Erstaunte ...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:48:00 GMT