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Neal Gupton

Drummer/ Percussionist for Blistur

About Me

NEAL GUPTON - I was born in a crossfire hurricane. I bang the drums and save nuns and kittens from burning buildings. I enjoy long walks on the beach, candle lit dinners and puppy dogs.Neal Gupton on the Drums

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Member Since: 12/1/2004
Band Website: blistur.com
Band Members: Chris Kellam - Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals Bart Hammond - Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals Neal Gupton - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals

Influences: Buddy Rich, Neil Peart, Dennis Elliott, Stewart Copeland, Dave Weckl, Mike Portnoy, Gene Krupa, Carter Beauford, Alex Van Halen, Chad Gracey, Steve Smith, and the guy doing the instructional video right here... http://snipurl.com/997a
Sounds Like: Me
Record Label: Dreamer, LLC
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

DRUM TUNING TUTORIAL - PART II

Ok - The method we will use to tune your drums here is derived from one I read about years ago called "Timbre Pitching" or "Pitching the Shell". However - the method was too generic and hard to get wh...
Posted by Neal Gupton on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:21:00 PST

DRUM TUNING TUTORIAL - PART I

I must say that I get a lot of compliments on my drum sound, especially from drummers. I derive a great deal of satisfaction from that because like many, tuning drums has been a difficult task to mast...
Posted by Neal Gupton on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:19:00 PST

New Tracks are on the way!

Greetings Blistur Nation, Following up on our debut EP "Before There Were Seasons", yours in rock - Blistur - will be recording follow up tracks in sunny St. Maarten beginning May 27, 2007 at Skull ...
Posted by Neal Gupton on Tue, 08 May 2007 12:00:00 PST

New songs posted!

Hey. How are you? The songs posted here were recorded live off the mixing board. Not bad for live mix. That's why there are so few plays on them. Just posted - November 28, 2006. Had over 1,000 on the...
Posted by Neal Gupton on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:42:00 PST