..
Me recording the drums for It's a Trap's "Noxious"
Well, music aside, I'm somewhat of a computer gamer...I'm not particularly good at any one game, but I enjoy playing them nonetheless. I do read, mostly either Star Wars books, or conspiracy-thriller-whatever books.I don't really write any more...my life is spent either in this chair, rehearsing in a basement or a garage, on stage, or in bed (and when I say in bed, I mean SLEEPING, you sick bastards)I know, sounds kind of boring, so:OMG I luv to party, and go clubbin, and hang out wit my friends, I
My favorite drummers: Ray Herrera, Mike Portnoy, Corey Pierce, Henry Ranta, and Jason Costa...from Fear Factory, Dream theater, God Forbid, old Soilwork, and old Diecast respectfully.
My favorite guitarists: JEFF LOOMIS (Nevermore), Dino Cazares (old Fear Factory), Doc Coyle (God Forbid), John Petrucci (Dream Theater), Peter Wichers (old Soilwork), Michael and Christopher Amott (Arch Enemy), and Herman Li (DragonForce)
In general: People like myself, and people totally completely different. Musicians...groupies (lol)...someone willing to be a drum tech and set up my shit for me : )
As far as instruments go, as I mentioned earlier, I play drums, and guitar. I've been playing drums for around seven years, and I consider myself to be pretty good! (lol). My credits include the Maryvale Jazz band for four years, several plays (both amateur and professional), and several bands ranging from heavy metal, to extremely heavy metal, to alternative, to ska, and basically wherever I'm needed. As for guitar, I've been playing for a little over 2 years, and it's a lot of fun! Since then, I've built the "almost" ultimate rig, which I'm very proud of, I'll go through all that further down.
---
Bands:
3 Inches of Blood
A Life Once Lost
The Acacia Strain
All That Remains
Apocalyptica
Arch Enemy
Arsis
As I Lay Dying
At the Gates
At War With Self
Atreyu
The Autumn Offering
Avenged Sevenfold
Average White Band
Becoming the Archetype
Behemoth
Between the Buried and Me
Beyond the Embrace
The Black Dahlia Murder
Black Label Society
The Bled
Bleeding Through
Blue Man Group
Bury your dead
Caliban
Callenish Circle
Carcass
Catch 22
Cannae
Children of Bodom
Coal Chamber
Cradle of Filth
The Crown
Cynic
Damageplan
Dark Tranquillity
Darkane
Darkest Hour
Dead to Fall
Death
Deftones
Demon Hunter
Demons and Wizards
Derek Sherinian
The Derek Trucks Band
Diecast
The Dillenger Escape Plan
Dimmu Borgir
Dog Fashion Disco
Down the Sun
Dragonforce
Dream Theater
Eighteen Visions
Enforsaken
Evanescence
Evergreen Terrace
Evergrey
Every Time I Die
Faith No More
Fantomas
Fear Factory
Fear My Thoughts
Folly
Foo Fighters
The Forsaken
The Faceless
Freya
From a Second Story Window
Full Blown Chaos
Foxy Shazam
Glass Casket
God Forbid
Godsmack
The Haunted
Heaven Shall Burn
Himsa
Horse the Band
Hypocrisy
Iced Earth
Impaled Nazarene
In Flames
Into Eternity
Into the Moat
Invocation of Nehek
Ion Dissonance
It Dies Today
Jason Becker
Joe Satriani
Katatonia
Killswitch Engage
Killwhitneydead
Kittie
KoRn
Lacuna Coil
Lamb of God
Living Sacrifice
Machine Head
Manntis
Marc Rizzo
The Mars Volta
Mastodon
Mercenary
Meshuggah
Metallica (pre-flushing it out)
Metroid Metal
Mnemic
Most Precious Blood
Mr. Bungle
Mudvayne
Mushroomhead
NDE
Neaera
Necrophagist
Nehemiah
Nevermore
Nightrage
Nightwish
Nori Bucci
Norma Jean
The Number 12 Looks Like You
Old Man's Child
On the Virg
Opeth
Pantera
Planet X
Poison the Well
Psychostick
Psyopus
Rammstein
Raunchy
The Red Death
The Red Chord
Remembering Never
Scar Symmetry
Shadows Fall
Skindred
Slayer
Slipknot
Soilwork
Sonata Arctica
Spiral Architect
Steve Vai
Still Remains
Strapping Young Lad
Stratovarius
Streetlight Manifesto
Sykth
Symphony X
Symphorce
System of a Down
Thine Eyes Bleed
Through the Eyes of the Dead
Throwdown
The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza
Tool
Tower of Power
Trivium
Unearth
Victor Wooten
Winter Solstice
LocaL: Sons of Azrael, The Line Dance Massacare, From This Day, Gamalon, and two of my own: And Many More, Dying Breed
Basically I enjoy crazy musicianship, as well as mostly metalcore...breakdowns, harmonies, singing, screaming. Gotta have a good drummer, gotta kick my ass at guitar. That's pretty much it.
Guitars:
Schecter C-1 Classic w/ EMG 81 Pickup (amber)
ESP LTD MH-301 w/ EMG HZ pickups
Guitar Rig:
Peavey 5150II
Marshall 1960A 4x12 Cabinet
Peavey XXL 4x12 Cabinet
Gator 6-Space Shallow rack
Furman PL2-PlusD Power Conditioner
Korg DTR-1000 Rack Tuner
Alesis 3630 Compressor/Noise Gate
Chameleon Racklight
BBE Sonic Maximizer/Noise Reducer 362NR
Rocktron Xpression 24bit DSP Effects Unit
Pedal board (from hollowed out Freedom Case)
Rocktron Midi-Mate
Peavey Footswitch
MXR Wylde Overdrive
MXR KFK 10-band EQ
Boss A/B Switch
Dunlop Hendrix Wah
Boss NS-2 Noisegate
KARSECT Wireless system
Drum Set:
Tama Starclassic Maple (Green with all gold hardware)
2x 24" Bass drums, 8",10",12"14",18" Toms, Spaun Green Acrylic Snare ,
Cymbals: Sabian: 10" AAX Splash, Max Stax Mid, 12" AAX Metal Splash, 14" AAX Studio Hats, 14" AAX Metal Hats, 16" AAX Crash, 17" Virgil Donati Saturation Crash, 14" HHX Mini-Chinese, 22" Rock Ride, 19" AAXPlosion China
Zildjian: 14" A custom Hats, 6" Bell, 16" A Custom Crash.
LP Bell
Hardware: 2x Axis A Longboard Pedals, DW 5000 Double Pedal, Gibraltar Double Rack, Tama Rack, Roc N' Soc throne, Humes and Berg Enduro Cases for Starclassic kit.
Star Trek. Alias. Family Guy. Headbangers Ball. Lost. Dark Angel. Battlestar Galactica(new). Farscape. Smallville, admittedly. The Office. House MD. Heroes.