thunder_sticks
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SEEKING

Band to Join, Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboard, Background Singer.

ABOUT

Looking to play some basic rock and roll, blues,hard rock, metal, country, or country/rock and do some GIGGING.

I love 80's hair metal, hard rock, blues rock and classic rock. I can play comfortably with a click and have a small recording studio that I use regularly.

Screen name:
thunder_sticks
Member since:
Jan 29 2006
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Touring
Years playing music:
40
Gigs played:
Over 100
Tend to practice:
More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:
6-7 nights a week
Most available:
Nights

Influences

Bad Company, AC/DC, Stryper, Nazareth, Free, CCR, Eagles, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Wig Wam, Road Hammers, Bulletboys, Ratt, Black Stone Cherry, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jason Aldean, Ozzy, Judas Priest............etc.

Instrument experience:

Drums:
Advanced
Vocalist:
Moderate
Other Percussion:
Moderate
Background Singer:
Moderate

EQUIPMENT

Main Stage and Recording Set

7 piece BasiX Birch tobacco fade drum kit:
8",10",12",14",16" toms, 22" kick, 14" X 5" snare
14" X 5" Yamaha Chrome over steel snare
13" X 3" Dixon Birch snare
Full 3 sided Gibraltar rack, with overhead cymbals
8",10",15",16",18",22" Sabian cymbals
14", 13" Sabian Hi-Hats
12", 18" Wuhan China cymbals
Trick Percussion Pro 1-V Double kick pedal
Latin Percussion Ridge Rider Cowbell
Latin Percussion Jam Block - Low

Rehearsal and Fill in gig kit:
5 piece Mapex birch shell drum set consisting of:
18" kick, 8", 10" 12" rack toms, 12" snare
Gibraltar rack system
16", 18" Sabian HHX Dave Weckl crash cymbals
10" Sabian HHX Dave Weckl splash cymbal
13" Zildjian A Custom Hi-Hats
Axis Percussion A2 Double kick pedal

Recording

1 - Focusrite 18i20 mkII recording interface
2 - Behringer ADA8000 Mic Preamp with ADAT out
1 - HP Envy 17 laptop with Reaper recording software
1 - Self built PC: 2.66 Core i7 processor, 12Gb Ram, 120GB Kingston SSD, 1.5TB internal storage drive, 200GB USB 2.0 external hard drive, 500GB Firewire external hard drive, Windows 7 64Bit, Reaper 64 Bit recording software

1 - Peavey Millennium 5 AC BXP bass guitar, 5 string, active pickups
1 - Fender Squier Stratocaster, hot rail in bridge position, custom wiring with microswitches to split and tap coils, custom noise sheilding, fully scalloped fretboard
1 - Washburn x20 Pro 6 string electric
1 - ART Tube MP microphone preamp
1 - ART M-One large diaphragm condenser mic
1 - Middle-Atlantic PF-SS Split-Screen Pop Filter

Live and Recording

1 - Beyer Dynamic Opus 99 Kick drum mic
3 - Audix Fusion F10 drum mic's for toms
1 - Audix Fusion F12 drum mic for largest floor tom
4 - Behringer C2 small diaphram condenser mic's for cymbal overheads, hi-hat
1 - Apex 415 large diaphram condenser for room mic/vocal mic
2 - Shure SM57 mic for snare top/bottom
2 - Shure PG57
1 - Crown CM311A headset vocal microphone- wired
1 - Crown CM311A headset vocal microphone-wireless
1 - Shure Wireless receiver and bodypack
1 - Nady PEM500 wirelesss in-ear monitor system
1 - Rolls Tiny Two-Way Crossover
1 - Tama RW105 Rhythm Watch Metronome
1 - Boss DB60 Metronome
1 - Rolls PM50s headphone amplifier
1 - ButtKicker LFE audio transducer (attached to drum throne when using in-ear monitors)
1 - Crate Sa1400 Power Amplifier
1 - Crown XS202 Power Amplifier
1 - Peavey IPR1600 Power Amplifier
1 - Behringer EP2500 Power Amplifier
2 - Peavey PV215 Equalizers for monitors
1 - Behringer FBQ3102 Equalizer for front end
2 - Peavey 23XO crossovers
1 - Behringer DI800 Ultra DI Pro 8 Channel Direct box
1 - Yamaha 01V digital mixing board
1 - SKB Gig Rig to mount it all in!
2 - Peavey PV115 monitor wedges
2 - Peavey PV112 monitor wedges
2 - ElectroVoice SxA250 powered monitor wedges
2 - EV Eliminator 15" top speakers
2 - EV Eliminator 18" subwoofers
2 - Community CSX40-S2 dual 15" subwoofers
8 - three legged microphone stands
1 - DMXIs by Enntec DmX control USB adapter
1 - FCB-1010 footboard for light control
2 - Chauvet 4Bar LED light bars
2 - Chauvet 4Play LED light bars
2 - Par56 stage lights
8 - Par36 pin spot lights
1 - Custom built 240V power distribution panel
1 - 5'X8' cargo trailer
1 - 2007 Chevrolet Colorado w/canopy
Enough cabling to wire up a good sized band and my recording set up separately.

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