INTRODUCTIONS: Please Use This Thread To Introduce Yourself!

Real name? Andrew
Age? 25 and a half
How long have you been playing? 13ish years
Origin of user name? Type of potato chips/crisps
Your top 5 drummers? Dave Grohl, Jon Theodore, Benny Greb, Jean Paul Gaster, myself
Make of drumkit? Mapex Saturn, big
Make of cymbal? Zildjian mostly
Where do you practice?Pads and mini kit in my lounge, nowhere on my big kit :(
Are you in a band? In a classic/pub rock covers band, and a retired originals band
Do you play covers or originals? Started doing covers six months ago, played originals most of the time
What style of music? Punk-blues-rock, getting into funk, jazz, and jazzy funk
Favourite take out food? Indian
What country do you live in? A city called Rotorua in New Zealand.
One really odd fact about yourself? I'm a vegan
How did you start drumming? with one stick on a blue suitcase, when my dad was watching a Dire Straits video, when I was too young to know how old I was

The animals of the world thank you for the vegan thing...!

(I'm fellow vegetarian for 20 years. I do enjoy a good cheese every now and then. We need to make a list of most famous vegetarin drummers..)
 
Real name? Larry
Age? 46
How long have you been playing? 1.5 years technically. Figuritively, since age 4.
Origin of user name? hmm..my name?
Your top 5 drummers? Earl Young (Philly Soul legend) Ringo, Phil Ehart, Nigel Olsson, Stanton Moore
Make of drumkit? Ludwig club date, Gretsch Catalina
Make of cymbal? Zildjian, Paiste
Where do you practice? 3rd floor of 100 year old house
Are you in a band? I wish...soon hopefully
Do you play covers or originals? covers
What style of music? pop, rock, 1970s AM radio Top 40, soul
Favourite take out food? Mexican
What country do you live in? USA
One really odd fact about yourself? Vegetarian long distance runner
How did you start drumming? mid life crisis thing
 
Real name? Henri
Age? 53
How long have you been playing? 30 years
Origin of user name? Well... Mad About Drums = MAD (which is true)
Your top 5 drummers? Simon Phillips, Jeff Porcaro, Vinnie Colaiuta, Benny Greb and Billy Cobham
Make of drumkit? Tama Artstar II (maple shells)
Make of cymbal? Zildjian
Where do you practice? In my basement
Are you in a band? Not currently
Do you play covers or originals? Both
What style of music? All styles really, mainly rock, jazz, fusion, funk
Favourite take out food? Fish and Chips (no vinegar!)
What country do you live in? Lived in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and currently France.
One really odd fact about yourself? I'm totally and utterly MAD about music.
How did you start drumming? Tried the guitar as a teenager, but I always liked the drummer in the music, so it's probably because of Ringo Starr and Cozy Powell.
 
A re-introduction of sorts as I have been "away" for a while..



Real name? Dave
Age? 44
How long have you been playing? 22 years
Origin of user name? I am a slave AGAIN to my lovely kit.
Your top 5 drummers? Seriously? That's like asking my favorite sex position, I like them all..
Make of drumkit? Premier Signia Marquis
Make of cymbal? Mixed
Where do you practice? My shoebox of a living room, wanna jam?
Are you in a band? Several projects at this time.
Do you play covers or originals? Both
What style of music? Rock, Jam, Improv., Jazz
Favourite take out food? Take out is garbage in my opinion.
What country do you live in? U.S.A.
One really odd fact about yourself? I have 3 arms.
How did you start drumming? Long story short; Went to see a band with a friend, was inspired to play in a band, wanted to play bass at first, friend bought a bass and I got stuck with the drums. I actually liked it and stuck with them, even though after all this time I still suck..

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Real name? James
Age? 15
How long have you been playing? 2 years
Origin of user name? My name and year I was born
Your top 5 drummers? Not sure about top 5 but mainly Tré Cool
Make of drumkit? Mapex
Make of cymbal? Zildjian
Where do you practice? My brothers garage
Are you in a band? Yep, (80)
Do you play covers or originals? Covers
What style of music? Rock,Punk
Favourite take out food? Papa John's Pizza
What country do you live in? U.K
How did you start drumming?
Brother bought a kit and I liked the look of playing drums. Had a go on the kit and found I got the hang of it, since then I have carried on playing.


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Real name: Brent
Age: 51
How long have you been playing? 42 yrs.
Origin of user name? My initials are BB, so algebraically......
Your top 5 drummers? Charlie Watts, Max Weinberg, Ringo Starr, John Bonham, Buddy Rich
Make of drumkit? Ludwig Classic Maple; 8x12, 9x13, 16x16 FT, 18x22 BD, 6.5x14 SD, all in Sky Blue Pearl Wrap.
Make of cymbal? Zildjian
Where do you practice? In my basement or with my band at a local high school.
Are you in a band? Yes
Do you play covers or originals? Both
What style of music? Rock, Jazz, Blues, HipHop
Favorite take out food? Sub sandwiches; I am always looking for new places to compare.
What country do you live in? US
One really odd fact about yourself? I have 3 dogs and 2 cats!
How did you start drumming? My 2nd grade teacher made us listen to all of the instruments in the orchestra and we had to pick our favorite. I picked the snare drum and I started playing in 4th grade.
 
Real name: Brent
Age: 51
How long have you been playing? 42 yrs.
Origin of user name? My initials are BB, so algebraically......
Your top 5 drummers? Charlie Watts, Max Weinberg, Ringo Starr, John Bonham, Buddy Rich
Make of drumkit? Ludwig Classic Maple; 8x12, 9x13, 16x16 FT, 18x22 BD, 6.5x14 SD, all in Sky Blue Pearl Wrap.
Make of cymbal? Zildjian
Where do you practice? In my basement or with my band at a local high school.
Are you in a band? Yes
Do you play covers or originals? Both
What style of music? Rock, Jazz, Blues, HipHop
Favorite take out food? Sub sandwiches; I am always looking for new places to compare.
What country do you live in? US
One really odd fact about yourself? I have 3 dogs and 2 cats!
How did you start drumming? My 2nd grade teacher made us listen to all of the instruments in the orchestra and we had to pick our favorite. I picked the snare drum and I started playing in 4th grade.

WOW 42YEARS! Holy Shit @.@
 
Hi guys!

Hi everybody, my name is Tomás and i'm from Argentina, so my english isn't very good haha. I'm 16 years old and I play drums since I was 11 (5 years drumming).

Currently I am learning with a personal tutor, but I used to learn in a Yamaha Music Academy here.

I like to play funk, rock, shuffle, fusion and also a bit of jazz.
Well, I hope to learn more here, enjoy and drumming!
 
Re: Hi guys!

Welcome Tomas, sit back and enjoy don't worry about your English mine is terrible and I'm from here...............my typing stinks too. I'm old! Doc
 
Re: Hi guys!

Hi Tomas

Welcome to the forum...

You will learn stuff here... You will enjoy Yourself here... But you can't play the drums here, you can only talk about it...

Have fun...
 
Re: Hi guys!

We accept videos here Mad about Drums, so Yes you can play here!!! Not to loud ok. Doc
 
Hello world!

Hi, as you probably guessed, im new here!
You can call me Anto, Im 17 and have been fascinated by drums since.. forever >:D
I live in Ireland, with the green dancing midgets and what not haha
My arsenal of destruction consists of a Mapex Meridian Birch kit:
-13x10 tom
-16x16 floor tom
-18x16 floor tom
-24x18 bass drum
-14x6.5 snare
-Zildjian A custom 16" crash
-Zildjian A custom 18" crash
-Zildjian A custom 20" ride
-Zildian A custom 14" hi-hat
I also own a Roland electric drum kit for these irresistible urges to play drums at night (lucky neighbors!)
I listen mainly to old hard rock, the real stuff ;) The Who, Guns n Roses, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Queen and pretty much every thing with some interesting drums and lead guitar work!!
Other that drums, I'v been playing piano since i was 9 and mess around on the guitar from time to time ( dont we all??)
Anyway, thats about all i can think of right now, any questions are welcome!
 
Re: Hello world!

Thanks man! I really enjoyed that cover of Come Together, great work! I'm going to try and videos a few of my covers
 
real name is michael Worrell
i am 40
been playing for 28 years
its a long story an a different thread....lol
top 5 are danny carey carter bouford, matt apts josh freese dave lombardo gavin harrison
sonor force 2001 birch
zildjian
i practice at home and in a rehearsal studio
i am in a signed band called LAWS OF AVERAGE.
mostly original but some covers live.
we are the new era of Christian rock. not preachy but more about values.
i hate take out but prefer taco hell
i live in the US
odd fact: i play left handed just to be different
i got kicked out of auditions for the choir an went into band auditions and made snare drum only to get shot down by my parents. i went back to school the next day and took up the trombone an continued the snare to trick my parents. worked until the first concert as they expected to see me playing the trombone.
 

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Hello All

Real name? Mike

Age? 42

How long have you been playing? Just started

Origin of user name? I Raise Snakes !

Top 5 Drummers? Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Mike Portnoy, Neil Peart, Dave Lombardo

Make of drumkit? PDP FS Birch In Cherry

Make of cymbal? Meinl

Where do you practice? Home Studio

Are you in a band? Yes (two but as a Bassist)

Do you play covers or originals? Both

What style of music? Stoner/Doom/Hard Rock

Favourite take out food? Pizza

What country do you live in? U.S.A.

One really odd fact about yourself? I'm OCD

How did you start drumming? out of necessity

View from Behind

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View From the Front

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Bought the kit used and recently added the extra floor tom (hence the new clean head..lol)
 
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