thunder_sticks + Musician in High Prairie, AB

SEEKING

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. thunder_sticks at dot com

www.thevisualtimekeeper.com

Screen name:

thunder_sticks

Member since:

Jan 29 2006

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Touring

Years playing music:

30

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 - Presonus FireStudio firewire 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 RW100 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 - 2001 Chevrolet Astro Cargo Van
Enough cabling to wire up a good sized band and my recording set up separately.

MUSIC