Drummer for 50+ years. Self-taught, picked up many other instruments along the way.
Way too many to list, but a guess at my top 5 (in no particular order):
- Led Zeppelin
- Rush (especially the late Neil Peart)
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Frank Zappa
- Pink Floyd
Primary Music Gear:
Fender, Gibson, DAngelico, Peavey, Ovation, Godin guitars
Music Nomad and Dunlop guitar maintenance products
Hercules guitar stands
Amplification by Marshall, Carvin, PreSonus
GOKKO pedalboards
KORG MS-20 analog synthesizer
KORG SQ-1 sequencer
Yamaha MX49 digital synthesizer
Alesis V25 MIDI controller
DW drums/hardware with Zildjian, Paiste and Wuhan cymbals
Iron Cobra kick pedals
Additional percussion by LP and Treeworks
Recording/Mixing/Mastering:
Dell XPS 8920 tower with dual Dell UltraSharp U2417H displays
Behringer A/D interfaces (UMC1820, ADA8200)
REAPER DAW
ONN tablet (DAW remote control)
Mackie CR3-X monitors
Mackie CRBT5 monitors
Marantz and Sennheiser headphones
Carvin DX1642 mixer
Sennheiser, Shure, R0DE, Donner, Solomon, NEAT, Heimu, CAD microphones
On-Stage stands
Hosa, Audioblast, GEARIT, SONICAKE cabling
Ethercon XLR snake adapters
Velcro One-Wrap tape, by the mile!