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MY NAME: Jake

MY LOCATION: USA Tennessee

MY OCCUPATION: Well, I'm actually trying out to be a studio drummer within the next few days. I HOPE THAT WORKS OUT!

MY BAND: We're very new, and I play guitar for it, and it's called Ardent Wish. Our MySpace is www.myspace.com/ardentwish. We have no songs up since we've only been together for about a week or 2. We're a Progressive Metal band, much like Dream Theater, but not as good...

MY WEBSITE: Oh...I already put that, but I'll put it again.
www.myspace.com/ardentwish

MY FIRST INSPIRATION: Well, I've always wanted to play drums, and I got a drum set for Christmas in 99 I believe it was, so I started playing a little, then moved up to stuff like Blink-182, Good Charlotte...punk music basically. Then moved on to bands like Journey and Creed, then one day in a magazine about Sabian Cymbals, I spotted this enormous set, and the man that owned it...you guessed it, the owner of the Siamese Monster, Mike Portnoy! I looked up some videos of him and loved it, now I play the style of Dream Theater, Rush, and just alot of Progressive Rock/Metal now. Mike Portnoy was my REAL influence, after him, Jason Bittner, Bobby Jarzombek, Akira Jimbo, Joe Babiak, Virgil Donati, Steve Gadd, Buddy Rich, Jo Jo Mayer, and several more.

MY INSPIRING/FAVORITE DRUMMER: Mike Portnoy

MY MUSIC STYLES: Progressive Rock/Metal

MY SUPPORT/MENTOR: Well...myself and some of my friends.

MY STORY: You kind of figured it out by now, I like to ramble I guess...

My Drums:
I am getting these really soon.

Tama Swingstar 7 piece White with Black Hardware - $600

2 - 22x18 Bass Drums
1 - 10x10 Mounted Tom
1 - 12x12 Mounted Tom
1 - 13x13 Mounted Tom
1 - 16x16 Floor Tom
1 - 16x18 Floor Tom
1 - 5.5x14 Snare Drum

2 - Double Braced 3-Tier Cymbal Stands
1 - Straight 3-Tier Cymbal Stand
1 - Double Braced Tom Stand w/ boom cymbal arm
1 - Double Braced Hi-hat Stand With Drop Clutch and Hi-hat to Bass Clamp
1 - Double Braced Snare Stand
2 - Tama Bass Pedals (They're okay)
1 - Very Comfortable Throne!

All Evans Genera G2 Coated Batter and Clear Resonant Heads on Toms, Evans EMAD Batter Head on Basses, with black Tama Logo Resonant Head, and Evans ST Dry Snare Head.

My Cymbals are already mine, and the setup is as follows...

Left to Right:
16 Wuhan China
14 Paiste 802 Hi-hats
14 K Zildjian Special Dark Crash
8 Zildjian ZBT Splash
10 Zildjian ZBT Splash
16 Paiste 802 Crash
20 Paiste 802 Ride
18 Wuhan China

Now, I will show you my old setup, and the new one...(One pic is smaller than the other, my set wasn't tiny mind you)

Old

New

Needless to say, I'm very excited!

Well, hope you enjoyed learning about me!

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For every decision, there's a consequence, choose your consequences wisely!
-Jake