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MY NAME: Aswin

MY LOCATION: Bangalore, India

MY OCCUPATION: I'm a Software Engineer by profession. I also play guitar occasionally. I love travelling, photography and gaze at the night sky through my telescope.

MY BAND: Twilight Zone. We just started playing together. Just did one gig couple of weeks back. We covered Crazy Train by Ozzy, Cant Stop by RHCP and did one own number called Twilight Zone.

MY WEBSITE: http://www.sticksnbeats.com

MY FIRST INSPIRATION: My first insipiration was watching a close friend of mine practising for a gig. He taught me to hold the sticks and play some basic rudiments. From there on I just got glued to it.

MY INSPIRING/FAVORITE DRUMMER: Hmm..Strangely I have always had a proclivity to all drummers I got an opportunity to watch/hear.
Some of my favourites to date have been John Bonham, Carter Beauford, Mike Portney, Danny Carey, Ulrich, Sean Kinney, Thomas Lang, Gavin Harrison, to name a few.

MY MUSIC STYLES: Rock predominantly and Heavy Metal sometimes. I would love to be able to understand/play progressive rock, funk and jazz styles fluidly someday. Started to play double bass for about 3 weeks now.

MY SUPPORT/MENTOR: I look for inspiration from all the drummers I come across and have been in touch with. Currently I look for support from my current band guitarist. We have always challenged each other
to excede each others boundaries and hope to do so in future too.

MY STORY: Picked up the sticks and bought a simple drum kit in the beginning 2005 when a group of friends decided to start a band and participate in a competition. Although we made a mock of ourselves in that event we stuck as a band and performed
at our college annual fest to become to the first rock band to have performed ever. From there on I furthered my learnings through all the resources I could get my hands and some of them which I have bought.Currently working out some own compositions with
my new band.

MY PICS - GEAR - AUDIO/VIDEO
Havent yet added any pics of my drum kit. I have a Mapex VX Jazz series and I also have a DW Practise Pad Kit.

MY AUDIO / MY VIDEO - Havent done any proper recordings yet. Hope to get some uploaded to my website this year.

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Aswin | www.sticksnbeats.com

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