My Drum Set

My drum set is a 5 Piece CB Drums kit. The heads are evans g2 coated on one tom, remo clear pinstripe on the other two toms, and a evans g2 clear snare head. My cymbals consist of 13" Paiste PST 3 Hi-hats, 15" and 18" Sabian B8 Crashes, Sabian B8 8" Splash and Zildjian ZBT 10" Splash, and a 20" Paiste PST 5 Medium ride. My stands are Sound Percussion holding my cymbals (and a stock hi-hat stand soon to be replaced), a pdp double bass pedal, and also I have moon gels on all my toms and snare. I have a Pulse Rotary Tom set with a 6" 8" and 10" toms with stock heads which I only use to fool around on them.

Concerns starting a band:
My friend is a bassist
I can be the drummer
I have no guitarist though
No singer also

Influences

Okay, my grade had a field trip to Boston, where we saw the Blue Man Group! This was an amazing show!
Another influence is Neil Peart from Rush.
Breaking Benjamin's Drummer.
John Bonham
Stewart Copeland (Police)
Other Bands and artists:
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Eric Clapton
The Beatles
Police
Drake
Eminem
Breaking Benjamin
Little Feat
Led Zeppelin
Blue Stahli

Christmas 2010 :D

So as you know, The holidays are slowly coming soon,(which I am so excited for!) I would love for some new ideas for some drum equipment. I am looking for a new pair of hi-hats, as well as a crash. My ideas for both these cymbals are the Paiste PST 5's Medium crash and hi-hats. My family is on a budget of $500.00 for each person. So I still have enough money for suggestions!! I also really want 2 microphones for my drumming, as well as experementing my vocals. The only problem with microphones are that you need a mixer, an interface, and speakers. That can easily hit up to the thousands for some good quality sound. So, my drum teacher recommended microphones called USB Mics. They are cheap little guys that just plug right into your computers! They are perfect for the budget, but you get the performance for the price right? Because of the low end cost of these microphones, I need a reliable good quality pair of mics. I have looked for some USB mics, and this is what I have come up with: http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/MXL-MXL-990-USB-Powered-Condenser-Microphone?sku=271009, and: http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/Nady-USB1C-USB-Condenser-Microphone?sku=277180. Also, can you please tell me what microphones would get good drum sound as well as vocals. Thanks so much and hope for feedback!

About Me

My name is Camden and I'm a 13-year-old aspiring drummer. I'll be using this blog to share some of my music as well as my favorite tracks from other artists. I will also discuss my likes and dislikes regarding drumming equipment. I have played the drums for three years and while I have progressed a lot in this time I am always open to your suggestions for improvement. I hope you'll stick around!