2010 Custom Electronic Drums

MODULE:
2Box DrumIt Five Module*
*32GB expanded running a variety of sample libraries via SD cards.
Roland RT Triggers
Samson MDR624 six-channel mixer
Cubase

DRUMS: (Triggered)
18" x 7" Tama Club Jam Bass drum
12" 2Box DrumIt Five SnarePad
14" x 7" Tama Club Jam floor Tom
12" x 5" Tama Club Jam Snare / Floor Tom
10" x 6.5" Tama Club Jam Tom Tom
10" x 4" Tama Mini-Tymp
8" x 4" Tama Mini-Tymp

CYMBALS:: (Triggered)
Custom Triggered Zildjian Gen16 JMan 20" Ride
Custom Triggered Zildjian Gen16 JMan 14" Hi-Hats
Smartrigger 16" Crash Ride
Smartrigger 14" China
Smartrigger 13" Crash
Smartrigger 13 Crash



BACKGROUND:
My electronic drum journey has spanned many decades and I embraced the concept fully.
From the early Roland drum machines in the 1980’s, through the majority of Roland TD kits from the TD-3 through to the TD-20 as well as Yamaha sets, I owned them all.

In 2008, I set up my own electronic drum retail company, ‘eDrum Attic’ which over the five years, grew to a renowned international company.

Along the way in 2010, I found an early 2Box DrumIt open sound drum system module and their sampled sounds in the module were so far beyond anything Roland was offering.

I purchased a full kit set and was so impressed, I became an official retailer for the brand and by the end of year two, I was in the top 3 retailers of the brand.

By 2013, a shift in the market and a 3 week contract to Tour Manage Phil Collins’ son Simon changed everything.

That three week contract just kept extending and led to me managing Simon’s personal and professional career. Something had to give and I decided to close eDrum Attiic.

For a few years, I had used the DrumIt Five module (which I had modified) with this Mapex acoustic set with mesh heads and a special Jobeky custom built 14x8" Pearl BLX Phil Collins replica snare.

This kit saw me faultlessly through three years of high level function band shows.

Over the years I have used many types of drums and cymbals with the module, but as of 2020, I'm using a Tama Club Jam set, and this kit I am very happy with as it ticks so many boxes.

It gives me a 'big kit, small foot print' set with seven drums and six cymbals with a small Club set of acoustic shells and mix of acoustic low volume cymbals to help retain that 'real feel', and these are trigger sampled cymbals.

These I developed in conjunction with a good friend who did so much for electronic drum community, the late Jerry Langenfeld (R.I.P Jman.)

It isn’t a replacement for an acoustic kit, but it certainly offers me something different and it can be played 24/7 - From time to time, I have even recorded sessions with it via Cubase.

A very nice and functional set to have in the collection.