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My friend Ken recently sent me some photos of the drums he has made and with his permission I am sharing these with you.  

I have been really impressed with Ken's craftsmanship and attention to detail with these drums, and I absolutely love his tension rod design.  The lug is minimal and has a simple and well thought out design.  I played one of his drums today on a gig and thought it looked and sounded great.  Ken hopes to get audio recordings posted soon, so for now enjoy the pictures (below) and I'll provide a link for the audio as soon as I can.

If you'd like more info please email Ken directly via his email address:  snaredrumlug (at) gmail (dot) com or you can leave a comment below and I'll get back to you.  Feel free to also get in touch via my contact form and I can pass along his info to you that way.

Drum #1:  7x13-8 ply Keller Shell-Custom Coyer Drumworks Aluminum Lugs-S-Hoops-Trick Throw

 

Drum #2:  5x12-10 ply Keller Shell-Custom Coyer Drumworks Aluminum/Brass Lugs-Topo Gold Wrap-Trick Throw 

 

Drum #3  5.5x14-8 ply Keller Shell-Custom Coyer Drumworks Aluminum Lugs-Walnut Outer Ply-Traditional Throw  (I love the way this one looks and can't wait to hear it, you can also see a close up view of the lugs/ tension rods in this photo)

 

Drum #4 5.5x14-8 ply Keller Shell-Custom Coyer Drumworks Aluminum Lugs-Pommele Makore Outer Ply-Dunnett R4 Throw  (this is the one I played today, the finish is really cool and the drum played great) 

If you were going to have a custom snare drum built for you, what would you want want in a drum?

 

 

I just finished uploading my first ever collection of drum loops and they are available now via my Band Camp site:  thedale.bandcamp.com  The loops were made with a variety of audio production tools and real percussion instruments.  Some of the loops are crafted entirely with drum machines, others are done with layered percussion.  Most of the editing was done in Logic and Ableton Live.  Also, this collection is available for free to the first 500 customers, so be sure to grab this collection now!   I also have a small collection of some song demos/ experiments available on the site as well.  In time I hope to offer more loop collections and songs as well.  Do you want custom drum tracks or loops  for your next song or project?  If so, please feel free to get in touch! 

Here are some old pics - I found these laying around my website and thought I'd repost them here for fun.  Some are from Ocean Way Nashville (recording with Sixpence), one is from an Over the Rhine tour I played years ago, another from the There She Goes video, one from a Buhanan Records recording session circa 2004 or later...I think that about covers it...

@ OceanWay Nashville recording with Sixpence (photo by Ben Pearson)  (btw:  there is a polaroid picture of my wife taped to the mixer)

w/ Over the Rhine (Jack Henderson on Guitar)

a scene from the video "There She Goes" by Sixpence None the Richer (directed by Brandon Dickerson)

@ Ocean Way Studios (photo by Ben Pearson)

@ Buhanan Studios in Chapel Hill