ESTRUM: DRUMS
C. Brian McClain: Drum-Set, Percussion
Playing for 20 years
Self-taught
Gear:
Yamaha, DW & Pork Pie Drums w/ Yamaha & DW Hardware
Paiste, Meinl & Sabian Cymbals
Humes & Burg Enduro Cases
Evans and/or Aquarian Heads
Vic Firth Sticks
• 8"x8" Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Suspended Tom in Hand
Rubbed Vintage Finish (Aquarian Modern Vintage or Evans G1 on Batter
side and Evans Resonant on Bottom)
• 10"x8" Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Suspended Tom in Hand
Rubbed Vintage Finish (Aquarian Modern Vintage or Evans G2 on Batter
side and Evans Resonant on Bottom)
• 12"x10" Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Suspended Tom in Hand
Rubbed Vintage Finish (Aquarian Modern Vintage or Evans G2 on Batter
side and Evans Resonant on Bottom)
• 8"x2" DW Steel Shell Piccolo Tom (DW Clear/Coated on Batter)
• 16"x14" Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Suspended Tom in Hand
Rubbed Vintage Finish (Aquarian Modern Vintage or Evans G2 on Batter
side and Evans Resonant on Bottom)
• 20"x18" Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute Kick Drum in Hand Rubbed
Vintage Finish (Aquarian SuperKick I/II or Evans EMAD on Batter and
Aquarian Regulator w/ 5" Offset Hole on Resonant Side)
• 14"x6" Pork Pie Clear Acrylic Snare Drum (Remo Emperor Coated,
Evans G2 Coated or Aquarian Modern Vintage on Batter Side and A Evans
Hazy 300 on the Snare Side)
1. Paiste 14" Color Sound Black Hi-Hats (main)
2. Paiste 15" Color Sound Black Hi-Hats (right side, always open)
3. Paiste 8" Mini-Hats (right side of snare, closed)
4. Paiste 10" Mini-Hats (left side of snare, closed)
5. Paiste Signature 22" Dry Dark Ride
6. Paiste 13" Mega Cup Chime
7. Paiste 10" 2000 Bell
8. Paiste Cup Chime Set (1-5)
9. Sabian 10” Evolution Splash
10. Sabian 12” Evolution Splash
11. Meinl 20" MB20 Rock Crash
12. Meinl 20" MB20 Rock China
13. Meinl 20" MB20 Rock China
Yamaha 700 & 800 Series Hardware
DW 9000 Double Pedal
DW 5520 Hi-Hat/Accessory (w/ riq & TB sound enhancers attached)
Influences/Inspiration:
Mark Ryden, Todd Schorr, Daniel Martin Diaz, Joe Coleman, Robert
Williams, Juxtapoz, Bill Bruford, Pat Mastelloto, Virgil Donati, Tim
Alexander, Mike Bordin, Stewart Copeland, Abe Cunningham, Brann
Dailor, Jon Fishman, Steve Gadd, David Garibaldi, Manu Katche, Dave
Lombardo, Terry Bozzio, Akira Jimbo, Danny Carey, David Silveria, Rick
Latham, Zakir Hussain, Trilok Gurtu, Jojo Mayer, Shakti, Vas, A Five and
Dime Ship, The Truth Of My Experience, Flower of Flesh & Blood, Pans
Labyrinth, The Green Butchers and many, many others.
I want to be emotionally and viscerally involved in any of my creative
endeavors. Art should cause an emotional reaction in all who experience it.
It can enhance or destroy, reveal or conceal and anything in between. Art
is communication, awareness, catharsis. I feel artists are a modern day
Shaman. Traveling into the abyss and bringing back the experience for
all. Art is life and life is art.
Estrum is a very special group of musicians/artists. I feel so blessed to be
involved with such high quality people. They are very capable and
creative players, performers, songwriters, composers. They inspire me to
create at my peak. They aren’t afraid of musical
exploration/experimentation. It is so exciting for me to be in a band of
people who have a great respect for the abilities of each member and who
are there to guide, encourage and support one another.
I have an ongoing experimental, experiential, aural, visual, performance art
project for the last 8 years now under the umbrella, The Truth Of My
Experience. Music/Sound, Photo, Art, Video, Wisdom, Information,
Propaganda http://www.myspace.com/thetruthofmyexperience
C. Brian McClain: Drum-Set, Percussion
Playing for 20 years
Self-taught
Gear:
Yamaha, DW & Pork Pie Drums w/ Yamaha & DW Hardware
Paiste, Meinl & Sabian Cymbals
Humes & Burg Enduro Cases
Evans and/or Aquarian Heads
Vic Firth Sticks
• 8"x8" Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Suspended Tom in Hand
Rubbed Vintage Finish (Aquarian Modern Vintage or Evans G1 on Batter
side and Evans Resonant on Bottom)
• 10"x8" Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Suspended Tom in Hand
Rubbed Vintage Finish (Aquarian Modern Vintage or Evans G2 on Batter
side and Evans Resonant on Bottom)
• 12"x10" Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Suspended Tom in Hand
Rubbed Vintage Finish (Aquarian Modern Vintage or Evans G2 on Batter
side and Evans Resonant on Bottom)
• 8"x2" DW Steel Shell Piccolo Tom (DW Clear/Coated on Batter)
• 16"x14" Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Suspended Tom in Hand
Rubbed Vintage Finish (Aquarian Modern Vintage or Evans G2 on Batter
side and Evans Resonant on Bottom)
• 20"x18" Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute Kick Drum in Hand Rubbed
Vintage Finish (Aquarian SuperKick I/II or Evans EMAD on Batter and
Aquarian Regulator w/ 5" Offset Hole on Resonant Side)
• 14"x6" Pork Pie Clear Acrylic Snare Drum (Remo Emperor Coated,
Evans G2 Coated or Aquarian Modern Vintage on Batter Side and A Evans
Hazy 300 on the Snare Side)
1. Paiste 14" Color Sound Black Hi-Hats (main)
2. Paiste 15" Color Sound Black Hi-Hats (right side, always open)
3. Paiste 8" Mini-Hats (right side of snare, closed)
4. Paiste 10" Mini-Hats (left side of snare, closed)
5. Paiste Signature 22" Dry Dark Ride
6. Paiste 13" Mega Cup Chime
7. Paiste 10" 2000 Bell
8. Paiste Cup Chime Set (1-5)
9. Sabian 10” Evolution Splash
10. Sabian 12” Evolution Splash
11. Meinl 20" MB20 Rock Crash
12. Meinl 20" MB20 Rock China
13. Meinl 20" MB20 Rock China
Yamaha 700 & 800 Series Hardware
DW 9000 Double Pedal
DW 5520 Hi-Hat/Accessory (w/ riq & TB sound enhancers attached)
Influences/Inspiration:
Mark Ryden, Todd Schorr, Daniel Martin Diaz, Joe Coleman, Robert
Williams, Juxtapoz, Bill Bruford, Pat Mastelloto, Virgil Donati, Tim
Alexander, Mike Bordin, Stewart Copeland, Abe Cunningham, Brann
Dailor, Jon Fishman, Steve Gadd, David Garibaldi, Manu Katche, Dave
Lombardo, Terry Bozzio, Akira Jimbo, Danny Carey, David Silveria, Rick
Latham, Zakir Hussain, Trilok Gurtu, Jojo Mayer, Shakti, Vas, A Five and
Dime Ship, The Truth Of My Experience, Flower of Flesh & Blood, Pans
Labyrinth, The Green Butchers and many, many others.
I want to be emotionally and viscerally involved in any of my creative
endeavors. Art should cause an emotional reaction in all who experience it.
It can enhance or destroy, reveal or conceal and anything in between. Art
is communication, awareness, catharsis. I feel artists are a modern day
Shaman. Traveling into the abyss and bringing back the experience for
all. Art is life and life is art.
Estrum is a very special group of musicians/artists. I feel so blessed to be
involved with such high quality people. They are very capable and
creative players, performers, songwriters, composers. They inspire me to
create at my peak. They aren’t afraid of musical
exploration/experimentation. It is so exciting for me to be in a band of
people who have a great respect for the abilities of each member and who
are there to guide, encourage and support one another.
I have an ongoing experimental, experiential, aural, visual, performance art
project for the last 8 years now under the umbrella, The Truth Of My
Experience. Music/Sound, Photo, Art, Video, Wisdom, Information,
Propaganda http://www.myspace.com/thetruthofmyexperience
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