We took sometime with Russell Graham on his break from rehearsals for the 2012 BET Awards to discuss his set-up and work flow. He explains the challenges involved with live TV productions and accommodating various artist on the same show. According to Russell, he’s keeping it simple for the awards by using a VP-770 and two JUPITER-80s. Related links and articles: Roland [...]
Usher’s band members, Valdez Brantley and Aaron Spears, take a break from their BET Awards 2012 rehearsal to show us their chops on the Jupiter-80, Fantom-G6, and TD-15KV drum kit. Related links and articles: The Benefits of Electronic Drums Learn to Play Electronic Drums New Product: Add Triggering to Any Drum Set with the BT-1 Bar Trigger Pad
In part 2 of our sit down with James, he talks about how Radiohead, Rick Wakeman, Duran Duran, Nick Rhodes, Wendy Carlos, and Klaus Schulze inspire him and why they are synth pioneers. James also breaks down how the JUPITER series synthesizer is forever etched in popular music. By the way, could anyone tell us the name of the album by Klaus Schulze that [...]
Last week we had a chance to sit down with James Dewees, keyboard player for “My Chemical Romance” to discuss how he landed his current gig. It turns out that James has been involved with several bands including Coalesce, The Get Up Kids, New Found Glory, Leathermouth, and Reggie and the Full Effect. Playing, writing, and even singing in these [...]
