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- What's up guys?
I'm Stanley Randolph and we are here at Drumeo
and I'm gonna show you guys my kit, what I like to use.
Now when I first got the Stevie Wonder gig
I had a more modern kit,
I actually had an 8 inch tom at the time.
I really don't use those anymore now.
I had a 8, 10, 12, 14, 16,
or I had them swapped, like 16, 14 maybe,
something like that.
One kick drum, 22 by 18, I had that,
but as I've evolved in the gig over time
I now have some other things
that I've added to the kit
to make a it a little more vintage 70's feel
and 80's you know and still kind of modern for me,
you know where I can get my rocks off a little bit.
So let me show you what I have here.
We'll start on the left side.
The left side, this is one of my favorite sides,
it's become my favorite side because I am a character,
you know I'm somebody else on this kit,
you know what I'm saying?
The funk comes out of me so,
first of all I have a 12 inch tom,
I either use a 12 inch or a 13 inch tom.
I've take the bottom heads off the toms
to get that sound from that era.
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I also have a 14 inch floor tom
with the bottom head off as well.
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There's just something about the way sound
that just makes you go, makes you feel like you're there.
This snare drum, now this snare drum is my favorite thing.
The way I tune this snare drum.
I have the bottom a little bit tighter
than the top of course.
I usually try to tune the snare drum,
I turn the snares off and I try to get a cool mid range,
kinda low tone out of it,
something that if I turned it off
I could play around with this effect.
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Now the head I normally use on this
is usually a P77, a Remo P77, amazing head.
Right now today I'm using a Controlled Sound
which is also a great head as well,
and I'm using these drum dots,
I have about four,
I usually use four to five drum dots on the snare,
it's usually diagonal
so that way I can kind of muffle each area,
you know of the drum
and I try to play like dead in the middle of the snare.
Well, you know kind of dead in the middle, right here,
in the same spot I always, I'm gonna show you,
and turning the snares on it sounds great you know.
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So along with that funky snare you know what I'm saying,
you gotta have some funky hi-hats.
I'm using 16 inch hi-hats, K Light hi-hats.
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Zildjian, oh my god the best.
Okay so here's my ride,
it's a Zildjian 21 inch sweet ride yo.
One thing I love about this ride,
it's a brilliant finish,
one thing I love about it, it has an amazing bell
and it also has an amazing tone when you crash on it.
I love rides that you can crash on,
you know it's I just, no cymbal,
who says it's a crash, who says it's this,
who say's it's that, you know what I'm saying?
They all have different tones, it's all melodic to me,
so I love this type of ride check it out.
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Love that ride.
Right over to my left I have a 20 inch A Custom EFX, yo.
I love this cymbal, the size of it,
the wash of it, is definitely 70's to me,
I feel like it's today and the 70's at the same time.
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Now one thing I love about this crash right here,
is that it's, to me it feels like it's old but new,
it can go with this kit or it can with this kit over here
so it complements both sets of cymbals very well
so check this out.
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I love this cymbal as well.
Check this out,
so right now what I'm using right here, I usually use,
today I'm using a pair of A Custom Projection Hats.
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They're 14's, I usually use 15's, the 15's New Beat
because they have such a crispness, I love that they have,
but these sound just as amazing so.
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And it goes with this side of the set,
which is a little bit more modern,
I have my snare tuned a little bit higher,
toms, I usually have a 12 inch tom right here as well.
We have toms,
they're tuned a little bit different than those you know.
So it's like a variety, so check it out, this kit.
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So, it's just a variety of you know,
I can have both worlds at the same time so you know,
I just have fun with it.
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Yo I'm Stanley Randolph, thank you for having me.
Check this out, if you like how this kit sounds
or you want to hear more of it
I want you to click on the link below, sign up with Drumeo,
check it out yo.
I got plenty and tons of lessons on there
where I'm showing you how to develop funky grooves,
you know stuff like that,
I also got some play alongs,
some stuff that you can play to and you know,
develop you're own funky groove,
so guess what, I want you to do me a favor
sign up for Drumeo right now.
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