Dave is an expert multi-percussionist & drummer equally versed in orchestral, world and jazz styles. Career highlights include featured artist at the Berklee College of Music Percussion Festival, on stage percussionist for The Lion King Musical tour of Australia, instrument consultant and performer for the Baz Luhrman Elvis movie and touring with Diana Krall, Neil Finn, Jerry Lewis, Il Divo, P...
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Dave is an expert multi-percussionist & drummer equally versed in orchestral, world and jazz styles. Career highlights include featured artist at the Berklee College of Music Percussion Festival, on stage percussionist for The Lion King Musical tour of Australia, instrument consultant and performer for the Baz Luhrman Elvis movie and touring with Diana Krall, Neil Finn, Jerry Lewis, Il Divo, Patrizio Buanne, The Whitlams, David Campbell, Katie Noonan and the Australian Ballet.
Dave is highly experienced and efficient when working as a remote session musician in many contexts through previous collaborations with Bluey composer Joff Bush and video game composer Mick Gordon amongst many others.

Studio Gear List -
Mics - AKG C414, AKG C513, Rode NT2A Pair, Rode NT5 Pair, Audix D6, Audix I5, Shure SM57 x4, Shure SM58, Sennheiser e905, K and K Vibraphone pickups. Interfaces - Focusrite Clarett 8 Pre (drum kit), RME UFX, Presonus Digimax D8. Monitors - Presonus Sceptre s8, Equator Audio D5. DAW - Pro Tools, Reaper, Logic Pro, Cubase AI
Dedicated mixing room with full acoustic treatment.

Instrument List -
Drumkits - Sonor S Class Maple made in Germany 6 piece & Gretsch 1960's Round Badge 4 piece Bop kit. Specialist Drums - DW Blackout 10x6 Maple Snare, Pearl Marching 14x16 Snare, Premier 1950's 12x5 wood Snare, Tama Starclassic 12x5 Maple Snare, set of 5 Rototoms, Hand Pan. Gongs & Cymbals - Set of 5 Gamelan Tuned Gongs (low F2, F3, B3, Ab4 & A4), Chinese Tam Tam, Peking Opera Gong (pitch goes up), Zildjian Orchestral Hand Cymbals, Huge selection of ride, hihat & crash cymbals. Mallets - Ross 3 octave Vibraphone with k&k pickup system, Galanti 2 octave vibraphonette, Saito 2.5 Octave Glockenspiel, Vancore 4.3 octave Marimba, Adams 3.5 octave rosewood Xylophone, Kosth 2.5 octave pit Xylophone, chromatic kalimba. Afro Cuban - LP Palladium Congas x3, LP Caliente Bongos, LP Timbales, Timbalitos, Cowbells, Claves, Guiros (wood & metal). South East Asian - Nepalese Madal drum, Indian Tabla (2 sets), Chinese woodblocks, Indian Kutch bells. Middle East - Darabuka, Riq, Bendir (set of 3 Moroccan- Darabuka, Riq, Bendir. African - Djembe, Udu, Shekere. Brazilian - Surdo, Tamborim, Pandiero, Agogo bells, plus a huge assortment of other hand percussion (tambourines, shakers etc). Novelty Instruments - Ratchet, Bike Horn, Duck Nightingale and Train Whistles, set of Harmonic Whirlies, Wind Chimes, Vibra-slap, Washboard, Rain Stick. Timpani - Set of 5 Ludwig Copper.
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