My influences:
I have been influenced by many different drummers, but some favorites I've looked to over the years for inspiration have included: Kenny Aronoff, Stewart Copeland, Ringo Starr, Alex Van Halen, Ian Paice, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Gadd, Steve Smith, Danny Seraphine, Simon Phillips, Terry Bozzio, Paul Leim, Will Calhoun, Phil Rudd, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa and the list goes on!
Altered Five's influences: Robben Ford, B.B King, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, T Lavitz, Larry Carlton, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Joe Bonamassa, Tab Benoit, The Beatles...just to name a few.
Sounds Like
Altered Five: Imagine if Muddy Waters would have remade songs by the Rolling Stones instead of the other way around.
Scott Schroedl is a full-time musician, live performer, freelance studio drummer, The Dream Factory recording studio owner, and popular private-lesson music instructor based in Madison, Wisconsin. He is an internationally recognized published author whose previously released titles include: Drum Tuning- the Ultimate Guide, 101 Drum Tips, Grooves You Can Use, the Hal Leonard Sound Library Series (three book/CD/CD-ROM packages of drum loops for use in music looping programs) and Play Drums Today! Levels 1 and 2 (a self-teaching drum set method), and a Play Drums Today! DVD. In addition, Scott is a professional drum transcriber for both Cherry Lane Music and Hal Leonard Corporation (Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium, Best of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Greatest Hits and; Hal Leonard Drum Play-Along Series (many); Dave Matthews Band Fan Favorites; Metallica St. Anger; Blink 182 for Drums; System of a Down- Toxicity for Drums; The Beatles Drum Collection; Nirvana Drum Collection; Best of Steely Dan; Metallica—Garage, Inc.; Chicago—Transcribed Scores, Volumes 1 and 2; and selected volumes from both the Musician’s Institute Workshop and Gig Guide series, and many more)—for whom he is also a prolific session drummer, having recorded well over 250 of the audio CDs (over 3,500 songs) that supplement their instructional books. In an attempt to help home recording enthusiasts obtain professional sounding drum tracks, he began Scott Schroedl’s Pro Drum Tracks available to anyone anywhere in the world via the internet through this web site. Scott proudly endorses Drum Tech DTS Drum Tuning System, Aquarian Drumheads, Axis Pedals, Noble & Cooley Drums, Paiste Cymbals, RoboKey drum keys, and Vic Firth Drumsticks.
2003 Noble & Cooley CD Maple 9"x10", 10"x12", 16"x16" toms, 17"x22" kick in custom blue sparkle
2001 Noble & Cooley CD Maple 9"x10", 9"x12", 16"x16" toms, 17"x22" kick in translucent purple
1968 Ludwig 8"x12", 9"x13", 16"x16" toms, 16"x20" kick in Psychodelic Red
1994 Premier Signia 8"x8", 9"x10", 10"x12", 12"x14", 16"x16", 16"x18" toms, (2) 18"x22" kicks in Cherrywood finish
Snare Drums
2005 Noble & Cooley 7"x14" Solid Shell Maple Classic with die cast hoops
2003 Noble & Cooley 5"x14" CD maple with die cast hoops
2001 Noble & Cooley 5"x14" Solid Shell Maple Classic with die cast hoops
2001 Noble & Cooley 4 3/4"x14" Alloy Classic with die cast hoops
2001 Noble & Cooley 7"x14" Symmetrical Ply
Custom made 5"x14" maple shell with die cast hoops
Custom made 6.5"x14" maple shell with die cast hoops
Custom made 3.5"x13" maple shell
Custom made 6"x12" maple shell
Premier Signia 5.5"x14" maple shell
Pacific SX Series 5.5"x14" all-maple snare with wood hoops and vintage-style tube lugs
Tama Brass shell 6.5"x14"
2000's Ludwig Black Beauty 6.5x14 Hammered Tube Lug Brass Shell
1990's Ludwig Black Beauty 5"x14" Hammered Std. Lug Brass Shell
1980's Ludwig Supraphonic LM-402 6.5x14" snare
1960's Ludwig acrolite 5.5"x14" aluminum shell
Zildjian 6.5"x14" with cast bronze shell, die cast hoops
Remo 12" Black Max Tunable Sound Shape (sounds like a modern marching snare)
15" Slingerland marching snare
Paiste Cymbals
RIDES
Paiste 2002- 20" Ride
Paiste Signature-22" Dark Metal Ride
Paiste Signature-22" Reflector Bell Ride "Powerslave"
Paiste New Signature- 21" Dark Energy Mark II Ride
Paiste Signature- 20" Full ride
Paiste Signature- 20" Dry Crisp ride
Paiste Signature- 20" Flat Ride
Paiste Giant Beat- 20" Multi-functional
Paiste Giant Beat- 24" Ride
Paiste Dimensions 22" Medium ride
CRASHES
Paiste New Signature- Dark Energy 15"
Paiste New Signature- Dark Energy 17"
Paiste New Signature- Dark Energy 18"
Paiste Signature- 16" Full Crash
Paiste Signature- 18" Full Crash
Paiste Signature- 18" Fast Crash
Paiste Signature- 18" Power crash
Paiste Signature- 18" Crystal crash
Paiste 2002 Series- 19" Crash
Paiste Dimensions 16" Power crash
Paiste Dimensions 18" Power crash
Paiste Giant Beat- 18" crash
CHINAS
Paiste Signature- 20" Heavy china
Paiste 2002 Series- 18" Thin China
EFFECT CYMBALS
Paiste Signature- 12" Flanger Bell
Paiste Signature- 13" Mega Cup Chime
Paiste 2002 Series- 6 Cup Chime 5 1/2"
Paiste 2002 series- (2) 6" Accent cymbals
Paiste Noise Works- 12/16 Trash Set
Factory Metal Pro-line FX Celtic Bell with jingles
Other older cymbals
Ufip Class- 22" Ride, 11" China Splash, 10" Splash, 6" Ice Bell
Ufip Rough Series- 13" Wave Hi-hats
Ufip Natural Series- 8", 10" Splashes
Zildjian- 21" Rock ride, 14" New Beat Hi-hats, 16" Medium Crash, A Custom 18" Crash
Wuhan- 12" China
Akai MPC 1000 Midi Production Center with 128MB expansion used for drum sampling and MIDI sequencing
Dell Inspiron Laptop for sample storage and editing
DDRUM 3 high speed triggering interface with pressure and position detection, with onboard sampler
DDRUM cast precision pads (3-toms, kick, snare)
Mac laptop for use with DDRUM 3 sample storage including over 10,000 acoustic and electronic drum and percussion sounds from around the world.
DrumKat turbo 2000 v4.5 midi pad/controller with 10 pads and 9 trigger inputs
MalletKat Pro with internal sounds including standard melodic sounds as well as tuned percussion
Aura drum throne bass shakers (for live)
Sensaphonics ProPhonic 4 in-ear monitors
Rane ME30 eq, DC24 compressor/limiter, HC6 headphone amp
Furman power conditioner
(2) quad rack mount DI's for DDRUM 3 outputs
Yamaha Click Station
Hardware
Assorted Drum Workshop tom, cymbal, hi-hat stands and stackers
(2)Rock-n-sock thrones with backrests
(3)Axis "A" double pedals
Assorted Tama cymbal clamps and boom arms
DrumTech DTS drum tuning system on snares and toms
RoboKey drumkeys
Sticks
Assorted Vic Firth sticks, brushes, mallets, rutes, and blades.
Drum Heads
Bass Drum: Aquarian Super-Kick II batter with Double Kick Pads & Regulator resonant bass drum heads with offset small hole
Tom Batter Heads: Aquarian Clear Response 2, Satin Finished Texture Coated, or Clear Performance II tom batter heads/ American Vintage Medium on 1968 Ludwig toms.
Tom Resonant Heads: Aquarian Classic Clear
Snare Batter Heads: Aquarian TCSXPD, TCRSP2SXPD, Power House Kevlar, and Modern Vintage Medium
Snare Side Heads: Aquarian Classic Clear snare heads
Snare Wires: Noble & Cooley Cam Action Snares. I use these on all of my 13" and 14" snares. They make a huge difference in sound over "standard" snare wires.
Altered Five
Founded in 2002 by five Southern Wisconsin music veterans, Altered Five has built a solid reputation as an innovative blues-rock ensemble. The group performs custom-made arrangements of popular rock songs from the 1970s to today. A5's setlist features “bluesified” versions of hits originally recorded by Aerosmith, the Beatles, INXS, Jane’s Addiction, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, U2, Sting, Rod Stewart, and many more. Altered Five signed with Cold Wind Records in January 2008 and will release “Bluesified” nationally in June. Cold Wind is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, and is distributed by Portland, Oregon-based Allegro Corporation, one of the largest independent distributors of music in North America.
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