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Imbue (meaning “to inspire”) was written as part of Chad’s dissertation “A Performance Guide to the Drumming Style of Dave Weckl”. The intent in writing this piece was to demonstrate how original drum solos can be composed based on the stimulus created from the transcription process and analysis of other drum solos. Chad transcribed three drum solos in his dissertation before becoming “inspired” to compose Imbue.

This is an advanced solo that requires the use of a full drum kit to perform. 

Equipment used in video ….
Pearl Masters shell pack, maple (10-12-16-22″)
Pearl Omar Hakim snare drum (13″x5″)
Evans G1 coated on snare batter and tom batter
Evans Snare Side 300 for snare bottom
Evans G1 clear for tom bottoms
Evans EMAD clear for kick drum
Zildjian 6″ A Custom Splash
Zildjian 8″ A Custom Splash
Zildjian 10″ A Custom Splash
Zildjian 12″ Oriental China Trash (10″ splash under)
Zildjian 14″ A Series Mastersound Hi Hats
Zildjian 16″ A Custom Fast Crash
Zildjian 17″ A Custom Crash
Zildjian 18″ A Custom China
Zildjian 20″ K Custom Ride
Innovative Percussion Legacy Series 5A sticks
Pearl Primero Rock Cowbell
Canon EOS 7D camera
Shure SM57 for snare
Shure Beta 98ADC for toms
Shure Beta 52A for kick
Shure SM81LC for overheads
Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 Audio Interface
Pro Tools
Apple Macbook Pro