00:00We had another one and it broke and we found this at a pawn shop and we just cranked it
00:03and it sounds awesome.
00:04I just love the coded zone snares if you hit any rim shot.
00:08I grew up watching a drummer named Darren King and he did the same thing.
00:10He always played a crash for a ride.
00:38Okay, what's up everybody?
00:40My name is Troy Bruner.
00:41I play drums in a band called Little Image.
00:44We're in Chicago today.
00:46First off, I have to shout out the best drum company in the world, Franklin Drums.
00:52It's my friend Will Chapman, Grady, Tim.
00:55They build them in Minneapolis, but a lot of it's based out of Nashville.
00:59They are taking over and so this is what the kit is.
01:02It's a brown acrylic, which is really cool.
01:05You can't fully tell, but it's got a little see-through energy, a little bit of sparkle with the wood
01:10hoops.
01:11And this is a 22 by 13, which is weird and cool and punchy.
01:17This is a 13 inch by 9 and this is a 16 by 16 classic.
01:22Yeah, best drum company in the world.
01:25If you guys haven't heard of them or followed them, please go check them out because they're doing something special.
01:30Snare is a classic 6.5 by 14 Ludwig brass over chrome, super phonic.
01:40So pretty much classic, cannot go wrong.
01:43It has the hazy ambassador on the bottom and then the emperor coated on top.
01:48We crank the bottom and then keep the top a little bit more feel so you get that crack.
01:53I have had this snare I think for like 10 years and it's warping and it's got some weird, we've
01:59dented it and everything.
02:00It's got some real patina coming in on it, but you cannot beat the Ludwig 6.5.
02:06So, side scenario is just a pearl 13 by 3 or 13 by 3.5.
02:13We had another one and it broke and we found this at a pawn shop and we just crank it
02:17and it sounds awesome.
02:18Okay, so for heads, with the acrylic kit, I usually do all coated, but obviously it looks really cool and
02:24feels really cool.
02:25We have the Power Stroke clears on both the 13 and the 16.
02:30These obviously give it a little bit more of, it stings a little bit more and that's what you want
02:35on the acrylic.
02:35So, they're sounding amazing and then on the snare head, I always do the emperor coated no matter what.
02:41It lasts the longest. I hit probably too hard, so it gives me more life and it sounds perfect.
02:48Bottom of the toms, we're doing the same, the clear ambassadors on the bottom.
02:52Like a little less muffling on the bottom so they can sing more.
02:56And then same, the hazy ambassador on the bottom of the snare.
03:00Sometimes I'll get the double ply if I'm breaking them, but I haven't been recently.
03:04Kick, we have the Power Stroke 3 Remo clear as well because you can see through and it sounds perfect.
03:12Super punchy, super huge.
03:14Same on the front, it's just the front head version of it, the Franklin badge.
03:18And then the side snare emperor coated as well.
03:21I just love the coated on snares.
03:23If you hit any rim shot, if you're that guy, then I think the coated is the way to go
03:27because the ambassadors just start to break in that setting.
03:31So the emperors have been perfect.
03:32Okay, cymbals, I have to thank Eric Gras at Zildjian.
03:36He's been amazing.
03:37These are the 16-inch Avedis.
03:39They're the coolest hats I think they make.
03:41They're crispy and cut through, but they're also washy, which is exactly what we need.
03:46I use them as a crash all the time too when they're open, and it just feels good.
03:50This is the 22-inch paper-thin crash, which is my ride.
03:54And I grew up watching a drummer named Darren King, and he did the same thing.
03:58He always played a crash for a ride, and I don't need as heavy of a situation,
04:03so I basically am always crashing this thing, as you can tell.
04:06And then this is the 17-inch?
04:09No, yeah, 18-inch dry special crash, which I tried out from Eric, and I loved it.
04:15It's more of an effects thing.
04:17Kind of recently started doing another cymbal, and it's just been fun to play with.
04:20Sounds insane.
04:21Okay, sticks, we have the Vic Firth.
04:23Again, thank you, Eric, at Zildjian and Vic Firth.
04:27X55A, they're longer, and they're a little heavier than the 5As, so they last.
04:30I don't break as many these days, and they have a little bit more feel with the extra length.
04:34And for hardware, just always DW, the DW9000 pedal and the hat with the two legs has been the move.
04:43I feel like I have more room and space, but it still holds strong with the two legs, so thanks,
04:49DW.
04:49This is the Meinl attachment for the tambourine.
04:52You can see it's been beat up, but it has the single layer.
04:55They make the ones with the two layers.
04:56The single layer, I think, gets in the way less, but still gives you that feel when you're playing live
05:01and just hi-hatting along.
05:04Then these are some vintage bells that I recently found, cowbells.
05:07They're rusting and rotting, but they happen to be in a couple of the keys our music is in, and
05:13they've been fun to mess around with, especially with the tambourine.
05:16Okay, so for the electronics, we're just using the SPD Pro, the new one that just came out.
05:22It's insanely amazing.
05:24Some of the new set, I'm not playing the SPD as much, so we're just using it for the triggers.
05:27We have the roll-in snare trigger and the roll-in kick trigger, and basically every song is, you know,
05:34taking from the record so we can blend the two, and it sounds extra special.
05:38MIDI is triggering the roll-in per song so that I don't have to change the song or even a
05:43verse to chorus change.
05:45It just does it by itself, which has been amazing for a front of house to blend everything.
05:50Yeah, and then this right here is just controlling all things Ableton in case something goes down.
05:54I just have control over it. We've been rocking it that way for a long time.
05:58Yeah, and then in-years, am I alive right now?
06:01Sit.
06:03In-years, we have Alclair, Johnny at Alclair. He's been hooking us up for many years, and we're super thankful.
06:10Anytime something goes down, we have a new pair or a fixed pair within a week, and we couldn't recommend
06:14them enough.
06:15Thank you, Johnny.
06:16Okay, you can go to littleimagemusic.com. We'll be touring here in the top of the year at 26, and
06:21we would love to see you guys.
06:22Love to meet you.
06:23That's it.
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