Name
Tristan Smith
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Instrument
Drums & Piano

What age did you start?
9 years old

Biggest influence
Dennis Chambers, Tony Royster Jr, Johnny Rabb, Jojo Mayer, Vinnie Colaiuta, Eloy Casagrande, Baard Kolstad, Aric Improta, Xavier Ware


Fave band
The Prodigy

What are you currently listening to?
Jungle, modern jazz fusion, and a bit of Steely Dan

Biggest instrument pet hate

Not necessarily specific to drums but when people are only interested in one style in music, there’s a world of amazing music out there! 

 

In terms of the drums themselves, hi-hat clutches. Has anyone actually designed one that works for longer than 2 minutes?

Favourite thing to play on your instrument
A fast samba 


Best line from a song
“In the end, the love you make is equal to the love you take” - Paul McCartney 

Tell us your best (clean) joke
My neighbour knocked on my door last night at 3AM, can you believe it?? 3AM! Luckily I was still up playing my drums.