EVANS G2 Coated Drumheads on SONOR SQ2 Toms Soundcheck by Bryan Macaranas

I tune a lot of drums, may it be for the recording studio, live shows drum teching or when teaching students/clients. And working with various models / brands / weights and design of drumheads, I've come to respect the offerings available in the market. Drummers nowadays are truly spoilt for choice with the options available to us - so how and what do we choose?
I work with a lot of artists who play the two largest bands in drumheads; Remo & Evans. And I have had more experience with the latter, having played Evans Drumheads exclusively from 2000-2014 until I changed to Remo. Well, I think it's time to switch back to Evans. I have been enjoying working with the quality, consistency and the durability of these heads. And with nothing but positive feedback from Artists who play them. Suffice to say, there seems to be a significant level of service and support from Evans distributor D'Addario Australia not available from the other brands/distributors. But that's a matter for another discussion. For now, I'll keep on experimenting on the different Evans lines - I think the UV1 for tom batters might be next, maybe even EC2 Clears. You just gonna have to wait and hear....

Recorded at Dirty Laundry Studios Brisbane QLD, Australia APRIL 2024
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DRUM GEAR LIST
SONOR SQ2 'Yellow Tribal' Beech Shells
10x7" Rack Tom
13x8" Rack Tom
16x15" Floor Tom
24x14" Bass Drum
14x5.5 Mapex Black Panther 'Tribal' Steel Snare Drum

UFiP Cymbals (L-R)
15" Vibra Hi-Hats
20" Blast Crash w/ 6" Class Splash (inverted)
8" FX Collection Natural Splash
22" Solid88 Ride
18" Tiger China (modified)
20" Vibra Crash
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RECORDING & MONITOR GEAR
Porter & Davies 'Gigster' Drum Throne Monitor
Mics are mix of brands
Beyerdynamic 57/58c for rack and floor tom
Beyerdynamic D50d for main snare
Lewitt LCT240 for overheads
Lewitt DTP640REX w/ Dr Alien Smith Subkick 01 for kick
Prodipe T110 for snare bottom
Logic Pro X DAW
Audient id44 + SP8 Interface