Thomas Pridgen

[Miron]

Momak me oduševio na MD 2008. Čini mi se da zaslužuje da se nađe u odeljku virtuozi.....realno ne bih ga nikad gotivio da nije rekao da obožava Steve Gadd-a, hahahahaha, šalim se naravno...


Pridgen won the Guitar Center Drum-Off at age 9 and at age 10 was the youngest recipient for a Zildjian endorsement in the nearly 400 year history of the company. Thomas has studied with David Garibaldi, Walfredo Reyes Jr, Troy Luketta, and Curtis Nutall. He endorses DW Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, Vater Drumsticks. Thomas was also the recipient of a 4 year scholarship to Berklee College of Music in 1999 at the age of 15; he was the youngest musician to ever receive this scholarship.[1] He has played in clinics with Walfredo Reyes, Jr. and Dennis Chambers. By his teenage years he had already done studio sessions with many Bay Area Gospel artists.

In 2007, Pridgen received a call from Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta:
“ “Omar asked if I wanted to come check out the band,” Pridgen recalls from his home in El Cerrito, California. “We talked on the phone for a couple of hours, and then I went to Ohio to meet them. Omar invited me to a back room, where the whole band was set up. We jammed for a good thirty minutes. He then said, ‘We’re going to play that groove tonight in front of everybody.’ This was for a huge show in Cleveland, when the band was touring with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.[2] ”

In 2007, Pridgen became the new permanent drummer for The Mars Volta. Pridgen's first appearance was at the March 12th show in New Zealand, where the band debuted the song "Idle Tooth" which was later renamed "Wax Simulacra" for the forthcoming album. After shows in New Zealand and Australia, The Mars Volta toured a few West Coast venues as the headliner, then entered the studio to record their fourth LP, The Bedlam in Goliath.[3] Pridgen's style on Bedlam in Goliath used "blistering 32nd-note full-set combinations, stunning single-stroke rolls, and blazing single bass drum patterns"[2] along with creative and precise paradiddle technique.

Thomas Pridgen has been voted as Best Up and Coming Drummer by Modern Drummer magazine beating Benny Greb.

Besides his work with The Mars Volta, he has also been involved with Christian Scott and Wicked Wisdom. Thomas for some time, was working with singer Keyshia Cole as her live and session drummer and being her music director. He also was featured alongside with Tony Royster Jr., Eric Moore and others in drumming dvd entitled "Shed Sessions", a Gospel Chops DVD.

Thomas was also featured on the Modern Drummer 2008 DVD with footage from his performance at the festival.

[edit] Equipment

[edit] Tour Kit (2007-Present)

* DW Collector's Series & Zildjian Cymbals:
* Drums - Clear Acrylic
o 12x8" Tom
o 13x9" Tom
o 15x13" Floor Tom
o 16x14" Floor Tom
o 18x16" Floor Tom
o 24x20" Bass Drum
o 14x6.5" DW Copper Snare

* Cymbals - Zildjian
o 18" A Custom Crash (x2) (used as HiHats)
o 24" A Medium Ride
o 20" A Armand Ride
o 20" A Custom Crash
o 20" Oriental Crash Of Doom
o 18" A Custom Crash, 9" Oriental Splash, 16" Oriental China (x2) (cymbals stacked)
o 19" K Custom Hybrid China

* Drum Heads - Evans
o Toms: (12", 13", 15", 16", 18") Clear G2s (top), Clear Resonants (bottom)
o Bass Drum: (24") Clear EQ3 (batter), Clear EQ3 (with small hole) (resonant)
o Snares : (14") Evans G2 (top), Hazy 300 (bottom)

* Thomas also used DW 9000 Series Hardware and Pedals, various Vater Sticks, & Shure Microphones.

[edit] Discography

[edit] With Eric Gales

* Crystal Vision - (2006)
* Psychedelic Underground - (2007)

[edit] With Christian Scott

* Rewind That (2006)

[edit] With Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

* Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) (2007)

[edit] With The Mars Volta

* The Bedlam in Goliath (2008)
* Octahedron (2009)


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjrSihEI ... L&index=35[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOWpZ0sKwo8[/youtube]

[miloš]

...chowek doslovno ubija! cini mi se da vec postoji thomas u virtuozima,al pod gospel bubnjari ili kako vec... u svakom slucaju svaki respekt za njegovu svirku!

[miloš]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFx-tbaF ... re=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDvCzD1y ... re=channel[/youtube]
Sabijach! opasno mu radi ovaj dw!

[lolekovin1991]

Blago njemu kada je imao sve one bolesnike za ucitelje!
Bolestan je i on, opak je!

bolesnici=kraljevi
bolestan=fantastican

[Loshme]

ummm, like, you know, he's like, good, like, very good.

bas je dobar, zakiva opasno.

[digrejzo]

"18" A Custom Crash (x2) (used as HiHats)" ftw

[lolekovin1991]

"18" A Custom Crash (x2) (used as HiHats)" ftw

TO mu je bolesno dobro, na MD Festu Hat prsti samo tako!

[miloš]

...primetih da je konta veelika al brate 18" da nija malo mnogo!