Fredrik Andersson

Fredrik Andersson profile

Zodiac Sign:: Cancer
Place of Birth:: Stockholm, Sweden
Currently living in:: Stockholm, Sweden
Favorite Food:: I love all sorts of food, but I’d never say no to a perfectly cooked steak.
Favorite Drink:: Ale, Red Wine, single malt scotch, depending on the occasion.
Matched Grip or Traditional Grip:: Matched Grip

MEINL cymbal series used:: Mb20, Byzance
Favorite MEINL cymbal:: Mb20 Medium Heavy Crashes, Byzance Dark Hihats
Car that you currently drive:: Audi A6
Not counting on drums, what do you do for fun:: There are other things?
Drumtech:: Holger Hahn
Highlight of your career so far:: Getting an endorsement deal from Meinl, seriously. They made my own custom crash!
Drumming strengths:: Playing double kicks, tuning drums and always wanting to get better.
Drumming means to me:: A way to self-improve and to overcome anything.
Advice for up and coming drummers:: PHave fun, most importantly. And don’t rush the speed it comes naturally when you know what the hell you’re doing.
How would you describe yourself:: Calm, stubborn and patient.
When I look back on my life one day, I would like to be able to say:: I made it this far, didn’t I? Thank you and good night!

Name:: Holger Hahn
Techs for Fredrik since:: 2007
Other artists Holger Hahn works for:: Cannibal Corpse, Children of Bodom, Napalm Death
Holger Hahn about Fredrik Andersson: Fredrik has fast feet, always has to touch something at his set in between songs! :-)
I usually mark all the drumset, but without marks, e.a. on a festival, i set up the drums by memory. In order to know how to set it up i usually try to imagine it was my own kit and play it once it is set up on another occasion. I also store some spots in my brain that i think could be useful when I set up another kit for Fredrik next time, for example: The height of the HiHat cymbals compared to the lugs of the 10" Tom. Regarding tuning: When I change drumheads, i clean the edge of the toms if necessary, put on a new head, tighten it a little more than I will for the final setting and put my knee in the center of the head and stretch it with the weight of my body. Then I loosen all the screws, tighten them again and try to get a similar tension on each screw. Then I tune the drums by listening to the tension. If it still doesn´t sound good i just try to find a way of making them sound good by turning each screw while i hit the drum, seeing what happens when i losen or tighten it. For cleaning I usually use guitar Polish because i always have some as I work as a guitar tech too.