Russia
Snake
Naive, Gleb Samoyloff & The Matrixx
Snake profile
- Name:
- Snake
- Band:
- Naive, Gleb Samoyloff & The Matrixx
- Drumming since:
- 1986
- With MEINL since:
- April 2006
- Birthday:
- January 21, 1970
- Zodiac Sign:
- Aquarius
- Place of Birth:
- Moscow, Russia
- Currently living in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Favorite Food:
- Meat and potatos
- Favorite Drink:
- Vodka
- Matched Grip or Traditional Grip:
- Matched Grip
- MEINL cymbal series used:
- Mb20, Byzance, Mb10, Classics
- Favorite MEINL cymbal:
- Mb20 Heavy Bell Rides
- Car that you currently drive:
- Don't have one
- Not counting on drums, what do you do for fun:
- I paint, I make design of my show costumes, I make design of my drums, I'm a manager of my bands
- Teacher:
- Many great drummers!
- Drumtech:
- Vladimir Kovalev
- Highlight of your career so far:
- I released 15 full albums with different groups. Played in the open air Russian Rock Festival "Nashestvie" in front of 120,000 people!
- Drumming strengths:
- Playing with a click & play-alongs. Making a real groove. Powerful drum sound.
- Drumming means to me:
- Making great music & show
- Advice for up and coming drummers:
- Practice with a metronome. Listen to great drummers.
- How would you describe yourself:
- Expressive, grooving rock drummer.
- When I look back on my life one day, I would like to be able to say:
- If I had another chance, I wouldn't change anything.
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Drumtech
- Name:
- Vladimir Kovalev
- Techs for since:
- 2005
- Techtip:
- Every job has its peculiarities and specific but important details. Snake uses a fairly original and unusual set up for his drums. Difficulties arise during festival performances and specifically in getting everything set back up the way Snake needs. In order to ease this process I carefully mark the set up with masking tape during sound check which helps me get everything back in its place for Snake to play. In Snake's performance he deeply envelops himself in his drumming which results in his set up moving around a lot. For this purpose I always have a lot of masking tape, nails and a hammer. However, with a bit of common sense it is possible to solve any problems that may arise.
- Vladimir Kovalev about Snake
- I can talk about Snake for hours and hours. I'll start from the fact that Snake created, in the finest detail, everything from his set up to his stage image. He is an organized person and a very fair person and most importantly he understands everything. Together we are a pretty good team and Iwill try to make sure it stays that way.