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Custom Drum Building Drum Builder Profile: Brandon Blevins

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Drum Building Profile: My name is Brandon Blevins, I live in Lebanon, VA and I’m 27 years old. I work as an environmental scientist / professional to semi-professional drummer/bass player. I’ve been personalizing my drums since I first started playing around 16 years ago.  I have the desire to personalize almost everything I own, so naturally, that translated to my …

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Audio Clips From Bart’s Custom Drum Set

In Drum Building Resources, Drums, General Updates, Reader's Drum Pictures by Philip4 Comments

I just received another email from Bart with drum audio recordings of the custom drum sets that he recently finished building. Bart specifically designed these drums to sound great for Jazz. If you would like to hear how some custom drums that I have built to play for Rock N’ Roll sound then check out this older blog post. Bart’s …

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Bart’s First Custom Drum Set Build

In Drum Building 101, Drum Building Resources, Drum Building Tutorials, Drums, General Updates, Reader's Drum Pictures by Philip1 Comment

I just got this email from a friend in Hungary and wanted to share his experience with you! Bart’s first drum set is a beauty: Bart did an incredible job on building his very first custom drum set. Great job Bart! Below is an email conversation/interview that I had with Bart. He has lots of great drum building tips so …