The Almost @ Hurley Studios

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This snare drum is part of the limited offering this year, but it is very special. As i develop more wood blends, and finish combos, i am trying to bring back finishes to be more organic. As cheesy as it sounds, it only makes sense. Using trees and alloys that come from the earth: it only seems right that we incorporate some cool ways to finish our drums.

We extracted lavender pigment from lavender leaves, and mixed them with a finishing oil to create the finish you see on the drum.And of course the glass lacquer, that not “sparkle,” it’s crushed glass. The wood came from Siberian, and is blended with walnut plys: a beautiful dark sounding drum.

Specs:

7x13 / Walnut Ply Shell / Siberian Mappa Burl

We have done this “organic finish,” on a different kit, that i will post later this week. [the things we used to get the color is the real kicker] Enjoy!

<3 Sahir

Sorry for the lack of updates! We have been very busy building some beautiful drums. Here are some of our recent works.

First: Paul Carr of Undergone his new Nemesis snare drum

7x14 Macassar Ebony / Walnut w/ Glass lacquer

Second: Byron from Pennywise and his new nemesis snare drum

6.5x13 Macassar Ebony [V] / Cherry w/ Tuff Satin

More to come!

<3 Sahir

Part 2 sorry for the delay!

Tuesday July 6th, 2010 - A corn field in Indiana

The blisters on my hands are finally making some progress trying to heal after spending my first few days back in the states practicing for more than 15 hours each day. I had a wirl wind of meetings and interviews with management and Sahir from Matsers of Maple. Took off soon after to do an autograph signing at the first Warped show before I had even played with the band. True story. But, I think my focus paid off since the first show went awesome. The crowd was pumped and everyone was happy that we played so well together. The guys are just like family - we all get along great. It’s one of those situations where you go from not knowing someone to being best friends in an hour. We’ve now played 9 shows, which has gone by in the blink of an eye, and today will be our 10th. Warped Tour is such a monster of a production. There are 83 bands playing every single day, more tents and booths than any one person can take in one day. The line for the shower takes more than an hour which makes it seem a little pointless when you get out and it’s so humid that you’re instantly sweaty again. But, all in all, Warped Tour is turning out to be a great experience. I happy to be playing drums and stoked that I’m surrounded with such good people.

Just thought we’d show this little beauty off. 7x14 Japanese Ash/ Walnut shell. Exotic glass finish w/ pearl blue rally stripes.

We are very excited to share some of Ryan’s Journey with you. After our own Danny Morris had to leave the band to spend more time with his family, and pursue other endeavors: Ryan stepped up to the plate to fill some big shoes. Here are some excerpts from his journey un-edited…. More to come!

Monday June 21, 2010 - Sao Paolo, Brazil

                This is the first time in my life I’ve ever blogged… so readers beware.

                Yesterday I was in Sao Paolo Brazil drum teching for Lacuna Coil… today I’m sitting on a 10 hour flight in the middle of a 15 hour journey from Brazil to Los Angeles to start practicing with After Midnight Project… life is crazy.

                I started this tour a little over seven weeks ago with nothing planned but two months of straight forward work and to have a few laughs with some people I really enjoy spending time with. During this tour we played a festival in little rock Arkansas where I got to spend some time with Papa Roach. One of my favorite bands and groups of people. Jacoby being the amazing person that he is, mentioned that he knew a band that was in desperate need of a drummer. Fortunately, he put a good word in for me.  A few days later iI was recording myself playing two AMP songs in between load in and soundcheck (greatly weakening the local crew, I’m sure). Not too long after that I got the amazing call that AMP would like to have me play warped tour with them… keep in mind that warped tour starts four days after my tour with Lacuna Coil ends. You can imagine the stress and troubles that follow. Just to mention a few;  getting in ear monitors made and ordered, learning the setlist, making sure I have a drum kit in LA ready to tour on, and making sure my better half doesn’t kill me in the process. As far as ridiculous situations go, this has to be one of the more stressful and exciting processes. Fortunatley for me AMP is endorsed by Masters Of Maple if it wasn’t for Sahir none of these situations would have been easy. Thank God for him, he saved my life! So,  I spent the better part of seven weeks working as fast as I could and practicing as much as I could (including practicing on the most degrading “practice kit” ever. see picture). So here I am, on an 11 hour flight listening to the AMP album on repeat, hoping I am prepared enough, waiting to get done with 15 hours cramped inside of a plane, just to then be picked up at the airport and driven straight to practice with a few dudes I’ve never met before. I’m excited and ready to hangout with these awesome dudes. I hope all goes well and I’ll keep everyone updated on how practice and the first few shows go!

                 I’d like to add before I try and get some sleep on this flying skyscraper that this makes 13 flights in 17 days… fml. 

Hey Everyone. Mark Goodwin & the Sick Puppies just got off the road with Nickelback… and they’re back at it again! They definatley are the hardest working band… PERIOD! Stay tuned for more great things from the pups [more shows to be added] And a brand new Music video!

07/06/2010 Bogart’s w/Janus, It’s Alive Cincinnati, OH map

07/07/2010 House of Blues w/Janus, It’s Alive Cleveland, OH map

07/09/2010 Strange Days w/Janus, It’s Alive Montgomery, AL map

07/10/2010 Mississippi Coast Coliseum Convention Ctr Biloxi, MS map
tickets

07/12/2010 Varsity Theatre w/Janus, It’s Alive Baton Rouge, LA map

07/13/2010 New Daisy Theatre w/Janus, It’s Alive Memphis, TN map

07/14/2010 Honeywell Center w/ Janus, It’s Alive Wabash, IN map

07/15/2010 Expo Gardens ** “WIXO Showcase” @ Heart of Illinois Fair Peoria, IL map

07/18/2010 Las Palmas Event Center w/Janus, It’s Alive McAllen, TX map

07/19/2010 Brewster St. Ice House w/Janus, It’s Alive Corpus Christi, TX map

07/20/2010 Trees w/Janus, It’s Alive Dallas, TX map 07/21/2010 Scout Bar w/Janus, It’s Alive Houston, TX map

07/23/2010 Club at Firestone w/Janus, It’s Alive Orlando, FL map

07/24/2010 Culture Room w/Janus, It’s Alive Fort Lauderdale, FL map

07/25/2010 Freebird Live w/Janus, It’s Alive, My Darkest Days Jacksonville, FL map

07/26/2010 Live Wire Music Hall w/Janus, It’s Alive Savannah, GA map

07/27/2010 Amos’s South End w/Janus, It’s Alive Charlotte, NC map

07/29/2010 Jillians w/Janus, It’s Alive Columbia, SC map

07/30/2010 The Dive w/Janus, It’s Alive Goose Creek, SC map

07/31/2010 Canal Club w/Janus, It’s Alive Richmond, VA map

08/01/2010 Riverside Festival Site w/Hollywood Undead, Cage the Elephant Rochester, NY map

08/02/2010 Lost Horizon w/Janus, It’s Alive Syracuse, NY map

08/03/2010 Diesel w/Janus, It’s Alive Pittsburgh, PA map

08/05/2010 The Chance w/ janus, It’s Alive Poughkeepsie, NY map

08/06/2010 Sonar w/Janus, It’s Alive Baltimore, MD map

08/07/2010 Jester’s Pub w/It’s Alive Fayetteville, NC map

08/08/2010 Crossroads w/It’s Alive Huntsville, AL map

08/09/2010 Valarium w/ Janus, It’s Alive Knoxville, TN map

08/11/2010 Juanita’s Cantina Ballroom w/ Janus, It’s Alive Little Rock, AR map

08/13/2010 Prairie Capital Convention Center w/ Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, Halestorm, Hail The Villain Springfield, IL map

08/16/2010 Bluebird Theatre w/Janus, It’s Alive Denver, CO map

08/27/2010 Grand Junction Festival Grounds Rock Jam w/Heart, Buckcherry, and others Grand Junction, CO map

Warped tour dates!

After Midnight Project will be playing the entire wraped tour, and NEO Geo will be doing the tail end of the tour.

We will also be doing a snare raffle with our friends @ Invisible children!

And our friends @ Paist will be having their artist doing signings throughout the tour!

Stay tuned for details, and updates!

Warped Dates

Neo Geo

After Midnight Project

I am honored to have Masters of Maple have such great friends…. even though the auction has come, and gone: this blog about it, was so great we had to share it!

The Blog

We are pleased to announce that we will be a part of the 2010 Billabong design for Humanity event this Thursday 6/10. We have built two snare drums that will be up for auction at the event.

All proceeds will benefit Invisible Children.We would like to encourage everyone to come out, and bid on these beautiful snares. Check out invisible children to see how you can make a difference. You don’t have to be rich to make a big impact on people’s lives, donate your; time, food, ideas…. etc.

For more information visit

2010 Design for Humanity  

Invisible Children

Thanks see everyone there!