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BiographyName: David Batizi
Styles/Influences: My favourite drummers: Stewart Copeland, Marco Minnemann, Derrick McKenzie (Jamiroquai), Vinnie Colaiuta, Balazs Tibor (he is a Hungarian drummer). My favorite musicians: Tom Kennedy (Dave Weckl Band), Gordon Sumner (Sting), Phil Collins. History: I was born with about 4" or so missing below my elbow. I started playing the drums when I was 11 or 12 years old. First I played simple grooves with one hand holding one stick and it's not that hard to play a simple 4/4 groove with one hand on the hihat, snare and bass drum. I continued playing with one stick for about a year or so. Then my mom and myself came up with this idea of getting a prosthesis for me that can hold a drum stick. At that time I already had a prosthesis which looked like a real arm but it was to heavy and too long for playing the drums and for holding a stick. This is why a special stick holder prosthesis was made for me. As you can see in pictures below, the prosthesis is really a basic device that just fits over the end of my arm and has the drumstick secured at the end by a few screws. At the age of 13 I took my first drum lessons. At the same time I started to play in a school band and we performed on a school festival. Then, later when I was 15 I started to play with other bands, mainly pop and rock music. Meanwhile, I listened a lot to Dave Weckl, Chick Corea, etc.. This way I got into jazz and fusion music. I never actually played in a fusion band but I really like that kind of music. At the ages of 19 and 20 I played in a couple of cover bands. We played Tower of Power, Incognito, Brand New Heavies, Jamiroquai, Freak Power, Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, etc.. Now I play in a band in which we also cover songs from Nils Landgren, Jamiroquai, Count Basic, etc.. you see, mostly funky music. Sometimes other drummers ask me how playing with a prosthesis effects my drumming. Well to be honest, it does not effect my drumming at all because I grew up having no right underarm so I got used to this situation. Of course there are a couple of things which I can not do with the right stick (e.g. playing really fast stuff and things like that), but I try to do everyhting like other "two handed" drummers do. Gear
Drums: Pearl Export Select (2002) in Amber Fade Finish (except where noted)
Cymbals: Zildjian (except where noted)
Hardware & Misc:
I use a combination of Pearl & Tama hardware. Heads: Remo
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