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DIRK VERBEUREN – Started with a violin
- by Rune
- Posted on 17-07-2007
For noen år siden jobbet undertegnede med en artikkel om den franske undergrunnsscenen og i den forbindelsen kom jeg i kontakt med Dirk Verbeuren, trommeslageren i Scarve. Mannen var meget behjelpelig og kontakten har fortsatt siden den gang. Siden han er en meget dyktig trommeslager, måtte han inviteres til å delta i vår Blast Beast serie og her kan du lese om hva han har å si.
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ET – When did you start to play the drums?
DIRK – I started hitting cardboard boxes with wooden rulers around age 14, but I don't know if that counts! So I'll say 16.
ET – Why did you start playing drums?
DIRK – Sometime around 1990 if I'm correct. I picked up the violin when I was 7, and played some guitar and piano as well. But rhythm attracted me more. I became obsessed with drums and playing fast after I got introduced to thrash and death metal.
ET – How old were you when you got your first drums/drum set?
DIRK – 16. My parents bought me a second hand Maxtone kit with no resonance heads, and a friend of mine gave me an old kick drum so I could play the double bass. I played on that crappy sounding set for 4 years.
ET – How often do you practice?
DIRK – Not as often as I'd like. The ideal would be at least one hour every day, but there always seems to be too much other shit to take care of.
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ET – Which drummer did you look up to when you were young and is there anyone today that you admire more than the rest?
DIRK – Dave Lombardo and Mick Harris are the reasons why I started playing. Sean Reinert was a huge influence also. Nowadays I admire an endless list of drummers but if I had to pick one that really astonishes me to no end, it would have to be Morgan Agren. His playing is just phenomenal!
ET – What kind of equipment do you use? Which equipment is in your ears the best?
DIRK – I use Tama drums & hardware and Meinl cymbals. Both of those brands offer top-notch quality stuff. In my ears, the Shure E5 in-ear monitors are perfect.
ET – Which qualities do you think is most important to succeed as a drummer today?
DIRK – To be all-round. This business takes a lot of perseverance and hard work. Also, absorbing as many styles of drumming as you can is definitely a plus. There's a lot to learn in different musical genres.
ET – Have you ever played a solo during a gig?
DIRK – Not as far as I can remember. A lot of solos are boring, and I don't feel ready to do a good one just yet.
ET – If you haven't become a drummer, what would you most likely been doing?
DIRK – Something else music-related, or something involving animals (not sex, haha!)
ET – Do you workout a lot?
DIRK – I have a daily routine that I try to keep up. Just some simple exercices to stay in shape, because it's easy to get lazy.
ET – Do you have any special rituals you have to go through before you enter the stage?
DIRK – Usually I play on a practice pad for about twenty minutes, and I warm up my wrists, arms, shoulders and ankles. I also recently bought a practice pad for the double kick which I plan to take with me on tour.
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ET – Which releases have you been a part of so far? (Band name, title, release year)
DIRK – The complete list is on www.DirkVerbeuren.com, but here are the main ones:
Scarve – Scarve demo (1994)
Scarve – Six Tears Of Sorrow MCD (1996)
Scarve – Translucence (2000)
Scarve – Luminiferous (2002)
Scarve – Irradiant (2004)
Scarve – The Undercurrent (2007)
Soilwork – Stabbing The Drama (2005)
Soilwork – new album (2007)
Aborted – Goremageddon: The Saw And The Carnage Done (2003)
Aborted – The Haematobic EP (2004)
Phaze I – Phaze I (2006)
Yyrkoon – Occult Medicine (2004)
Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition – Inventory Of Fixtures (2007)
Sybreed – Antares (2007)
Mortuary – Agony In Red (2002)
Infinited Hate – Heaven Termination (2006)
Lyzanxia – Mindcrimes (2003)
Manu Livertout Band – The Bounder (2007)
V/A – Nuclear Blast All Stars vol. 2 (2007)
ET – Before we end this, you now have the opportunity to challenge another drummer to take part in this series. Pick a drummer and explain why?
DIRK – I'd like to pick fellow Belgian Gert Monden from In-Quest. I saw them live in 1993 and he blew my mind with his creative playing. I've followed that band ever since. Gert definitely deserves some more recognition!