Ted Kirkpatrick

Ted Kirkpatrick ( May 22nd, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American drummer and founding member of the band Tourniquet.

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  • 3.2 videos

Life

Ted Kirkpatrick was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up there too on. At age 12, he started playing drums.

He is the drummer, songwriter and founder of he founded in 1990 with Christian speed / thrash metal band Tourniquet. Previously, he had briefly played in the band Trouble with Bruce Franklin. He was known to play mainly because of its exceptional nature drums.

Musical work

Kirkpatrick worked on all tourniquet albums as a drummer. Less frequently, he played acoustic guitar.

Play

Ted Kirkpatrick combines with the drums, not just a rhythm instrument, but rather a full-fledged musical instrument, which is apparent in his playing style. It captivates with its aggressive, musical, and often unorthodox Art highlighting value is its ability to maintain a uniform background rhythm while playing many difficult polyrhythms about it. Furthermore, Ted Kirkpatrick dominates a virtuoso double-bass technique.

Influences

Kirkpatrick is a source of inspiration of his stylistic work on different drummer Simon Phillips, Carl Palmer, Dave Weckl, Terry Bozzio and Buddy Rich. He also refers repeatedly to Scarlatti sonatas of Bach's fugues and Beethoven's symphonies.

Ted Kirkpatrick developed his technique and style of play alongside influences from other drummers from other unusual sources. For one, he is admirer of classical composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. This is reflected in the songs of tourniquet expressed. Secondly, he traveled extensively to Papua New Guinea, in the Amazon Basin of South Brazil, Malaysia, Taiwan, Ecuador, the Solomon Islands and other countries. This influenced him the distinctive and haunting "Rhythm of the jungle " prevail. He also owns a large collection of coffee from different parts of the earth. On the website of tourniquet this Coffee can also be ordered.

Publications (excerpt)

CD

In these pieces on albums Tourniquets the drumming Kirkpatrick is in the foreground.

  • Viento Borrascoso ( Psycho Surgery )
  • Descent into the Maelstrom ( Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance )
  • Bearing Gruesome Cargo / Live - from June 17, 2000 from Jacksonville ( Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance ) - 5 minutes drum solo
  • K517 ( Vanishing Lessons ) - a sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, Ted Kirkpatrick accompanied on drums
  • Trivializing the Momentous, Complicating the Obvious (Acoustic Archives)
  • Immunity Vector ( Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm )

Videos

  • Circadian Rhythms (DVD ) - The Drumming World of Ted Kirkpatrick (DVD) - 144 minutes long a drum session
  • The Unreleased Drum Solos (DVD)
  • Ocular Digital ( DVD) - live recordings of the concerts from Flevo (2001) and Escondido (1991 )

Honors / Achievements

Quotes

"Learn all you can from watching, listening, and talking to other drummers, then step outside the drumming world and observe ... methods You may be surprised how much non- drumming factors can influence your playing! "

"(Eng. :) Learn as much as you can by watching, listening and by talking to other drummers, you then remove from the world the drums and look around ... You may be surprised how many factors unrelated with drums have to do, can affect your play! "

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  • American musician
  • Metal Drummer
  • Person (Milwaukee )
  • Born in 1960
  • Man
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