Sick Drummer Magazine

 

Keep up with Cameron here:

www.myspace.com/evenidolsdie

 

 

It all started in the 8th grade when i tried out for the jazz band in middle school to play drumset, i only tried out because my brother and my friend Ian were going to. i didnt know how to play drumset at all and i really didnt care to learn but i managed to get in the jazz band anyways. Later that same year, i woke up on Christmas morning to find a really nice Pearl Export drumset in my living room. i was pretty shocked to see a drumset as one of my presents because i hadnt asked for one nor cared to have one but i grew to like it and tried to play it often. When i was 10th grade i got my first double bass pedal and when i was in 11th grade i joined my first band "Grey Haven" and started to love the drumset more and more. i had never even heard of the kind music that the guys in the band were wanting to play so i just played the most complicated thing i could that i thought sounded good with the music, looking back on it it didnt fit so well but i nailed the complicated part. We later changed the name of the band to "EVEN IDOLS DIE" and we also changed the kind of music we played to METAL. Then later we sort of broke up but we got back together and now we are better than ever and i am better at the drums than i ever have been because of being in a band.

 

 

 

Cameron Dean Interview:

 

 

 

SD.com: When did you start playing drums?

CD: IT WAS AROUND 8TH GRADE, SO IT WAS LIKE 2001






SD.com: Do you play in a school band or any drum corps?

CD: I WAS IN SCHOOL BAND ALL THROUGH OUT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL






SD.com: Have you ever taken any lessons?

CD: NOPE






SD.com: Who are your top 5 influences?

CD: NATHAN LEE, ANDREW CORE, AND DAVE MACKINTOSH

 

 

SD.com: Assuming that influences doesn't mean favorites, who are your favorites?

CD: CHAD SMITH, DAVE MACKINTOSH, DAVE WECKL, AND THOMAS LANG






SD.com: Let us know 5 CD's that are in your current rotation

CD: DRAGONFORCE!!!!!!






SD.com: Do you practice any specific rudiments or combo's regularly?

CD: YES BUT I WOULDNT KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT I DO

 

 

SD.com: What is your favorite part of your drum kit?

CD: MY PORK PIE ACRYLIC SNARE DRUM






SD.com: If you could give one piece of advice to younger drummers, it would be...

CD: THERE IS REALLY NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO GET BETTER BUT PRACTICE






SD.com: Who gave the best live performance you've ever seen?

CD: "AS I LAY DYING" THEY SOUNDED EXACTLY THE SAME IN PERSON AS THEY DO ON CD






SD.com: Aside from drumming, what else do you do with your life?

CD: CRAZY STUFF LIKE RIDE FURNITURE BEHIND CARS