DRUMMING

Need a professional drummer to record or fill in for you?

With a positive attitude and expert knowledge of recordings, gigs and different genres of music, you can be assured to get the sound and style of drumming you’re after.

FOR RECORDING, MARK CAN:

  • Turn up without drumkit and play yours or the studios.

  • Turn up with either of his drumkits.

  • Record your drums for you in his own studio and send/give you the files on hard disk.

  • Create drum tracks from professional midi software, and make them sound crisp and life like.

FOR PLAYING, MARK CAN:

  • Learn your entire set from recordings you have, note for note. *

  • Rehearse with you prior to gigs/tours.

Mark has played in most Sydney venues and is no stranger to larger stages as he has played the BDO.

Session drumming recordings, are charged at $100/hour with a minimum of a 3 hour booking.

Gigs are charged per gig starting at $400.

* Most styles of pop/rock/punk/metal (some speed metal/math metal/prog rock will take more time)

Testimonials

Mick Pucar

“The first thing that my band unanimously agreed upon, after spending two back to back 12 hour non – stop recording days with Mark Spiteri laying down beyond excellent drum tracks for our first originals album project, was that it was difficult to imagine how a Drummer could be more professional, efficient, skilled (both in musical theory and playing ability) or capable. Mark’s work on our project was seamlessly in context with our tracks. If you have a song which needs a solid backbone……… Mark is the Man.”

Daniel Antix

“I’ve worked with Mark for over 10 years in both the studio and live environment. I use him frequently as a session drummer because I know he’s well versed in a huge range of styles and he get’s the job done quickly without any compromise in quality. As a live drummer he is the tightest and most energetic drummer I’ve ever worked with, not to mention the fact he’s a born showman.”

Gear

SNARES:

Pearl Masters Custom Maple 14×6
Pearl Masters Custom Maple 14×5
Pearl Virgil Donati Signature Snare 14×5
Mapex Black Panther Birch 13×6
PDP Maple 14×5.5

DRUMKIT 1:

Pearl Masters Custom Maple (Red wine lacquer)
22×18, 8×7, 10×8, 12×10, 14×12, 16×14

DRUMKIT 2:

Pearl Masters Custom Birch (Black and gold sparkle fade)
22×16, 10×8, 12×10, 14×12, 16×16

DRUMKIT 3:

Pearl Masters Birch (Wood veneer)

22x18, 10x10, 12x12, 14x14, 16x16

DRUMKIT 5:

Pearl Birch (Deep Red wrap)
22×18, 12×12, 14×14, 16×16

CYMBALS:

Hi-Hats:

13” Sabian hats
14” Zildjian KZ hats

Crashes:

16” Sabian crash
17” Sabian HHX sweet crash
18” Sabian HHX crash
19” Sabian AAX crash

Rides:

22” Sabian ride
24” UFIP ride

Chinas:

18” UFIP china
18” Paiste china
20” UFIP china
20” Paiste china

Splashes and effects:

6″ Zildjian splash
8″ Zildjian splash
10″ UFIP splash
12″ Sabian splash
6″ LP bell

PERCUSSION:

Wind chimes
Shakers
Cowbell
Tambourine (rock and orchestral)
Triangle
Clave
Rain stick
Brazilian samba whistle

ELECTRONIC

Alesis SamplePad Pro

SOUND CARD/OUTPUT ABILITY

Focusrite Clarett 8 Pre
Focusrite Clarett OctoPre
Cubase on Mac OS

P.A:

3x 1000W amplifiers
24 channel Allen & Heath console
2x 16″+horn Behringer
2x 14″(2)+horn
1x 16″+horn
2x 18″ sub Behringer