SeanH + Musician in Toronto, ON

ABOUT

Sean’s drumming style comes from a happy mixture of all of his playing experiences in countless environments (orchestral, jazz, theatre, rock and metal), as well as the combination of the best from all of his influences, which include classic and progressive rock; thrash, death, technical and progressive metal; as well as the jazz sensibilities of changing time signatures and dynamic volume control. Although a chameleon who can assume any style according to the needs of the context, Sean is likened in style to Neil Peart and Dave Lombardo because of his exciting mixture of progressive rock and heavy metal. He is a very strong drummer within the Toronto indie-band scene and is sought after for session work and for live shows. He plays for melodic female-fronted, progressive metal band ARYA (TIMA Best Metal 2007, Paragon X-Posure 2007 10G recording contract winners, Great Canadian Band Challenge Top 5, http://www.myspace.com/aryaband), and has played with horn-filled pop-rock group Groove (with Grammy-nominee/multiple Juno-winning songwrite/producer Justin Gray) and the prog-metal Stormbringer.

Screen name:

SeanH

Member since:

Dec 11 2007

Active within 2 weeks

Level of commitment:

Touring

Years playing music:

20

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to gig:

6-7 nights a week

Most available:

Days

Influences

Sean has been trained both privately and in school,
but his greatest influence has been from the following artists...
current:
Brann Dailor (Mastodon), Tomas Haake (Meshuggah), Peter Wildoer (Arch Enemy), Mario Duplantier (Gojira), George Kollias (Nile), Olivier Laffond (Hacride), Kenneth Kapstad (Goat the Head), Steve Shalaty (Immolation), Zbigniew Robert Prominski a.k.a. Inferno (Behemoth), the late Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka (Decapitated), Kevin Talley (Daath)
formative years:
Neil Peart (Rush), John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Ian Paice (Deep Purple), Bill Ward (Black Sabbath), Lars Ulrich (Metallica), Tim Alexander (Primus), Nick Menza (Megadeth)

Instrument experience:

Drums:

Expert

EQUIPMENT

8 piece TAMA Rockstar
1x20" kick
1x22" kick
1x14" Pearl Maple snare
1x8" concert tom
1x10" concert tom
1x12" rack tom
1x13" rack tom
1x14" floor tom
14" Sabian hats
22" Paiste ride
16" Sabian crash
18" Zildjian K dark crash
20" Zildjian crash
17" Stagg China
10" Sabian splash
10" Sabian bell

TAMA Jr. Iron Cobra kick pedals

Remo coated black-dot snare heads
Remo clear Embassador tom heads
Vic Firth "METAL" sticks

MUSIC