Duffy Drummer & Craviotto Artist, Tom Meadows:



"Having spent the early part of his career honing the talents of others and developing some of Britain's most promising musicians as part of the Drumtech School; Tom Meadows finds himself in the enviable position of having worked with Lucie Silvas, Girls Aloud and now world wide multi platinum selling artist Duffy as she continues the promotion of her world wide smash debut album Rockferry. I caught up with Tom on a well deserved but rarely possible break from touring as he reflected on the last 18 months, the future ahead and his past successes and influences..."





"In a way it's about getting the right things around you in order that you're still you, but blending in to the sounds around you. The gear you're playing on dictates the way a player plays because of what you hear when you hit them. That's a massively important part of choosing your tools because when you hit that first tom, it needs to sound like it's placed authentically in the track. Using the right drums will immediately get you into a certain mindset, and I know that as pretentious as it may sound, it's like method drumming; half the job is done for you by having the right sound. That's a large part of why I'm playing Craviotto drums now because they're just beautifully crafted instruments, that mould themselves to what you need, tuning is easy and there's a breadth of pitch and tone I don't get anywhere else".



To read the entire full-length interview with Tom Meadows, please visit...

http://www.mikedolbear.com/story.asp?storyID=1995