ARTIST PROFILE
MAXIMILLIAN SCARPA
PISTOIA, ITALY
band: Session Drummer
STICK SIZE: 5AR
I am a 19 year old Italy-based drummer and have been playing the drums since the age of 9.
I started out with drum lessons for about 2 years and a half, was taught by a jazz-educated drummer who was also really influenced by rock and metal music.
He never really focused on sight-reading, meaning that he made me concentrate on the hearing as the first interactive tool with any type of sounds. It really helped me in gaining a certain awareness when it comes to learning about new pieces, artists or even whole genres.
I remember growing up listening to all kinds of rock music, ranging from progressive, to alternative, to hard rock and much more, with bands such as Genesis, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Deep Purple, Queen and many more. Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath have shaped my metal music “journey” leading towards Iron Maiden, Metallica, Children of Bodom, Dimmu Borgir and many more.
Though it is a genre I still rarely listen to, it will always remain my favourite, also being the one that started everything for me and my musical journey; classical music.
Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” introduced me to the very first organised sounds I ever listened to, making me transition to Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Dvorak and so on. To this day, I feel very influenced by all these different genres, and I like incorporating different elements of theirs in my original music.
WHY DO YOU PLAY COLLISION?
I’m currently playing Collision Drumsticks 5AR.
The company shares one of the most important features with the sticks themselves…the incredible straightforwardness! The community it built, the connections it manages and the transparency of the people that run it; everything is tied together.
Collision Drumsticks are very versatile and durable sticks that just do their job right. When looking for a tool as important as drumsticks, the “translators” of musicians’ creative thoughts, that constitute the first physical bond between drummer- and kit, I want something that works “out of the box” and immediately feels comfortable. They hit the nail on the head.
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