Sadly, we have lost our friend and colleague Dennis Stauffer. Dennis was the mastermind behind the extremely well crafted Phattie Drums, Black Label Drums, Cocktail Drums, Steam Bent, and Sounds Like Art snare drums. Chances are, if you’ve used our drums here at the studio, you’ve played one of his kits. He’s made custom kits for everyone from the Avett Brothers to Eli Young Band, the Buzzcocks and more. Dennis’ success was continuing to grow and he was looking to move into the building next to us. His shop could no longer handle the volume of all the custom build orders he was getting.
Dennis was an amazing husband and father, and is survived by his wife Brittney and his one year old son, Roan. We will be holding a memorial for him here at our church studio, Saturday, January 21st at 11 AM. 14 N. French Broad Avenue. In lieu of flowers, his family is asking for donations to Roan’s education fund at Asheville Savings Bank.
His legacy will live on, as people continue to play his drums for many years to come. He will be greatly missed in our community.
Check out Mike Rhodes playing our house kit.
Graham, great to see this video. My biggest issue with drum takes whheter it is punching in or comping as you show here is inconsistency with cymbals. When punching in I always give them plenty of pre-roll to let them play along in hopes that the cymbals will carry into the punch point the same as the prior take. Same goes with comping. How do you account for this? When copying a section from a prior take into a comp playlist, how do you handle that editing when the cymbals don’t quite match at the edit point between the 2 takes?Thanks and keep up the great work!