Joe Beninati Music
Joe Beninati an independent drummer residing in Maine. He also write his own music. Thank you for ch
Groove with a .
Left to right:
- 10” popcorn snare
- jingle ring on hat
- 5” hex stax on hi hat rod
- moon Groover with jingles and chain on snare
- jb groove ring deluxe on floor tom
Here is a groove using some more Creative Percussion.
head scratcher, head shaker, Luna stax, UFO stax
acrylic 20/12/14/14 and 6x8/6x10 octobans
14” Atlantic crash/Ayasofya top, 20” ayasofya fx cymbal with rivets, 22” soft ride with rivets, 20” ayasofya china with rivets
7A sticks hardware armor cases
It's a week past Thanksgiving and I am still focused on and filled with gratitude. The Big 3 for me - Family, Work and Music.
Family - I couldn't have asked for a better tribe to be in. Through good times and crap times. I love you Rachel, Max and Eli! And of course my furry and scaly family - Luna, Solomon, Mable, Simba and Shoto.
Work - Some how I landed the perfect job for me at 317 Main St Community Music Center. I get to teach drums, run a soundboard for live bands, record and mix people's music, manage and plan events! And most importantly I work with and meet a lot of talented and amazing people.
Music -I have been extremely blessed and honored to work with companies where I speak with the people that actually make the products or are a direct link to them. This is a rarity. Thank you Mehteran Cymbals. Richard LeRoy (RL Drums), Los Cabos Drumsticks, Attack Drumheads,Creative Percussion, Stack Ring Percussion. Drumgees, Centent cymbals, Ahead Drumsticks & Accessories (Armor Cases), Dixon Drums (Hardware), TnR Products, No Nuts Percussion, Baldman Percussion, Roots EQ, Reverie Drum Co., Upcycled Percussion
Bands - My musical "bosses", collaborators and some of my closest of friends - Mike Maurice, Jason Ward, Eric Napier.
Session work - Todd, Jason and Alice are awesome folks and amazingly skilled at their craft. Acadia Recording Company has the some of the best people I have worked with in the recording world.
My teachers - How amazing is it that I live in a world where I can meet, learn from and talk with incredible drummers! Scott Pellegrom, Richard Spaven. This goes out to you. Whether watching you, taking a lesson or chatting, I become a better drummer every day.
More to come...
Here is a loop from the great, .
15” hats, 19” crash, 22” sizzle ride (all soft series), 10” hats and 12” splash (ayasofya)
8” pancake snare
hyperdrive Maple kit
7A sticks
flat hardware
I rediscovered the “Once” album and man, it’s a good one!
This is a bit of a “When Your Mind’s Made Up”.
You can’t help but feel something when you hear this song…
Messing around with a set up with some extra percussion on it.
The Percussion Exchange 20/14/14 Maple kit
Latin Percussion 12” timbale, 12” Stanton Moore Pandeiro, downtown Cowbell
Mehteran Cymbals Official 13” Rain Hats, 19” Soft Thin Crash, 10” Jazz ride, 21” Ayasofya Ride, 20” ayasofya thin crash with rivets, fx 10” splash/8” china stack
Los Cabos Drumsticks 7A red hickory sticks
Dixon Drums flat hardware
Creative Percussion leather be**er
Attack Drumheads TnR Products No Nuts Percussion
19/09/2023
New York Area Friends and Family!
I am excited to be back playing in NYC with my friends from Maine on Friday, 9/29.
I’ll be playing at Triad, 158 W 72nd st at 9:30 with Mike Maurice Thomas Clukey Michael Solak and Jason Marshall.
We will be sharing the bill with Natalie Farrell’s band which include one of my closest friends, Joshua Van Ness on drums.
It’s been a long time! I’d love to see some familiar faces!
You can preorder tickets here:
Mike Maurice with Special Guest Natalie Farrell, New York, NY - InstantSeats Mike Maurice with Special Guest Natalie Farrell at Triad Theater. Friday, September 29, 2023, 9:30PM, New York, NY | powered by InstantSeats
02/09/2023
New York and other tri state area friends! I’ll be playing with Mike Maurice and the gang at the Triad in NYC on Friday 9/29. I have been playing with Mike the better part of a year now. He is a super talented songwriter and fantastic musician. The rest of the band are amazing musicians and people as well! Come on out! It would be so nice to see all you folks that I have been missing since moving north.
We will be sharing the bill with a great artist, Natalie Farrell! One of my closest friends, Joshua Van Ness will be on drums with her that night. We all hope to see you for this awesome show!
Mike Maurice Thomas Clukey Michael Solak Jason Marshall Joshua Van Ness
Another great Tyquil loop!
What’s in the video:
18/10/14/13 Mahogany set
ayasofya series 13” hats, 12” splash, 19” crash, 21” ride, 20” light crash with holes and rivets, 20” china with rivets, 10” hats
12” talking tom
7A red hickory
flat hardware
black proflex 1 on tom’s, Baron on snare, coated proflex 1 on kick
Hello friends and family!
Thank you so much for your birthday wishes on here, text and email. You all added so much awesomeness to an already amazing day.
I hope that you are all well and happy!
Here’s another drumless track that I found on YouTube. This one by .
I have been listening to a lot lately.
I am especially loving this song. I took some liberties with the beat.
In the video:
maple hyperdrive 20x16 kick, 14x5.5 snare, 16x14 floor
Muffintop 12” hand snare
13” ayasofya hats, 17” soft thin crash, 20” thin Atlantis ride (rivets only), 20” ayasofya thin crash with Auriga holes and 6 rivets
7a red hickory sticks
flat hardware
proflex coated 1 and 2
In this video:
maple Hyper Drive 20/12/14/14
15” Fx crash over ayasofya top hat, 20” Atlantis light ride (rivets only), 21” ayasofya ride
mini crunch ring on hats, Chain Gate on snare, Dry K stack on snare
7A red hickory sticks
proflex 1 and 2 coated on snare and toms
flat hardware
18/14/13 Mahogany Kit
15” Atlantis crash over ayasofya bottom hats, 19” ayasofya crash, 21” ayasofya ride, 20” Atlantis ride
Red Jazz sticks
flat hardware
heads
bongo
15/07/2023
I’ll be playing Brickyard Hollow with Eric Napier and Robben Harrís tomorrow (Sunday, 7/16) from noon- 2.
Come out, have some food, early drink and let us serenade you! 821 Trio
An attempt at a Stanton Moore and David Garibaldi hybrid! Be gentle!
😅
04/07/2023
I have to give a shout out to some awesome companies and their products on this vid.
The mini mini junk hat is just awesome. I didn’t know what to expect after using the regular 1.0 and big mini, which I loved. This is perfect for what I need to get the junk hat sound in a tight space.
The 2 sided dampener is awesome for getting a little of a raw electronic sound on my snare. I also used a magnetic chain they CP made for me as well. I have the damper “bumps down” as it adds some nice metal sustain to every hit.
Mics wise, I am in love with mics for all over heads, snares and toms. Amazing hand made mics at a very very fair price. I am using reds for over heads and blues on the snare.
For the kick, I am using a Sub Kick by itself and it sounds perfect on my little kicks.
And I haven’t given these guys nearly enough love. I use in ears. They sound amazing and the folks there are amazing to work with.
My sticks are by . They feel really nice and have great balance! These are 7As.
Check them all out and hit them up!
A lot of Creative Percussion going on and it sounds awesome!
In the vid:
13” Kevolution top hi hat, 20” full hammered flat FX Ride, 22” full hammered FX Ride, 20” Gong Cymbal, 10” popcorn FX Drum with a 10” reversible 2 sided dampener on it.
10” snare (made with Chris), played upside down.
16x11 kick
Thank you for watching!
Loop 128…
Loving vocal loops.
Equipment:
Reverie 16x11 kick, snare side stick
Percussion Exchange 10x4 snare
Creative percussion 10” popcorn FX drum, 8” hex stax, magnetic chain
Vansir Power 22” ride, 19” Crash/ride, 13” hats
Baldman Percussion Mini Mini Junk Hat
Legends 7A custom Drum Sticks
Beat 37! Playing some newer and/or repurposed gear:
- Baldman Percussion custom Mini Mini Junk hat
- Percussion Exchange 10x4 snare (I built with Chris)
- Reverie 16” kick, 12” frame snare drum
- Stack Ring percussion 16” Versa stack, 22” halo that I drilled a cymbal stand hole in (idea from )
- Creative percussion 5” hex stax with one extra heavy layer on top, magnetic chain on snare
- Mod cymbal 20” reworked ride cymbal. Took off some weight, rehammered and added rivets
Thank you for watching!
09/08/2021
Thank you Baldman Percussion for the Mini Mini Junk Hat with my logo! This is going to be fun!!!
Thank you aLunarLanding for making the logo!!!
I’ve had the opportunity this summer to work with all of the awesome kids at the Portland Recreation Camps.
Here’s a video of the set up. The kids have been great and a lot of fun to jam with!
1 more week!
05/08/2021
A little story…Back about two years ago I met amazing people, drummers and learned about awesome sticks at . I met an awesome drummer and now good friend, Chris who as it turns our lives only 20 minutes away from me. The irony is that Collision is in the UK. So I met Chris through a company across the pond and who basically is my neighbor. Anyway, Chris is an amazing drum builder and he has been kind enough to show me the ropes and guided me through making my own snare drum. This is the result, a 10x4 snare. The first of many! (Hopefully) We decided to put top heads on both sides so that it could be reversible for more sound options. I can’t wait to demo this little guy for you.
Thank you, Chris! Please check out his drums at . He also goes live on Instagram weekly on Wednesday’s at 3 EST if you want to know more!
New loop!
Trying out a two piccolo snare set up. Lots of cool sounds from Creative Percussion, Stack Ring Percussion, Upcycled percussion, Dixon and Brass Lasagna!
Thank you for watching!
New loop with not 1 but 2 spiral cymbals. One 10”ish stacked on the 20” crash/ride, one 18” as a full on crash.
Thanks for watching!
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