
Ferry Guns
Instrument: | Drums and Orchestral Programming |
Birth date: | April 19th, 1975 |
Education: | Electrical Engineering & Electronics |
Lives in: | Maarheeze, The Netherlands |
Musical Background:
I was raised in a harmonious family where music and musical instruments always played a very important role. I started examining music when I was about five years old by trying to get some rhythm out of cardboard boxes. After a while I thought it was time to take it a bit more seriously by grabbing a real instrument. Because a real drum-kit was not feasible at the time and we still had an old bass guitar busy doing nothing, I decided it was time to get some music out of it. After practising for a about a year I also started playingwith other people (I don’t think we could already call ourselves musicians at that time).
When I was about thirteen years old, I moved with my parents to a nice new home in the woods nearby Eindhoven. It became clear that this new home also offered lots of opportunities for a “real” drum-kit. It took me about a year to convince my parents that I really needed this kit. I bridged the time by playing on all sorts of books and drawing boxes that I exposed on my desk as some sort of drum-kit. By then I seriously started playing drums in my first band. Because I was in the middle of my metal period, we started a symphonic death metal band “Disincarnated” inspired by bands like The Gathering and Paradise Lost. We got our first small gigs and recorded our first demo tape. After “Disincarnated” I played in all sorts of bands, slightly moving from the metal to the rock/pop scene. I also got more and more interested in the piano and after awhile I bought my own piano and took some serious piano-lessons.
About 4 years ago, after I got in contact with Jack Driessen, I got inspired by the whole metal again and specifically the orchestral metal scene. I decided to take one last challenge by writing my own music the way I had in. It took me about 2 years to build the fundaments of Beyond God. How it continued…. you can read in our band bio.
Gear: | Tama Superstar Hyperdrive Zildjan A Custom Gibraltar Hardware 2Box Five Promark Pinstripe |
Software: | ProjectSAM Symphobia ProjectSAM True Strike ProjectSAM Orchestral Brass Gary Garritan Personal Orchestra Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Cinematic Strings Pro Edition Steinberg Halion5 Steven Slate Platinum Drums |
Favorite Albums: | Obituary – Cause of Death Amorphis – Tales from the thousand lakes Paradise Lost – Lost Paradise Pestilence – Testimony of the Ancients Lemur Voice – Insights Evanescence – Fallen After Forever – Prison of Desire |
Musicians: | Mike Portnoy, Arien van Weesenbeek, Ton Dijkman, Stef Broks, Tomas Haake, John Ewbank, Martijn Westerholt, Chuck Schuldiner, Anouk Teeuwe, Amy Lee, Sharon den Adel Delain, Within Temptation, Epica, Dream Theater, Evanescence, We are the fallen, Nemesea |
Bands: | Delain, Within Temptation, Epica, Dream Theater, Evanescence, We are the fallen, Nemesea |
Drinks: | Douwe Egberts Ice Macchiato, Red Bull, Remy Martin VSOP, Glengyle Kilkerran Single Malt, Islay Octomore Single Malt |
Writers: | Kluun |
Movies: | Back to the future, Indecent Proposal, Seven, All Stars |
Holiday: | Provence (Fr), Andalusia (E), Tirol (Aus) |
Cars: | Audi R8, Audi RS4, Ferrari Scuderia, Porsche Panamera, Porsche 911 Carrera S |
Bikes: | Ducati Monster 696 |
Sports: | Skiing, Football, Tennis |
Man: | Youp van ‘t Hek |
Woman: | Amy Lee |
Food: | Spaghetti (any), T-Bone steak, Rib-Eye, Lamb Rack, Carpaccio |