Rob Thurman started drumming at age 15, after a few years with amateur bands, he focused on drum set study with legendary Buffalo Jazz drummer Louis Marino (Tommy Dorsey). This education prepared him for his professional career beginning in 1986 with the band Real Eyes.
In 1990, he and his brothers formed the Thurman Brothers band and toured up and down the east coast until '97. Rob joined the Genesis tribute band “Seconds Out” in early 1998, and that summer formed his all original progressive rock band Navigator.
He tours with the Rick Alviti show band, the country's leading Elvis Presley tribute artist. Rob has also developed a very successful teaching practice spanning the last 20+ years and works as a sound engineer in his home studio West River Recording.
Equipment List
West River Recording Equipment List:
Consoles/Preamps:
Mackie 1604 16 channel mixer
Behringer 2442 FX pro 16 channel mixer
Recorders/Programs:
Pro Tools LE
Digi 001
Macintosh G4
Tascam DA 30 Dat
Alesis Adat AI3 Optical interface
GarageBand
Storage:
Glyph ultra wide scusi 10 gig mix drive
Seagate 100 gig 7200 rpm storage drive
Western Digital 250 gig 7200 rpm storage drive
Audio Monitors:
Yamaha NS -10M Studio
Microphones:
Studio Projects C-3 Vocal/instrument mic
Sennheiser 604 Tom Tom mics
AKG D112 / Shure Beta 52 kick mics
Audio Technica Pro 37R overheads
Audio Technica Pro 25 floor tom mics
Assortment of shure SM 57, 58 and 78,s
Audio Technica ATM21,s
Signal Proccessing:
Compressors - Bombfactory LA-2A, 1176
Reverbs - Real Verb, D-Verb
Effects:
Moogerfooger, Sans Amp, Voce chorus,
DUY suite, Antares modelling suite
Various EQ's and Gates
Headphones:
Audio Technica ATH M40 fs studio phones
Audio Technica ATH D40 fs studio phones
Vic Firth Isolation head set
OZ Audio HR 4 Headphone Matrix amp
Neutrik patchbays
Drumkit:
All Drums Yamaha Recording Custom Cheery Wine finish
8", 10", 12", 13", 14" rack toms
14", 16" Floor toms
18" Gong tom
14 X 8 Yamaha brass timbale
LP bongos
Gibraltar rack system
PureCussion Rims mounting system
Camco single and double bass pedals
DW hihat stand
Cymbals:
Zildjian A Custom Cymbals
8", 10", 12" Splash
13" K/Z Hihats
16", 17", 18" Crash
20" China boy
20" K Custom Ride
Sabian Cymbals:
10" Sabian Max Stacks mini china
14" Sabian Fusion hats
Instruments:
Vintage Arp Pro soloist keyboard
Leslie cabinet
EV Bass cabinet
Yamaha 4 string bass
Roland JC120 gtr amp
Yorkville Audio Pro 3400 power amps (2)
