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Profile of Danny Carey
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Danny Carey |
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10th May 1961 |
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Paola, Kansas, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Daniel "Danny" Edwin Carey (born May 10, 1961 in Paola, Kansas, USA) is the drummer for the band Tool.
Biography
Danny's first encounter with the drums began at the age of ten by joining the school band and taking private lessons on the snare drum. Two years later, Danny began to practice on a drum set and gained a private teacher. On his senior year of high school, Danny joined the high school jazz band and began to study under a new teacher specifically for jazz. As Danny progressed through high school and later college at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, he began expanding his studies in percussion with theory into the principles of geometry, science, and metaphysics. Danny also played jazz while attending college and got to experience the jazz scene in Kansas City.
A major commitment to life as an artist convinced Danny to leave Kansas and travel to Los Angeles, California where he was able to perform as a studio drummer with bands like Carole King and perform live sets with Pigmy Love Circus. He would later find his way to Tool after coming to know singer Maynard James Keenan and guitarist Adam Jones and practicing with them in place of drummers the two had requested but had never shown up. Besides Tool, Danny also finds time for other projects new and old such as Pigmy Love Circus and Zaum.
Danny is currently married to his wife, Sabine.
Religion and the Occult
Although Danny has not officially aligned himself with any particular school of philosophy or religion, he has projected a deep interest in and understanding for the magical arts and sciences, among them sacred geometry and various occult teachings. Enochian symbols, geometric designs, and special symbolic percussive devices are featured on and in his drum kit.
Side Projects and other Musical Endeavours
Drummed on the Carole King album Colour of Your Dreams with GNR's Slash playing on select tracks Danny currently has numerous side projects, including past work in Green Jelly, and his current electronica-oriented project Zaum.
In search of new techniques, Carey has studied tabla with Aloke Dutta. Carey's popularity among drummers and non-drummers stems from the diversity of his sound.
Carey toured in 2003 with his side project Pigmy Love Circus as the opening band for A Perfect Circle's 2003 club tour.
Carey has also contributed to Adrian Belew's Side One project with bassist Les Claypool.
Equipment
Danny uses Paiste cymbals, Jeff Ocheltree custom made drums made from recycled Paiste Signature cymbals, Sonor drums, Vic Firth sticks and Evans heads.
He also uses Electronic Drum Pads designed exclusively for him by Vince De Franco.
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