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My First Time Playing my Kit Left-Handed (It Goes About As Well As You'd Expect) — DeepCutsArchive
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My First Time Playing my Kit Left-Handed (It Goes About As Well As You'd Expect)

Zak Starkey
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The other day I was watching live concert clips on YouTube and I saw Zak Starkey drumming for the Who, playing a left-handed set-up. That got me thinking - could I reverse my kit and actually manage to play along to a tune, first time out? The answer won't surprise you at all! Chapters: 0:00 Intro & Switchover 1:33 Playing Right-handed (for comparison) 2:42 Making adjustments 3:19 Getting Used To the Backwards 5:07 Actually Trying To Play To Music Left-handed 7:34 In Conclusion Gear used in this video: - Ludwig Standards in blue strata: 14x22 Bass drum, 9x13 tom, 16x16 floor tom - Ludwig 6.5x14 Black magic Joey Kramer edition - Cymbals: 14" Zildjian A Z-MAC top hi-hat, A Custom Mastersound bottom hat; 17" Sabian AAX Concept crash; 18" Zildjian A Custom crash; 22" Sabian AAX Omni; 19" Zildjian A medium-thin crash; 18" Meinl Classics Custom dark trash crash; 20" LP Rancan china - Microphones: Bass drum - Sennheiser E602 II (exterior) and E901 (interior); Snare - Shure PG57; Toms: Sennheiser E604s; Overheads - Rode M5s Background music: "Wild Things" by Rivver (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7HWvdCJs8XlQD8DC8wyYIo) Be sure to like, subscribe and enable notifications! Thanks for watching!



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About Zak Starkey

Zak Richard Starkey (born 13 September 1965) is an English rock drummer who toured and recorded with the Who from 1996 to 2025. Other musicians and bands he has worked with include Oasis, Johnny Marr, the Icicle Works, the Lightning Seeds, and the Semantics. He is the son of the Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey.

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