Reinold Janssen

Reinold Janssen (Praestabilis) started his drumming career very early on in 1978 when he played along to Beatles and Stones LP’s on round biscuit boxes when his father put them on. After receiving training in flute and high school music lessons he joined the local drum corps in which he marched the streets in 112 BPM with the ‘Limburgse Schutterijen’. Some lessons in Spanish guitar followed also.. His first drum kit was a blue Pearl.

In High School he joined the poprock band “By The Way” and performed at some local students parties. He learned how to play ‘Radar Love’ of the Golden Earring.

The only reason he did not went to a conservatory is because it was too far away from his hometown.

From the Dutch magazine Slagwerkkrant he got in the early days in the late 8o’s all information he needed about drumming and upcoming concerts and festivals. Frequent visitor of the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague.

In 2023 he again, after a very long philosophical break, took up drumming with his new Roland V-drums kit and Mac home studio (Ableton Live).

He plans to be in the near future more of a recording artist than a live performer.

Gear

Roland TD_27KV2 V-drums
Ableton Live (Macos)
NI Komplete Kontrol M32

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