I was checking out the endorsements section at Opeth.com and it has Tama listed and Premier is nowhere in sight.  I did a search and didn't find anything.  I think this is good news, Tama gains yet another great drummer!

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For sure!

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Who is this guy that you speak of?

Martin Lopez, drummer of Opeth. A really good death metal drummer, also pretty solid rock/prog drummer (if you consider Opeth's Damnation prog). 

I saw an Ad in Modern Drummer (I think) of DW and Zildjian together.  Tama and Sabian should team up for an ad, considering all of the drummers who play that combination

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"Prog-rock is all about geeks writing computer programs to settle the Neil Peart vs. Mike Portnoy debate."
- Dr. David Thorpe

That was a sily move, but i suppose he'll get more money. Martin will never Again have the amazing sound he had on the lamentations DVD from his trusty Premier signia. Prolly one of the best sounding kits to date IMO.

He's not on the Tama's artist profile, must've been recent.

"Music is just a release of all that stuff inside that's trying to kill you. I think just — life is so difficult. The thing I love about music is that you can take painful, deep things that hurt, and turn them into something beautiful." ~ Ray LaMontagne

although i love Tama. the sound of his drums was killer.

Lets just hope he hangs onto his snare at least. 

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That was a sily move, but i suppose he'll get more money. Martin will never Again have the amazing sound he had on the lamentations DVD from his trusty Premier signia. Prolly one of the best sounding kits to date IMO.

 
*Beams with pride over own Signia kit!*

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Neil Peart used his old Slingerland snare pretty much exclusively up until T4E, no matter which company he was endorsing.  Perhaps Lopez would still use his Premier snare.

http://www.myspace.com/elusivesolution
"Prog-rock is all about geeks writing computer programs to settle the Neil Peart vs. Mike Portnoy debate."
- Dr. David Thorpe

i wasn't a big fan of the drum sound on Deliverance (mostly the snare drum sound; didn't like the snappy and poppy sound).  i have played on a signia kit once, and i wasn't impressed.  this may be cause it was poorly tuned, and i believe my friend had the stock heads on them.   though i admit i thought the drums sounded sick on Lamentations.  well i think this is interesting.  hopefully Tama will hook him up with some nice starclassics

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