Toontrack Twisted Kit EZ Drummer Expansion

The Toontrack Twisted Kit EZ Drummer Expansion brings a completely new percussion flavor to your DAW. Michael Blair lends his unique sound to this amazing expansion pack. In October of 1985 Tom Waits released the album Rain Dogs . The album was an instant classic and marked a new sound for him. A rough, dirty neo-blues style with awkward rhythms and hard edges. Part of the band that contributed to that sound was drummer and percussionist Michael Blair. His highly personal instrument set-up which included a mix of regular drums and odd bits and pieces like trashcans, bedroom furniture and rusty bicycle frames fit perfectly with the sound that Waits was looking for. The combination of Michael's timing, expression, and junkyard sounds created a rich and useful range of musical textures to accent Waits' intricate storytelling. Michael Blair also played and toured with Waits on Franks Wild Years , the follow up to Rain Dogs, and later became an integral part of the recordings for Elvis Costello’s Spike and Lou Reed's Magic and Loss . Spike became Costello’s most commercially successful and sonically adventurous album to date. Michael also has added his trash-can consciousness to records by the respected producer Hal Willner , in tribute albums celebrating the work of composer Kurt Weill , poet Allen Ginsberg , Walt Disney , Charles Mingus and in collaboration with avant-theatre direct minimize