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It makes sense. As monstrously skilled as Travis is, he's far from a household name. It's only when you get higher up, more well known, that they'll start giving you more than a significant discount on gear.
If I remember correctly, Pearl is notorious for not giving out endorsement deals that are completely free. They’ll give out endorsements deals a bit more liberally to less well known artists, and the artists can get stuff fairly cheap, but almost never for free. Idk. I’m sure Travis could snag a bigger deal with a different company, but he also doesn’t do anything by accident. He’s using Pearl because that’s his sound, and he probably feels comfiest there. If he wanted a DW deal, or something else of that caliber, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to do so.
I remember Jojo Mayer saying in one of these setup tour videos he made, that he had to buy his own sticks from Vic Firth. Like Travis said here, you have an Endorser/Artist discount, but you still have to pay for the products you use. Marco Minnemann on the other hand, said he gets a cut from his ProMark signature sticks sales. I think it differs from artist to artist, but in general, unless you're a top celebrity, you might have to pay for your stuff more often than not.
I don't know if anyone has said this, but I'm 90% sure Travis is Periphery's original drummer. I keep forgetting he's been with DH for a while now. I've been a fan of him for years. His setup is so cool.
Awesome! Always happy to see Orbinator featured. I love high-end gear & new tech like anyone else, but what's more impressive is when that is secondary to just MONSTROUS talent and hard work; the art must come first. Killin' it, Travis!
Dude is so damn underrated, Pearl get your ish together and get this man endorsements! Guarantee you if they actually see his videos they would be more than happy to endorse him!
Love that he still rocks a mid level price kit, it's actually pretty sick. Especially since it's a touring kit, probably takes some of the stress off having to not lug around a $5000 kit that is gonna get beat up potentially. I have a Tama starclassic performer birch set, and they do cut really well for not a lot of money!
Pearl vision kits are really very good I can see why he still uses his, nothing wrong with them & with a few ‘upgrades’ they definitely hold their own up again more expensive range in pearl series 👍
All my respect and admiration to this guy masterfully , mastering on drums,total genius and total virtuosity . Total dominion on drums ..like Bobby Jarzombek and Virgil Donati.
