Casey Cooper
COOP3RDRUMM3R - United States
Overview
Casey Cooper, or “COOP3RDRUMM3R,” as he is more commonly known by on the popular video streaming site YouTube, was born in Arlington, Texas, but currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia where he attends Georgia State University and plays drum set for the GSU Marching and Basketball Athletic Bands.
Cooper first picked up a pair of sticks at the age of 6 and got his first Pearl Forum kit at 8. He has played for and currently fills in for a number of Atlanta area bands spanning many genres, but recently found his talent and love for producing and recording videos for the worldwide audience of drummers, musicians and other viewers on YouTube. In May of 2011 he started uploading drum covers, live performances, original songs, lessons and other drumming and music related videos to YouTube under the channel name of COOP3RDRUMM3R. In less than 2 years with a lot of hard work, dedication and a passion for entertaining, inspiring and teaching others, he built a YouTube channel that is now the most viewed and subscribed YouTube drumming channel per day in the world and continues to grow at an astounding rate. With over 2.5 million monthly views and always growing, Cooper’s channel reaches drummers and musicians from every country in the world as he aspires to create videos to entertain and reach out to every musical style and taste.
He enjoys playing a wide variety of music and believes that the most important part of playing drums or any other instrument is enjoying yourself and having fun playing and creating music. His playing style and his videos are all very high energy and filled with showmanship and passion. He aims to entertain, inspire and share his love for the drums and music with everyone who watches his videos and hopefully inspire them to pick up an instrument and enjoy playing as well.
Cooper has always loved and played Pearl as long as he’s played the drums and he enjoys recording his videos on his Pearl Export series kit. He’s always been impressed by how incredible his Export series drums look and sound, so be sure to visit his YouTube channel and check out his kit in action!
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Equipment Configuration
Crystal Beat:
Ultra Clear (730)
22x16 bass drum
10x7 tom
12x8 tom
14x13 floor tom
16x15 floor tom
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EXX Export Series
Jet Black
22x18 bass drum
10x7 tom
12x8 tom
13x9 tom
14x14 floor tom
16x16 floor tom
14x5.5 snare drum
10x4 M-80 Snare Drum
ICON Rack System & Advanced Hardware
P932 Demonator Double Pedal
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EXX Export Series
Jet Black
22x18 bass drum
10x7 tom
12x8 tom
13x9 tom
14x14 floor tom
16x16 floor tom
14x5.5 snare drum
10x4 M-80 Snare Drum
Pearl ePro Live in Jet Black
r.e.dbox module with v2 software
r.e.d.box software with Metal Memory Switch kit
DR80 Rack System & Advanced Hardware
P932 Demonator Double Pedals
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ELX Export Series
Ruby Fade (232)
22x18 bass drum
10x8 tom
12x10 tom
13x11 tom
16x16 floor tom
18x16 floor tom
14x5 snare
13x3 piccolo snare
13x5 steel shell snare
10x4 M-80 Firecracker snare