Sal Cipres

Sal has been playing drums since he was 10 years old. Growing up in Southern California, his musical training began in elementary school and advanced while playing in the Anaheim Kingsmen drum and bugle corps. His kit playing started at age 15 playing R&B and progressive rock styles. His last major project was playing and touring with Acustyka out of Austin Texas where he lived for 16 years. Sal has an extreme love of music and enjoys listening and playing many generes including rock, jazz, latin, funk, and rhythm & blues. His primary drumming influences come from Carl Palmer (ELP), Neil Peart (Rush), and David Garibaldi (Tower Of Power).

Past music projects:
- Acustyka – Rock Original’s
- Gilson Viator Band – Southern Rock
- Flim Flam – Soft rock & jazz
- Ghandia – Afrocuban & Reggae
- Lisa Michelle & the bad daddy’s - Country
- The Expendables – R&B, rock, country

Instruments:
- Drums
- Back up vocals
- Percussion
- Vibes

Musical & stylistic influences:
- 311
- Tool
- Rush
- Tower of Power
- Dave Mathews Band
- Emerson Lake & Palmer

Equipment List:
- Yamaha 6 piece Birch Custom Absolute
- Yamaha Custom Antone Fig snare
- Yamaha & Gibraltar Hardware
- Aquarian heads
- Zildjien & Bosphorus cymbals
- Tree Works Chimes
- LP mini-timbales, cowbells, woodblocks, and shakers
- Rainstick, tamborine, triangle
- Tama programmable metronome
- SKB drum cases