![]() Depending on the time of year, Campeau will spend anywhere between four and 20 hours in his cymbal workshop. What started out as a practical solution to a problem has morphed into a thriving, artistic passion” that’s followed by more than 17,000 subscribers. “It didn’t take long for the videos to attract some attention so I started to do more complex cymbal modification experiments. "It was at this moment I realized that making videos about cymbals might be an interesting project,” Campeau recalls. About five years ago, a relative delivered a box of old, corroded hand cymbals with oxidation choking each of their natural voices. Over email, Campeau briefly described his day job in industrial manufacturing and sales before excitedly recounting the turning point in his life that led to his current hobby. "I love cymbals because-unlike my computer-the more you hit them, the better they work," jokes Lance Campeau, a cymbalsmith and YouTube personality based out of Ontario, Canada. That was when I wanted to learn more about the people who repair and refurbish cymbals.ġ1" White Noise Cymbal Stack from The Cymbal Project When I struck it, the crash’s sound shimmered and raised the hairs on my arms to attention. It also boasted a small smile, a half–moon gap where the crack was removed like a tumor extracted to prevent spreading. When Burman was through with it, my new Meinl crash was brilliantly polished and buffed. But rather than calling himself a cymbalsmith, Burman refers to himself as a "cymbal modification artist," sometimes using broken parts to create functional pieces of art. The bulk of Burman’s business comes from simple repairs (like modifying my Meinl) and making custom effects cymbals. Jim took that cracked crash to a cymbal repairman named Ken Burman, the owner of Midwest Custom Cymbal Repair in Joliet, Illinois. Miraculously, I got an unexpected visit from my friend Jim who rescued a cracked 16" Meinl Classics Custom crash from a city dump. I didn’t have the few hundred dollars it would cost to buy a new one. When I was ready to upgrade my first drum kit, I quietly asked the universe to provide me with a better crash cymbal. ![]()
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