Clay Hoover

DJ / Drummer / Music Technician - State College, PA

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Do your thing, Penn State 🔷🔷🔷🔷 #ThrowbackThursday #pennstate #THON #charity #forthekids (at Bryce Jordan Center)

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The anniversary show was a success! I slept the hell in today. #theperkolators #drummer #reggae #rock #jam #pennstate #music (at Cafe 210 West)

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Hasn't happened in a while, but the risk is real! #djproblems #djsofinstagram #pioneerdj #serato @pioneerdjusa @serato

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⤴This sometimes happens. I used to grip my sticks so tightly that I would injure myself and have to take time off to stretch & heal (weeks at a time - very deflating). I realized that if I wanted to do this long-term, I had to start taking better care of my body, which meant reinventing my technique all over again. And I did. And it sucked!! Imagine a writer re-learning penmanship. But it's allowed me to safely and steadily grow as a musician, bringing me closer to my goals. And now I can't hold onto the damn things sometimes! Funny how the pendulum swings like that 😏 It looks like I have more work to do #okthen #tryingtofindabalance #perfectpracticemakesperfect #drummer #drumsticks #vicfirth #imwithvic #music #groove #beat #drums #funk #musician (at State College, Pennsylvania)

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Only 2 months old but it counts #throwbackthursday #tbt #theperkolators #drummer #reggae #rock #music

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Very cool. #repost from @red_pencil_entertainment #music #art #legends #davidbowie #lemmy #restinpeace

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I am grateful to have had an important personal milestone gig to start the year, but what's also cool is that I'm home, safe & warm thanks to my tank which recently hit 190,000 miles. 7 hours spent in the car yesterday and late last night, most of it in steady hard rain with random patches of thick fog. The Turnpike was a mess btw, what the fuck was that, do people just hyrdoplane to work down there.. ? I hope this car holds up its end of the bargain for a long time to come because I need it to! #weatherilikeitornot #pennsylvania #philly #travel #gig #djsofinstagram #pioneerdj #serato #sennheiser

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My first DJ gig of 2016 is a road gig! Feels like April here instead of January though... #weird #alreadythinkingofsummer #philadelphia #djsofinstagram #serato #pioneerdj #sennheiser (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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Looking forward to the next time we do our thing at Café 210 #justletmeplay #newyearnewgear #drummer #vicfirth

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First time at the Phyrst as a Perkolator, last show of the year! Let's party #theperkolators #reggae #rock #jam #music #pennstate #localmusic

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Guilty as charged on multiple counts. #stagehand #crew #musicianproblems #lightingdesign #audioengineering #concert #show #tour #festival

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In a NY state of mind this #rainyday #nofilter #nosleepeither #bigredbow #nyc (at Grand Central Terminal)

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#myreaction when I'm 2 days away from my first-ever gig in the Big Apple, and I wake up with a sore throat & sniffles. So grateful for this day of rest before final preparations tomorrow, I'm gonna milk every second of it! #getdownwiththesickness #mancold #netflix #chillllll

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Work in progress... (the drummer, not the solo! Well, that too) #vicfirth #remo #gretschdrums #drummer #music #practice #composition (at State College, Pennsylvania)

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8D nylon-tip for practice, 8D wood-tip for performance. Check out the color difference! Made for jazz & combo, but I use them for reggae and funk. They're a bit longer than most other sticks so I can reach farther on the kit with less effort, but they're not too heavy or clumsy, which is a plus for ghost notes and general volume sensitivity @vicfirth #vicfirth #imwithvic #theperfectpair #vf8d #drummer #drumsticks #musician #newyearnewgear

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First sound gig I've had in a while last night. Great performance from the group ✔ #audioengineering @nittany_entertainment #acapella #music #pennstate #happyvalley #wtf #isthisweather (at Penn State Arboretum)

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Very cool idea. I just found out that THON lost two of its "canning" fundraising weekends this year but you and I can help to make up for it! #6abcFTK #pennstate #thon