About Eva
Eva Schmit is a passionate drummer with years of experience in the music industry.
Known for her vibrant and dynamic drumming style (and outfits to match), Eva has performed with numerous bands and artists, captivating audiences with her energy and skill.
Her dedication to her craft is evident in every performance, and she continues to inspire aspiring drummers around the world.
In addition to performing, Eva is also a dedicated group and solo teacher, sharing her knowledge and expertise with students of all ages.
She believes in the power of music to bring people together and is committed to helping others discover their own musical potential.
Eva's musical journey began at an incredibly young age, when she started playing the violin and studying the Suzuki method at age 4.
By age 8, she had become one of the youngest members of the Charlotte Children's Choir, where she really 'found her voice'.
At age 9, drums began to really capture her interest, and she taught herself to play drums just like her dad.
Through choir, she met Charlotte piano legend Bill Gough and began to take private piano lessons with him, where she began to understand music theory and composition.
Beginning in middle school, Eva began to take drum lessons both privately and through the program at Piedmont IB Middle School.
In these lessons, she learned from renowned percussionist Stephanie Wilson, who helped her develop from a beginner to a multiple-time district timpanist.
At this time, the Charlotte Children's Choir transformed into the Young Voices of the Carolinas, and Eva performed in both Carnegie Hall and for Sunday mass at the Vatican with them.
Beginning in high school, Eva studied under percussionist Trevor Cook, who helped her refine her own voice and explore the world of jazz and improvisation.
Eva continued to develop as an all-around percussionist through this time.
She continued to dominate district and state level timpani positions, began playing professional orchestral gigs with Trevor Cook, and started performing in a number of bands throughout Charlotte.
Also around this time, Eva began teaching private lessons herself, starting by helping her classmates prepare for their own musical endeavors.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Eva took the opportunity to further her reach by learning how to record, mix, and master music in a home studio setting.
Today, Eva continues her education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she studies Percussion Performance under the legendary Rick Dior, as well as a double major in Computer Science.
Performances, teaching, and studio work continue to keep Eva busy, and she continues to seek out the future of music.
Her most recent projects include shoegaze band Catchbliss, as well as developing experimental modular techno music as a solo artist.
She is also developing new technologies that allow for interaction between live musicians and audience members to develop fully improvised rave shows.
About 3.v.13
The 3.v.13 (pronounced Ee-vee, coming from Eva's nickname) is a 'solo' project that Eva has been developing over the past two years.
Initially conceived as a solo electronic project for Eva to explore the intersection of computing and music, her focus very quickly shifted to focus on audience interaction and improvisation.
Currently, the 3.v.13 system is a large modular synthesizer system built inside the application VCV Rack 2, which serves as the foundation for all the electronic portions of the performance.
This VCV Rack system is then controlled by a bluetooth MIDI controller, which gives the audience the ability to control a number of parameters of the system, while Eva improvises and controls additional parameters.
Eva's inspiration for this project stemmed from a number of her biggest influences.
Firstly, she was inspired to explore the world of modular synthesis after seeing the work of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, whose live shows contain sections of jamming primarily on a huge modular synth system they've named "Nathan".
This influence initially inspired Eva to purchase a MOOG Matriarch, which she used to record her first solo album, Why Not?, which explores drum set improvisations being run through the Matriarch.
After this album, Eva knew that her next step was to make this project much more palatable for the average listener, while still keeping improvisation at the forefront.
The solution she found came from reflections on the teachings of musician Jacob Collier, whose philosophy of music centers around bringing the audience into the music and is exemplified through his audience choirs.
Obviously, Eva wasn't going to have an audience choir, but she was inspired to find a way to involve the audience, which led to the current live 3.v.13 system.
Eva is continually improving the 3.v.13 system, and has a number of future plans for the project.
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