It isn’t just about the gear. It’s about a belief. A belief you have in yourself and a belief that a business has in you as a person, your abilities on your instrument, and your desire to...
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I have been thinking a lot about the benefits of saying ‘yes’ to various playing opportunities. In this post I want to look at some of the obvious, and perhaps not so obvious benefits of sa...
I like to ask friends what they are listening to when we hang out. It’s definitely become a thing for me. I love the wide range of answers that I get and I often times come away with more t...
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I get asked a lot about why I play and endorse the gear that I use. “Do you get it for free?” – No. I get gear at a discount. I still buy it. “Then why play it if they aren’t givi...
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I’ve written about endorsements before and I certainly have specific ideas about them. Not surprisingly, those ideas have changed over time (I think, for the better). I definitely don’t t...
When we look at the drumset we are looking at a thoroughly modern invention. It was only since the turn of the 20th century that this instrument even EXISTED! We’ve gone from ‘low boy’ ...
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I recently did a session where we were doing minimal mic-ing, single take performances (no overdubs) AND shooting video. The results came out quite nice and that had no small part to do with th...
I’m always checking around for/out new pieces of gear and sound options. Sometimes I will experiment with various little creations of my own and other times I will see something someone else ...
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Despite their being around for over 30 years, there’s still a bit of a stigma associated with ‘electronic drums’. True, in the beginning you had the impossibly hard pads and limited sound...
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I once heard a story from Billy Ward that he took a lesson with Elvin Jones on a trip to New York City when he was a kid. The drum studio had this beat up kit and when Elvin sat down at it and ...
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