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Olimpass,
Thanks for posting that Mitch clip. Never saw that one. I really love his style, probably because Elvin is very much a hero of mine. He's like the rock Elvin!

Hey Pastor Bob,
Can you tell me again how to post pics? I have some very unusual hand drums to show everyone. Thanks...t.ice

I like that series very much. I endorse Bosphorus and have a bunch of different ones, but I have more of that series than others. I have two wide rides and I especially like the 22". The smash...

Hey pastor bob, I'd like to show everybody pics of my hand drums but can't figure how to post...I'm new here. Need help.

Yeah, you could cover just about anything (I would think) with those instruments. As far as a minimum drum kit setup, I would bring a snare, BD, hi hat.

Swunk: A funky beat that swings, utilizing "swing" eighths as opposed to "straight" eighths. Common in hip hop, jazz, and many other genres.

Hey Tom,
Funny you should mention it like that - I actually started a group om tribe.net called Udu Voodoo. I play Hadgini, which is the two chambered udu that my buddy Jamey Haddad invented. I also...

wow Tom, I never heard that tune before, although I know those guys well. My buddy plays in Peter Apfelbaum's band. Yeah, that really shows off what Dafnis can do. Thanks for posting!

I want to share with you some incredible drummers you may not have heard. The guy I'm listening to right now is Dafnis Prieto. He's from Cuba and has been here for probably about ten years now. He...

If a man says something in the woods and there's no woman there to hear it, is he still wrong?
This is in honor of your previous post and all of us married guys.

I play with Mike Gordon from Phish. This is a real treat for me. Mike's band does stuff in a rock context and at the same time is very eclectic. We have Caribbean grooves, latin, funk, rock, New...

Yeah, I know what you mean about the volume thing with bosphorus. That being said, I play in a very loud setting sometimes and I use a couple of stanton moore rides - one as a crash. Surprisingly,...

Yes, I play Bosphorus cymbals and most of them are the stanton moore series. I also have some master series, one of which is an old one that is thin, dark, and beautiful. I have two wide rides that I...

Wow, I didn't even know about the bearing edge difference. All I know is the Gretsch sound from the 50's and 60's is the best one, in my humble opinion.

Gretsch! The first drums I had. Silver sparkle with two 12" mounted toms and a 16" floor tom. mid 60's round badge. I never should have sold them, but when i was in my late teens, I thought that...

Yeah Tabla, man you could spend a whole life learning that instrument (and many do). I studied the south indian counterpart to tabla - mridangham. A similar situation. Now I just use that technique...

If any of you have questions about frame drums, udus, etc., I know some stuff!

Thank you Tom for the warm invite...I have a lot of experience and stories to share. fellow drummers, ask away! t.ice

My name is Todd Isler.
I live in NYC and I've been playing drums since the late 60's.
I don't have a favorite drummer, in fact I think that's kinda silly. For me, there are so many great drummers,...

My user name came from my name. I was touring in Germany with a funk band that no longer around called Mr Thing And The Professional Human Beings. The leader, who was a great entertainer had a tune...

What is it about bassists? I've lived in NYC for a LONG time and I can say that they are the bane of my existence. It seems I have to call 8 of them every time I have a gig or have been asked to get...

My interests are very wide. I play drums and hand drums. The bands I play in on drumset are The Mike Gordon Band, Assembly of Dust, and my trio, International Orange. The first two are mainly rock...