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Some of the Jazz artists I listen and play to include: Peter Bernstein(G), Seamus Blake(TS), Larry Goldings(O), Lage Lund(G), Billy Drummond (D), Ari Hoenig (D), Michael Brecker(TS), Bob Devos(G),...

50 but I still look young (no dominating gray hair yet). I have to admit playing the drums makes me feel young!:icon_lol: Hey I know of a good poll: How many people who went through a mid life crisis...

Last XMas I got John Riley's "The Art of Bop Drumming" instructional book. That book is still on my music stand quite a bit and I'm currently practicing some comping techniques from it (about 20-30...

Interesting idea. I wonder if CLR is just as good? In the end, what I think I'll start out doing is to just leave them open since their mainly for home use. I might also try a set of nylon or non...

While that can be addictive. I call it Obsessive Tuning Disorder OTD :icon_surprised: Actually to control the compulsiveness, I locate the key farther away from the drums so it's not as...

Definitely not dirt from other stuff which is fairly new. I have a coated Remo Ambassador head. The color I believe is grey but if your hands or palms touch the head while doing rim shots your...

Just got these new VF wire retractable brushes for XMas and started practicing with them. After about an hour of use , my snare batter head looks filthy. This grey black residue is all over the...

Rather than starting with die-cast hoops on my snare, I am taking another approach by 1st experimenting with my 9x12 tom. I ordered the 12" Tama Starcast die-cast hoop in black nickel off of ebay a...

Thanks guys for all your suggestions. I was'nt even aware of some of these web sites until reading all of your posts.

Did a bit more research and found that the Black Nickel Tama SuperStar...

10 and 12 are 6 lug. 14 and 16 are 8 lug. I believe Renouns up toms are 5. Thanks.

Finally Russ. Been looking forward to a response from YOU!! Been following your posts for a long time.... Thanks for the response!

I know it's an old subject ?mabey? but; I was thinking of experimenting with die cast hoops on my Gretsch catalina maple triple flanged drum set. I keep wondering wether it would be better to have a...

Definitely K Zildjian if you're going for the Jazz sound of the 50s Bop erra ... K Constantinople, 22" Prototype Ride or Medium Ride. For The K Series: Any of the Dark Medium Rides or K Rides. For...

You have great left hand independence.. Very impressive...

I got the set in 2009 and have never tired of playing them and loving the sound. This video was taken a few weeks ago. Hope to post some pics on Show Us Your Drums and Birds Eye View sometime.
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I went through a frenzy of trying to find the right sticks this past year. I was only doing this I think because I was determined to find a wood tip stick where the tips would hold up over time and...

Cool ... I wonder if drum teachers give beginning students the choice? I don't seem to remember a choice for me about 35 years. My drum teacher may have been biased toward traditional at the time...

I 2nd that. I use them on all of my resonant tom heads and use Remo coated Ambasadors as the batters. :clap:

I originally learned to play snare using the traditional grip. I played with this grip for about 25 years or so and recently have switched to the match grip for about a year now. I'm finding a new...

I had a situation recently where my cell phone was in my left pocket and my left wrist kept brushing my pocket when I would do a roll starting from the left hand. It was most noticeable when playing...

I think these sticks are amazing. As I stated in a previous post, I was chipping away at my Vic Firth and Zildjian wood tips. Now that I've been using several pairs of these, I havn't seen any...

Without a doubt, Bill Stewart

I concur!!! I use 3 Drum Sticks and incredibly haven’t used the 3rd stick yet after months of use.

I've been experimenting with alot of different kinds of sticks lately and have found that "3 Drum Sticks" backed by DW have held up the best for me over the past few months. I use wood tips 7a acorn...

Very Cool!! I saw him with Pat Metheny Trio back around 1998.. Very Inspiring as is Bill Stuart who I very much desire to see.:icon_cool: I believe a trip to New York is in order for that though...