How did you "go pro"?
What's your story? How did you make the jump from playing for fun to playing for fun AND money? Did your neighbor own a bar and ask you to play? Were you "discovered" by a producer who drove by while you were jammin' in the garage? As for me, my singer/lead guitarist's ( Michael Hedges ) father was a local professor and we got an inside track to play for fraternity and sorority parties and dances. I left before Mike became a recording artist, but for a while there in '68/'69 or so getting $25 for a party gig was alright.
The boomy things:
Mapex Orion Classic 6 pc, transparent violet burl
The pingy/crashy things:
K Custom Dark and K Darks
K Sweet
Meinl Byzance
Silken Sebring and Avus
Dream Bliss and Contact
More cowbells than I have cows.
The "quiet time" things:
Zildjian L80 low volume cymbals
Aquarian Super-Pads
Roland TD9, Pintech drum triggers, Yamaha cymbal triggers
Bookmarks