Mike mangini has an inteesting take on this, found in his rhythm knowledge books, its something like an 90mins a day for 4 days a week, for three weeks. IM TOTALLY PARAPHRASING THERE, SOMEONE WITH THE BOOKS TO HAND PLEASE CORRECT ME! But hes the only person ive ever seen but a quantifyable 'time li...

Does anyone here use an Octapad, Alesis PerformancePad, or something similar? I'm able to find the specs between the various devices online, but just wondering how these hold up in gigs. Say, if I have to quickly change parameters on filters or other FX during a song, do I have to navigate several m...

I caught the gig last night...you guys killed!! thanks for the link.

These all look great! Thanks for the tips! However , Does anyone find them a bit fiddly to use on a gig? My band moves really swiftly between the songs, and since the drummer is the only one who hears the click, it's all about getting to that next tempo quickly. I'm in a fear of the wrong button be...

I caught the band in Boston the other night, it was a great show! It's a different thing to see it live than listen to the recordings. They have so much fun on stage together. There's obviously a lot chemistry between them all and they can all be themselves with this band. They know parts of the mus...

Thanks for the advice, guys. Will let you know what happens. my mastersounds were really percussive when used with the foot and it wasn't sounding legit over a lot of the straight ahead gigs I do I also ran into that with my Mastersounds too. Ended up getting 13" Hybrids 5-6 years ago to cover ...

I'm looking at getting some new hi hats for doing rock in the studio. I've been using 14" A Mastersounds for years but I've been thinking lately that they just sound too bright. There's some annoying high-end frequencies somewhere in there that are bothering me. I'm considering K Custom Darks....

I'm looking at getting some new hi hats for doing rock in the studio. I've been using 14" A Mastersounds for years but I've been thinking lately that they just sound too bright. There's some annoying high-end frequencies somewhere in there that are bothering me. I'm considering K Custom Darks.....

How big are those hi-hats in the Mars Volta videos?! Surely at least 16, if not 18's? I kinda dig that crash sound he gets with the open hats.