TL;DR- Choose your information diet based upon your desired output, goals, or “purpose”. I’ve thought a lot about this subject over the past few years, and listened to a lot of discussion about the impact of social media on the overall creative output and intellectual capacity of society at large (N...

I have the Gibraltar rack at home with DW booms and a couple stands to augment, kind of like Weckl does. It was ~$100 savings over the DW rack. Rarely on a gig would it be practical to drag all that out unless I a) needed a big kit for the music (often not the case) and b) had the load in time to me...

Hi Richie, My only criticism would be that the reverb makes it difficult to hear the total tone on the drums. There is significant air on the attack that interferes with the resonant tone of the drums. On a track or something this might not be an issue, maybe even a desired effect, but if you’re rev...

langmick wrote:This is pretty fast.

Max was a complete beast

John Riley’s bop books are probably the best if you’re looking for books, so you’re in the right place. His video The Master Drummer and its accompanied pdf material are very good too. This is all assuming a good teacher with a lot of bop experience isn’t available... that’s the most ideal IMO. In m...

Full TV concert from this trio. Spain 2018. [youtube_https:21tg2zrh]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-gA2pYa_N4[/youtube_https:21tg2zrh] Of all the music Weckl does, this is by far my favorite setting to hear him in. Chick brings out the absolute best in the musicians he chooses to work with, but t...

Weckl is definitely one of the best (and deadly accurate) at this kind of thing. It’s something I’ve always wondered myself, he really seems to get way inside a tune, especially syncopation-wise. I don’t know about Weckl specifically, but I do notice the players who can “sing” synchopation well seem...

I have 4 Gretsch kits. My favorites are NOT the flagship USA Custom. I have Gretsch New Classic, Brooklyn, Broadkaster (2016), and USA Custom (mid 2000s) kits. To my ears the Brooklyn is the most versatile in terms of tuning range. Broadkaster is a bop kit and sounds good tuned up high, which is whe...

I'll post some when I finish some projects I'm working on.

I built this room in my garage last year. I've messed around with how it's configured, so there's some different ones of different kits, but here's some pictures. The room is about 10' x 17' with sliding panels in between two sides; a "control" side with my mix desk and a "kit" s...