All of your videos have been really good Rudy. Hats off. And great transcription!

Thanks Rodge... went back and watched it again, you’re right. Also thanks Paul for your insight as well.

Hi folks, what questions would you do to Vinnie? Shoot! With most of the drumming heavies, my curiosity nowadays really lies in how they are interpreting music... what they listen for and their overall concept. Vinnie, perhaps more than most other drummers, is in a wide array of musical situations ...

Odd-Arne Oseberg wrote:Someone needs to start asking Vinnie some different questions.

Agreed!

Anybody else remember those mid-1990s/Nashville-era Slingerlands? I haven't owned one, but one of the best drum kits I've ever heard was a set of Slings from that era. A drummer named Leif Bondarenko in Birmingham has one, and I've heard it in multiple venues. Always spectacular (Leif is also a gre...

There are few people in the music industry that I enjoy listening to in interviews as much as Jojo. He’s very confident and comfortable with himself, and has thought a lot of seemingly complex issues through to simple and straightforward answers. Unrelated: No doubt it’s travel, but a little sleep c...

The SKB mid size hardware case has been working well for me for 8+ years. 179-199 depending on where you look.

Juan I really enjoyed these. Great questions that get to the heart of creativity and true musicianship. Looking forward to more!

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...