bananajou wrote:Mark Atkinson's twitter says he's also working on another book, "Shut Up N Play Yer Drums"

Mark was working with the Zappa folks on trying to get something put out via a large publishing house, but it has been taking forever. He may just put it all out on his own soon.

That Gander dude has really gone super deep into it all. Reminded me of what Matt Garstka played in this PASIC video.

Bummer how Virgil seems to promote conspiracy theories about vaccines and other things.

I was in Los Angeles Tuesday and Wednesday. What a catastrophe! I moved to Indio last year, so I'm pretty far removed from that nightmare at this point.

BennyAndTheSkins wrote:I noticed he had Diplomats on all his toms. I wonder if that's what he always played, and how those would sound with Ambassadors or even Emperors tuned up.

He only used clear Remo Diplomats on his 8" and 10" concert toms. The rest were clear Remo Ambassadors.

Steve Holmes wrote:Iiiiiiiiiinteresting.
I always assumed it was just to make it physically easier. There's a direct correlation between ride height and % of shoulder required to use it.

Definitely. He's had issues with his shoulder and neck so that might have played into it too.

He was using a 24" ride. If he had mounted up over the tom, it would be like a wall between him and the band.