I could swear that I heard Mike asked to be back in the band when Avenged said they didn't want him anymore- and the DT guys said no.... ?

Maybe Pridgen is the new Ginger Baker then???

I'll chime in on the mentor thing for a sec: I was working in a drum store in Vancouver, Canada when one of my fave drummers- Charlie "Chalo" Quintana walked in. I loved his playing on Izzy Stradlin's record with the Juju Hounds and recognized him from a Paiste ad in MD. I asked him if I c...

Dave is a maniac of a player and a heck of a nice guy actually.

That's incredible. Thank you sooooo much for sharing this!

I've had a lot of positive results with the Evans GPlus coated- kind of the same idea as and Ambassador X, I just haven't messed with the latter yet. Recently suggested the GPlus' to another DW drummer and he was super happy. Any DW's that I own like single ply heads better than double!

Excellent blog, Jay! I might even have some questions for you. I was just thinking in the shower, if I was better at Math I 'd like to mathematically figure out what is the proper height of a beater that weighs oh, say 4 oz. BTW, I love math but am out of practice really. I'm sure there would be a ...

Anyone hear anything about Vic Firth getting picked up by Zildjian?

Hey everyone- After one of my savvy friends found out that I field around 2 or more emails every week with questions about drums and drum gear, teaching drums and drumming in general- they suggested that I start a blog where I can post the answers for everyone to check out- so I did! http://askjayde...

+1 video!!! Definately one of my fave drummers- his new album is killer btw...