Oh, and as for practice pads, I'm using the Meinl ones and I'm liking the 6" mountable one better than the 12". It just feels and sounds great. Might have something to do with mounting it on a cymbal stand instead of the snare stand used for the 12".

I use the same sticks for almost everything and they're pretty heavy themselves. Prior to that, I had been using the SD1 Vic Firth for pad and something around the 5B size for playing. The Omar Hakim model felt great back then. In mid 2005 I started getting my own sticks from a national brand, based...

Truth is, some artists are inevitably and universally good. Bowie was one of them,all the way throughout his career. It's one thing to change and evolve but to be socially and musically challenging while retaining such ammount of musical finesse and pop sensibility is beyond my comprehension. I have...

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It's been a while! And I've managed to keep up with the schedule, so here's the last 20 :o [youtube_https:3pm3vuow]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR9h7eeIIMo[/youtube_https:3pm3vuow] [youtube_https:3pm3vuow]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXOQ-jkvVPQ[/youtube_https:3pm3vuow] [youtube_https:3pm3vuow...

That one hit me really hard and I'm still shocked after a couple of days. I've been obsessed with having a Brady snare drum since I was like 13. That's 20 years of a teenage dream for you. I've never had the money to get one and now the prices are gonna be outrageous for a second hand drum. I record...

Here goes another run! It's pretty cool to take a look back at the whole bunch right now. It really reflects the playing mood of each day and how the level actually varies from day to day, independently of the difficulty of the solos. #22 felt great, #25 was heavy as hell and today's #27 felt awful,...