The buying public with conscious taste, with appreciation for certain artist, do care. Why else would they still go to shows and buy cds at those shows? People want to pay for movies, too. It just has to be as easy to do it legally as it is to do it illegally. Like having things easily availabale in...

About the video above: Atention in minute 14:15" Did he said that he´s going to put an educational/instructional thing for subscribers on his website for diferent levels ?? Wow... Sure did. Sounds like it's only on the planning stages, though. Might not happen for a while. It's sort of the thi...

The future is here with the new invisible bass drum riser from Yamaha.

Angle of the hi-hat stand is also exactly the way I like it.

Are we supposed to find 7?

Vinnie and Manu. That would be sweet.

Interesting tht you used to use the lighter sticks on the pad. I use the heavier sticks mainly for getting flow and balance. I sometimes do a bit of stick control with them, but as added weight they work well for geting some variation on finger control. The Colaiuta sticks I use are pretty much 5Bs....

Anyone use heavier pad sticks? I have some Hardimon Corpsmasters that I use sometimes in addition to my regular Colaiuta sigs. Offcourse I play around with the rest of my sticks too just for variation and see how I feel about them: - Full Pustjens line - Gauger sticks - Erskine Ride and Big Band - S...

Any rubber will harden a little bit over time.

I have an original HQ that I bought in 2009. It does feel different from the new Evans pads I bought for work a couple of years ago. Certainly less "rubbery" than those.