Good hang with Vinnie yesterday One of the more interesting things is that he's not really against teaching. He's appatrently been thinking about that a lot, but hasn't come up with something that's interactive in the right way for him to do it. I'm actually considering sending him a message about t...

Seen him with the black Activegrip Pro Marks, not the Firegrains, but that's a good while ago. I have both in in both Forward and Rebound models. My take on that is that both are too extreme and there should be a middle ground option available. Yes, the old Vinnie sticks are shoulder heavy, but not ...

Rene wrote:Just moments ago during the live chat with John DeChristopher Vinnie announced that his new signature sticks are coming soon. Details will be disclosed soon... Anything close to his old Z's will suffice

Hopefully, they get it right.

Will be interesting to see who's making them.

Even when living small you can still cook your breakfast steak properly.

When the Yamaha/Sakae split and move happened a lot of pleayers left for Sakae, or, more like only Dave and Steve stayed. Gary doesn't seem to really want to put his name out in the jazz world. Makes his money with Ramazzotti and takes all the gigs he can locally when at home. As far as I know he ha...

Nice Tom !!! It's exactly what I do, I have a drum (very ugly) in my practice room, in the same sitting than your, 2 racks, 2 floors, 2 crashes, 1 ride and hi-hat... Most of the time, I'd say 90% of the gigs I do in my area, I play now just with one ride, BD (18" with double head on almost all...

It's really just to have some sort of routine going while dealing with the legal stuff. I've ordered cajon pedal along with some pads and stands to add to my practice setup. I do something different all the time now in regards to setup, so just putting together something and dealing with that for a ...