He's awesome. I like everything he's ever played on.

It figures I have 3 out of the 4 Patterns books. I don't have Techniques. I'll have to order that one.

how's this? http://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/6a507141f11ad25fd33fe9734f0229b219ce104c Thanks, that's almost it. I'll save your version and go through my magazines tomorrow. Maybe I'll download Noteflight again and give it a try. It's nice for students to be able to hear the notation. It seemed...

I'm trying to find a very old article from Modern Drummer magazine. It's by Casey Scheurell and it's titled Acceleration Warm Up. It shows all the normal subdivisions of notes in 4/4. You play a whole note, half note, half note triplets, quarter note, quarter note triplets, 8th notes, 8th note tripl...

Absolutely do it! The P86 is far superior. I was kind of shocked that such a shitty throw-off would come standard with the BB. Yup. People have been complaining about the P85 for at least 20 years. It's a junk throw off. Ludwig probably have 50 billion of them in their factory and will keep the 85 ...

The aluminum Yamaha hoops are awesome. I couldn't believe how light my 16" MCA Nouveau tom was when I picked it up. Yet, another reason to like Yamaha.

I love Aphex Twin and the Bad Plus. Richard James is completely crazy but I love his stuff. Anyone that likes this should check out the real version.

Original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHkUg-QCwk&NR=1

I tried them on a Ahead snare. I didn't like anything about that drum including the hoops but if they work for you, great. Enjoy them.

I have all the same rules as the OP. If the kid was a pain for 4 years I would keep the money unless they ask for it. If the kid was cool, I would return the money immediately or offer them credit in case he changes his mind and comes back to you in the future.

Awesome! Thank you Terry. This is all that I needed.