Love me some Richie Hayward, and Day at the Dog Races especially! This topic seems bottomless; here's a few off the top of my head: [youtube_https:3h6sg5m7]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSsKb3zemU8[/youtube_https:3h6sg5m7] [youtube_https:3h6sg5m7]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqmrGgrYssE[/youtub...

I was thinking about this thread recently while I was hitting the pads. I use 4 pads, each a little different regarding sound and feel, mounted on a square piece of plywood, covered by a couple of handkerchiefs. I also like using a number of different sticks, so I looked down and counted them for th...

from "Basquiat", one of my favorite movies:

I was watching a "Behind the Music" episode featuring Tom Petty, and he related that as he walked out of the studio while he was recording "Refugee", Keltner was standing outside with an egg shaker, saying, "This is what it needs." So, he added him and his egg shaker: [...

Love this thread!

I'm partial to Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker's "I've Got the Music in Me", recorded live to master disc, with "Two Jims" together on drums: Keltner and Gordon:

interesting drum score in the film Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

I was watching Shaq, Kenny and Sir Charles on the halftime show of one of the NBA playoff games on TNT last week, and they showed a bit of this guy.

Lots of good advice here. I think the 'sideways' points that Pocketplayer and John Lamb made are good to remember. Why are you doing this? What are you going for? Your brain might not really know, and your heart doesn't know how to tell you. If you can find out, you can go directly for it, instead o...