What Yamahas are these?

Came across this, surprisingly good (to me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykCLNnwWgOQ
(solo for example at 18:40)

The solo from "the torture..." http://vimeo.com/80493712 "Watermelon in Easter Hay" (Dweezil seemed touched) http://vimeo.com/80495075 Ryan Brown http://ryanbrowndrums.wordpress.com (funny how I like the sound of clear PS3s again, under a good hard-hitting drummer, mikes & a ...

Yes, heard Zappa plays Zappa this week, Ryan Brown lifted the whole band, very inspiring, more up to par with the old Zappa drummers (Vinnie's in his own league though). Let him know! speaking of Z plays Z, fellow MI drum teacher (Ryan Brown) is now drumming with the group. Congrats to him and good ...

Looks like it's true
Sakae & Yamaha go separate ways.
http://www.sakaedrums.com/en/our_story.php
http://www.drummagazine.com/news/post/s ... th-yamaha/

Sakae: Corporatism and the desire to become the biggest drum company in the world are NOT our priorities

A bit off topic, Michael Tretow (legendary ABBA engineer) didn't like cymbals and frequently recorded without them, here's a quote: "In most cases I don't use any mics on the hi-hat - I always seem to get enough, or even too much, hi-hat anyway. By the way, must be time for someone to say somet...

Yes, the old forums are good.
Also a lot of good info hidden here http://groups.google.com/group/rec.musi ... ion/topics

Maybe it's been discussed already but I miss the shallow bass drums in the Brooklyn series, a 14x22 please.

We'll know next week during Musikmesse