Yo! Last night I played in Bordeaux (just outside) and our very own Rodge Biwandu came and hung out! He was dressed like the dapper gentleman he is, we shot the shit, he brought me a goodie bag of gifts (including wine!!!), and just had a hell of a time. My bandmates kept asking how we knew each ...

I heard he moved to Nashville.
No, he has a place in Oregon and another place a bit north of LA.

YES , that's what I heard also.

I would LOVE it if Vinnie moved here and could see him play in clubs, but if he has or had, believe me the Nashville drumming community would have freaked out about ...

Yes. Holy shit.

Yeah, I really enjoyed that. It's a great conversation and there's a ton of information and food for thought.

Pulled the big kit apart today, to tune it, and re-arrange it.

Felt great to sit down at it again, afterward. Throne slightly higher, ride a bit higher up, and the x hat found its way to somewhere between the two lower toms.

https://www.23hq.com/23666/125858590_d9db0b6414214e96938836521b97bab9 ...

if I was 25 years younger and in music school, I'd probably love them.
Yes, you have a point. But then again, 25 years ago would be the last time music school actually made any sense. You may as well go to typewriter repair school now for the same number of opportunities when you graduate ...

Paul Marangoni wrote:Snarky Puppy leaves me cold. Not sure why, but it just doesn't do it for me. Great players all around, but the tunes.... I dunno.

I feel the same way. However, if I was 25 years younger and in music school, I'd probably love them.

Hell yes. Sonny Payne is easily one of my favorite big band drummers. I mean, that Sinatra at the Sands album was my first exposure to him more than 30 years ago and it still blows me away. He definitely deserves more love and respect as a drummer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRsmrl1A3wc

At the risk of having my HOD card rescinded, I thought this was unnecessary. It's such a vanilla groove from Steve Smith, and he's not even laying into it at all. Imagine Steve Jordan (a similar age as Mr. Smith) playing this. There's something to me ...

Kurtis wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgDgUwT4BZQ

Holy shit, that's some GREAT drumming there. Technique, musicality, phrasing... I've never heard that before and I'm pretty floored. RIP