Related to my Jazz stick round up from January: I got to try out the product line of Bopworks Drumsticks, a small company in Austin, Texas, making sticks for jazz drummers: Bopworks Drumsticks was formed to […]
Category: product reviews
Product review: Backbeater app
A rare product review here; this organization contacted me and asked me to try out and review their upcoming release, so here we go: Backbeater is a product in development, with a Kickstarter launch coming […]
Holy Grail
At a recent gig: on the left is the 17″, on the right is the 20″ UPDATE: Since this was posted I became a C&G dealer myself; visit Cymbalistic.com to see what I have in […]
Two new linear drumming books by Joel Rothman
Received a few new books in the mail from author/publisher Joel Rothman, two of which I’ll review today: Drummin’ In The Rhythm Of Rock with Linear Patterns, and Linear Jazz Drumming. Rothman has been an extremely […]
Tape for sale, cut up
Need to get rid of that horrible ring in yer snayer drum? Well, these guys are selling a product that may be said to be the answer: As the man said, that drum sounds awesome. […]
HFS III: the book reviewening
NOTE: This is something I started writing some months ago, never quite finished, and was unsure I even wanted to post it if I did. I’m putting it up now just to share some thoughts […]
Got my Chick cymbal
The original, signed by Roy Haynes. The nice thing about Paiste cymbals— most of them— is that when you hear a sound you like, you can duplicate it almost exactly by just buying the same […]
Best books: the Dahlgren & Fine rock book
Complete Text for the Rock and Roll Drummer by Marvin Dahlgren and Elliot Fine Really Good Music Publishing 66 pages When Really Good Music Publishing reissued a raft of Marvin Dahlgren titles last year, I […]
Tour gear rated
C’est indispensable I want to take a moment to mention some pieces of gear that distinguished themselves one way or another on this trip: 20″ Paiste Sound Formula Full Ride with six rivets This cymbal […]
Sewing day
Backstitch — makes a strong seam [UPDATE: My sewing job survived the tour, despite being tested fairly extremely; I had to lighten my rolling duffle before checking it, and put my snare drum stand (a […]