Recent content by Deathmetalconga

I always liked how the Penguin kits really show off the natural wood.

I was practicing today and I was having some trouble doing 16ths in some tricky places with my bass drum. In frustration, I stared at my right foot and tried executing the patterns and it was actually much easier. I found I could control how far the beater traveled from the head between notes...

I'm putting together a project with a bassist and a trombonist (both of them found on Craigslist). We want to get more melodic instruments, but specifically don't want any guitars. They're like the default white dude instrument. I've played with guitarists my whole life and I will play with them...

But it's a lot harder now because I bought one. 2011 MacBook Pro on Craigslist for $500, including Microsoft Office for Mac and other accessories. I am starting a computer science program next month and everyone I talked to said Macs are best for computer programming, including Web development...

Incredibly sad. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/drummer-lee-rigby-killed-in-woolwich-incident

Another view of the kit in my music room.

I am looking to get a hihat for my cocktail set and I've located one on Craigslist locally. It appears to be an older Tama Stagemaster, single braced and light duty. That's actually what I am looking for, something lighter, and it extends high enough to play standing. But I've always used...

Just too freaky for me! Must be Blue Men. If you're already seen it, say nothing and leave. Chances are it's been posted and deleted but I had to share it. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=139619119532301&set=vb.388071227942020&type=2&theater

Normally my tastes in cinema vary from horror to violent science fiction, but my wife got me into Downton Abbey and I really like it. Getting into the second season now on Hulu. Anyone else liking it? Duh, I misspelled Downton Abbey in the title of this thread!

For those of you who build Web sites, or need to build your own media-oriented site, check this out. http://wordpress.org/news/2012/12/elvin/

Hilarious! I wonder what the audience thought. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/12/death-metal-singer-rachel-aspe-shocks-french-tv/

I have wondered about this lately. Is there any such thing as 1 time - 1/1, 1/2, 1/4 time, etc. I suppose you could break anything down to 1, much in the same way as you could break down 4, 6, 8, 10, etc., into 2, or how you could break 6, 9 or 12 into 3. However, there is a difference in feel...

This picture is a few years old but the setup is fundamentally the same. I have upgraded to JBL EON 15 powered speakers and a Mackie mixer. The ceiling-mounted mike boom stays out of the way, yet allows me to do pretty good band recordings.

Yours truly in the center. No brick walls, train tracks, nudity, scowing, distorted faces, indoor sunglasses, spikes, tattoos, blood or photoshop.

OK, now you have inspired me to put up raw wood. This is Cooktown ironwood, from which my drums are made, show raw logs, lathing and unfinished shells :