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I tried the Quick Beats and thought I would love them but I don’t hear a big difference between them and my Armand 14” hi hats. So I may...

Try this: Imagine you're an audience member and you're watching the band with a different drummer. Would you be saying to...

When car shopping, cargo space is the main consideration after price.

Right you are, the 15's are sick, so I can't imagine how absurd the SE 17's would be. Keep on keepin' on, BL! Always a pleasure.

I played intricate Mars Volta style prog rock with just a bass drum, snare drum, and Zildjian earth ride, all played standing. I played...

Bringing this thread back to life because I just cracked a Paiste Giant Beat Thin Crash. I’m trading in or selling my other Paistes...

I love my 12x7 rack tom and 14x9 floor tom on my Tama Starclassic Neo Mod. Who needs deep toms when shallow ones sound so good?

I felt the same way when I started playing drums a couple of years ago - at the age of 49. Went to lessons for 6 months, then reached...

I just found a small crack in my Paiste Giant Beat 18” thin crash. Not sure they break so easily and I’m not a hard hitter, but there...

Let’s put it this way: you will be asked if you have a cowbell to cover certain songs long before anyone asks if you have a double bass...

I would not say I'm a fan, per se, but Taylor Swift is absolutely unambiguously the real deal.

Genres never really go away, they just become old. There will always be someone listening regardless of how uncool or passe it might be...

Here's my take on it. Rule one, play well. Be good at your instrument and play well with the band. Rule two, own decent gear that sounds...

After more than a decade of full time teaching in the middle of nowhere with no real music scene around I have no videos either.

To be fair a lot of ads I see say pro gear required maybe it can just be getting it out of the way.