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This is the Roland KD-7 Kick Trigger with KDB7 Beater. I will be pairing it and using it with my Roland SPD-SX. For a local church Christmas Cantata I will need to do some drum set parts along with percussion parts like bells, chimes, tambourine and more so space is of the most importance. With...

I can't even tell you how excited and yet how nervous I am to post this drum cover. I am a HUGE Mike Portnoy fan and the fact that he is back behind the throne of the kit with the band makes me beyond happy and excited. I've wanted to do a drum cover of any Dream Theater song sooo many times but...

Sabian announced some new sizes for the Stratus series cymbals and I had to try them out! 15" hi-hats, 17" & 19" Crashes and a giant 22" Ride!! Right up my alley and I can't wait to try them out this week!! I made this demo video for those interested in them. Dark and washy and I love them...

I am super excited for this addition!! Added my 14x8 snare onto the kit. What a BEAST!!! This snare drum sounds AMAZING.. Here's a sound clip comparing my 14x6.5 with my new 14x8 DW Collectors series snare drums! What do you think?!

Check it out! Made some changes to the drum room... I'm trying to sell my giant speaker setup and so I took that out of the room along with my old display and put up this other one I had that I hadn't brought home yet! Room is looking good!! Now to figure out how to clean up my tool/spare drum...

Trying to get the biggest tone I can out of a 20" kick so I trying out the Evans EMAD2. How many of you rock the EMAD? It's my absolutely favorite go to head. Here is a video comparing the factory DW Remo head vs the EMAD2. Let me know what you think!

I'm really starting to dial in this new kit! I'm also starting to play around with more lighting. I know I have a lot to learn and working on making adjustments but I think this video turned out pretty good! i would love to hear what you think!

I saw an email about the Sabian Rocktagon making a come back so I had to try one out! I absolutely love this thing!! I'm going to add it to the kit for sure! Here's a short sound clip I put together. What do you think of the Rocktagon? Anyone else rocking the Rocktagon?!

Someone asked me if I could do a quick walk through my current drum room setup. It's always changing and with the addition of my new DW kit I figured why not just do a quick walk through. Any questions on any of my gear just let me know! And crazy enough, there are 5 other kits not shown in this...

Any Sabian fans out there? I picked up another Sabian banner to go in the drum room. Looks great with the Sabian cymbal trees, stools, lights and even a mug. What do you think?!

I took some time off of drumming.. so I'm really hoping to get back into it. Was a short break but any and all breaks make a difference... Hopefully you enjoy my latest drum cover "Out of Control" by Hoobastank! i would love to hear your feedback, good or bad!

I had a lot of requests for sound clips of my new kit once I got it all setup and ready to go. I've been debating how long to leave the stock heads on before changing them out so we'll see. But here is a quick sound clip along with an update of the new heads I will be installing. Let me know...

Had a lot of great feedback from the last video I posted with my dad and thought I'd share one more... Here is my dad on Accordion who just celebrated 72yrs young... this is just a random gig we did together that was suppose to be outdoors but it rained. Most of the songs we play we just have...

Floyd and Associates is a local band to me that does all 90s covers. Every now and then they call me up and ask me to fill in. I have a blast playing with them! Always a great time and great song choices. Here is our version of Stinkfist by Tool

well I've owned a lot of cymbals... but this cymbal is seriously just amazing... EXTREMELY versatile from bell to bow! You can play it, crash it, ride it and it has a cutting bell. I'd be happy to take this along for any band I play for or fill in for! A great cymbal. Here is a sound sample/demo...

Alright everyone... my all original band is working on a new song and we tried/teased it this last weekend at our latest shows.. I would LOVE to hear all of your input and thoughts. Its a rough live recording but I think you'l get the gist of it. So what do you think!? Mountains Cry by Benjamin...

here is a video about how I setup to record my drums. It's a longer video because I wanted to show anyone who's starting out more or less a step by step of how I prepare a drum cover / drum recording. In this video I go through bringing in my inputs, labeling channels, recording, phase...

It's been one year since I pulled the trigger and put UV2 heads on my Pork Pie kit. This kit is not gig'd on but it was used on multiple drum videos and is played daily down in my basement and used for teaching and lessons. This kit is one of my absolute favorites and I cannot talk highly enough...

Alright guys... here we are, down in my studio and my OCD is just starting to eat away at me! Now that I've really started to dial in my videos, seeing the drums against the wall and not centered just eats at me! So today we are going to solve that! We are moving my kit over and back, along with...

If you have a kit with Wood Hoops like I do... this video is ESPECIALLY for you! but even if you have standard hoops, you should look into these! This is the PDP Concept Series Quick Grip floor tom mic holders. They are super slick and are the saving grace to wood hoops! I typically use...