these 5Bs are kind of like One thing my German friends made me realize is that I use really big friggin’ sticks. For many years I’ve used one stick: the Vic Firth SD-11 Slammer. It’s […]
Category: gear
A balanced attitude about cymbals
There’s a quote from Elvin Jones where he described his process of selecting cymbals: he would go to the Gretsch warehouse in Brooklyn where the imported K. Zildjians were kept, and he would grab a […]
CYMBALISTIC is on line
OK, it’s time to go public with this sucker: CYMBALISTIC, my new site retailing Cymbal & Gong cymbals is now on line. In case you hadn’t heard, Cymbal & Gong is a Portland company which […]
A minor rant: Elvin’s 18
In Elvin Jones’s 1982 Modern Drummer interview, Rick Mattingly asked him about his use of an 18″ bass drum: RM: I’ve heard various explanations of why jazz drummers started using 18″ bass drums. Some people […]
Cymbals news: 22s in stock, Germany trip
UPDATE: Video and playing notes about the 22s is here. News re: Cymbal & Gong cymbals As you may know by now, I’m getting into selling some cymbals through the site, made by Cymbal & […]
Photographers are _kin’ crazy
YAAAAH! YAAAAAAH! I needed to photograph some of my artwork (I’m a painter, too), and was looking at my old digital camera rig— a Nikon D40 digital SLR, which was a popular entry-level camera in […]
Rehearsal cymbals
this type of situation Everybody’s always looking for excuses to spend money on gear, so here’s a concept: rehearsal cymbals. We’ve all played rehearsals where the instrumentation and/or acoustics made it extremely difficult to play […]
When they say they have drums
All right dude I told ya we had a sweet drum set for you, here you go They don’t have drums. You’re going to get burned. Always. Pardon me— I just had a couple of […]
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 […]
Bozzio’s Roto-Tom set
Remo Roto-toms, Tama Fibrestar bass drums, Tama snare drum, Paiste cymbals, Camco pedals, surely a Synare in there somewhere The calm before the storm, here— there are some big, cool, things coming starting Monday, as […]