I recently received and email from someone that was about to start building their very 1st custom drum set. He asked me how I decide on the finish and hardware of a particular drum or drum set that I’m building. This question has always been tough for me because I don’t always feel creative. I [...]
Do you have problems with your tension rods detuning themselves as you play a gig? I know that I dealt with this for a very long time myself. I would sometimes find myself trying to tune my snare drum back up after a couple of songs because usually the lug nearest to where I hit [...]
This video shows many of pictures that are included in the book "How to Make Custom Drums" – Over 100 color pictures that visually explain drum building processes! Learn how to build your own custom drums by reading "How to Make Custom Drums"
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Here is a really cool pattern that helps you build 4-way independence around the drum set! Steve Gadd made this beat famous and I highly recommend watching his video too.
In this video I am playing my very own custom drum set that I built! You can learn how to build your own custom drum set! [...]
I recently came across a great article about drum tuning technique that I wanted to share. This is a very in-depth explanation of some of the techniques I use to tune my own drums. If you follow Tomas's directions you'll have great sounding drums in no time.
Check it out the full article here – http://www.drummingweb.com/tuning.htm [...]
I just wanted to share something that I think could be pretty cool for all you drummers out there trying to figure out how to get more gigs.
I've been drumming professionally for about 10 years and for about the last 5 I've been using a charting technique that helps me learn and play artist's music [...]
I will be on tour with Aaron Ivey for the next 2 weeks. This tour will be very cool, the show is a mixture of music, story telling, and multimedia. We will be playing in people's living rooms, backyards, and patios. Our set for these shows will be somewhat broken down so in preparation for [...]
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I went to Abilene, TX over the weekend for the wedding of a good friend of mine – Brady Bruton. (Brady also is an extrememly talented musician and craftsman. He makes some of the most innovative and creative road/flight [...]
Austin, Texas-based band The Rocketboys have released their first new track in over two years.
The track, 'Like Ice In Water', is from the groups upcoming full-length album “20,000 Ghosts,” to be released September 29.
“20,000 Ghosts,” was engineered and produced by Louie Lino (Nada Surf, Matt Pond PA), mastered by Alan Douches (Sufjan Stevens, [...]
This past week I had a little bit of down time to make some drum videos. I've always been fascinated with Afro-Cuban and latin music, so I wanted to share a little bit of my passion with you. I'm no authentic Cuban drummer, but I try to fake it every now and then. I hope [...]
