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I recently ran across an Internet advert for Mono cases, and found that Mono has created a couple of very hip bags for drummers, the M80Cymbal and M80Stick bags.
Upon initial inspection of the M80 bags, I read this on the attached product labels. Waterproof Sharkskin shell? What the…upon reading further I found the following statement.
“This [...]

I had a recent discussion with Ryan, owner of San Jose, California’s Lemmon Percussion about the image of a beat-up looking vintage drum set, versus the image of a beat-up looking vintage electric guitar. We agreed that a beat-up vintage guitar looks cool, because it’s been played so much and has earned its right to [...]

I recently previewed the how-to DVD published by Guerilla DrumMaking. As an owner of vintage drum kit, I was immediately drawn to the idea of customizing a single drum or even designing my own custom kit. The tools required are nowhere near the expense that I would have guessed. A basic workshop can probably be [...]

One of my band mates, anxious to outfit me with a hand percussion instrument, recently purchased a Meinl cajon. Hand drumming is somewhat outside of my comfort zone. In fact, my experience with hand drums dates back a few years as a member of a percussion ensemble by the name of Groove Camp. Having now [...]

Over ten years ago I purchased a great drum kit made by Premier. I’ve used it at live gigs and for studio work, always receiving compliments on the greatness of its sound. Not that I haven’t heard better sounding kits, but as I’m fond of saying, “it doesn’t suck.” What does suck [...]

Earlier this year, while visiting family in Houston, I noticed a toy that my little nephew Ian had. Three months later, I’m back in Houston, and took a closer look at it. It’s the Bee Bop Band Toy Set, and I’m told that Ian loves it. He was quick to join me [...]

I recently had a chance to play on a Sonor Force 2001 kit. Sonor designed this kit back in 2003 to deliver affordable quality. These days you can find them used for about $500, well worth the money. The kit I had an opportunity to play on was a 5 piece configuation, with birch shells [...]