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    Bright & Shiny

    By Trent Davis
    May 24, 2019
    A few years back I started recording an album with the local band Bright & Shiny. It appears that the album ...
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    News – August 29th, 2017 – Recording and various other projects

    By Trent Davis
    August 29, 2017
    A lot has happened in the past few weeks that has kept me from updating my blog.  I’ll try to summarize ...
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    News – August 2nd, 2017 – Apprehension Engine Electronics Prototype

    By Trent Davis
    August 2, 2017
    I started putting together the electrical prototype for my version of the Apprehension Engine.  You can read about my plans for ...
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    News – July 24th, 2017 – New Sabian Ride

    By Trent Davis
    July 24, 2017
    This weekend I added a new cymbal to my setup.  It’s a Sabian Vault Custom Shop HH 22″ ride with a ...
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    News – July 20th, 2017 – Studio Desk Plans

    By Trent Davis
    July 20, 2017
    I think I may have settled on a final design for a recording studio desk. This satisfies all of my requirements. ...
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    News – July 18th, 2017 – Apprehension Engine Build

    By Trent Davis
    July 18, 2017
    Several months back I discovered a musical device called The Apprehension Engine.  It was created by Tony Duggin-Smith for Mark Korven ...
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    News – June 15th, 2017 – Performance video update

    By Trent Davis
    June 15, 2017
    The recording for the upcoming album by Bright & Shiny is progressing well.  I have been playing around with the video ...
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    News – June 5th, 2017 – Recording Progress

    By Trent Davis
    June 5, 2017
    Recording Progress – Bright & Shiny This weekend I managed to get time to record two more songs for Bright & ...
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    A drummer’s perspective

    By Trent Davis
    November 21, 2016
     Over the weekend I auditioned for a band.  It was a situation where I was brought in to replace an existing ...
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  • MusicPercussion

    What I learned from Terry Bozzio

    By Trent Davis
    October 20, 2016
    Last night I attended a concert by Terry Bozzio, the former drummer for Frank Zappa. It would normally take a lot ...
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I'm getting all moved into my new studio/office. It's still messy and I'm not 100% sure about the placement of everything but it's nice to have all my gear in one location. What you can't see in this photo is the closet that stores my percussion gear.
I got the outside of my 8" snare all lathed up. I even took it for a test drive and set a drumhead on it to see how it fit. It was perfect. Now to sand it and start on the inside. Since this is such a small drum, I won't be able to fit a router on the inside. I have a plan but it's going to be time consuming. Since I'm heading out of town in a few days, I think I'll wait until I get back before I get started on the inside.
This is a test run of my drum-lathing jig. I've since added 60-grit sandpaper to the plywood discs to ensure that the drum shell doesn't slip while spinning. I'm going to take this jig on its maiden voyage tomorrow night. This is for an 8" shell.
Never work with children or animals! All I was trying to do was get a shot of a jig I'm working on.
What could this possibly have to do with stave drummaking? You'll find out...
New stave drum glue up looks a lot better than last time. It's amazing how much of a difference it makes when your bevels are cut accurately.
When protecting your cast-iron tabletop from rust, apply several coats of paste wax and vigorously buff out with a paper towel or a large cat.
Here's where I screwed up. In cutting my staves, I needed an angle of 11.25° on each edge. What's 90 minus 11.25? The answer is 78.75, not 79.75 which is what I set the saw to. This is what happens when you try to do precision work while also worrying about filming the entire process. I was one whole degree off on each edge. With two edges and sixteen staves, this amounts to a 32° gap total. Other than the pieces not glueing up very easily, I didn't realize there was a problem until I noticed the digital readout while I was editing the video as the glue was drying. Time to start over.
This is my latest snare drum build. It's made from repurposed jatoba flooring. It's taking me a while because I'm filming the entire process. There should be a YouTube video within the next few weeks showing how I made this.

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