I finished the cymbal cart The cymbal cart is finally complete. It holds all of my cracked cymbals and has freed up a lot of floor space in my shop. This was a fun project and was great welding practice. I realized that I still have a long way toRead More →
This weekend I added a new cymbal to my setup. It’s a Sabian Vault Custom Shop HH 22″ ride with a semi-lathed pattern on the top and a completely lathed underside. I used it at our regular Sunday gig at McNallly’s Taproom (we play each Sunday from 3:00 –Read More →
The recording for the upcoming album by Bright & Shiny is progressing well. I have been playing around with the video for a few songs and although it isn’t finished, I decided to share an early version of one of the videos. I’m playing around with the title sequence andRead More →
Recording Progress – Bright & Shiny This weekend I managed to get time to record two more songs for Bright & Shiny. The two songs are titled This Waiting and The End Holding Your Hand. I was particularly happy to get The End Holding Your Hand recorded because of howRead More →
Over the weekend I auditioned for a band. It was a situation where I was brought in to replace an existing drummer so the songs were already structured and written out. I knew pretty quickly into the audition that it wasn’t going to work out. Stylistically, I wasn’t a goodRead More →
I was asked by a friend of mine to cut down her pair of 12″ Wuhan China (or “Lion” cymbals, as they call them) into a smaller set to use as hand cymbals. There was one slight problem. Years ago when I first got into repairing cymbals I tookRead More →
Last night I attended a concert by Terry Bozzio, the former drummer for Frank Zappa. It would normally take a lot for me to go to a 2-hour concert featuring only a drummer, but Terry is different. His tunes are creative and detailed and he has excellent showmanship. I reallyRead More →
I recorded the drum tracks for Every Time I Fall, a song I’m working on with Jongwon Kim. I have a somewhat peculiar way of recording. I actually record the drum tracks a total of eight times, one after the other without any breaks in between. Typically, the first two tracksRead More →
This is just a test of the over-the-head GoPro setup. The audio was recorded in Ableton and edited into the video. This was when we were auditioning a new keyboard player so it’s a pretty low-key performance. I was also just getting over the flu so I didn’t have a lotRead More →
Worked on two songs last night. We’re still solidifying our parts so the playing is a bit rough, especially by yours truly. My setup for this practice was identical to the setup on 2016-09-15. Only The Strong Every Time I Fall Read More →