Recent content by Cmdr. Ross

Curt Bisquera & Lewis Nash are the only two that come to mind for here in Arizona.

Rick Miotta's playing on Peg by Steely Dan. Ilan Rubin's playing on the song Ain't It Fun by Paramore. Just to name a couple.

Exactly! I'm still very much involved in the lives of the singer, guitar player & the current drummer. They all have the same thing to say as you did & are now more apt to tell the bass player to stay in his lane and play his parts right before criticizing others. He quickly shuts up, is good...

This is why I think there's more to JF leaving than we're privy to. You have to remember when a drummer wins an audition, the bands wants what they bring to the table. Josh won, but I feel as the band leader is also a drummer, Josh was asked to change too much of what he brought & out he went...

Right!!?

Nice! I use a similar one for tension rods, lugs & other parts. Comes in very handy for sure.

Seeing Rick play Peg helped me learn to do it right when the cover band I'm in wanted to cover it.

I left a very popular cover band for this very reason. The drummer I replaced was "Steven Adler" and I was the "Matt Sorum". He had the swing feel, I was more linear and disciplined. Something the bass player didn't like at all & it caused issues. After just over a year, he somehow convinced...

100%. While they lay down the foundation together, they don't always follow each others leads. I will say that the bass player & drummer need to get along in a band setting. I've been in one where he was never happy with my playing. I was either too fast/too slow/too loud...etc. I exited that...

This exactly! My Powertone weighs a decent amount, but nothing like some of the brass or bronze ones I've held. As I gig pretty regularly, hauling less gear while still putting on a great show is something that took me WAY too long to learn.

This is the very reason I do the "Stewart Copeland plan" on my snares. That die cast batter & triple flange reso is really a good combo.

This is the plan for me as well. I have a 1970's Rogers chrome over steel Powertone and that snare has served me so well over the years that I just can't part with it. Could I trade up for a Dynasonic? Sure...but why if the one I have does all I want & more? For me, to have a legendary snare...

It most certainly does. The smaller crash is for my Tama Cocktail Jam kit to go with the 18" ride. It's one half of a marching band cymbal set, so it's very thick & heavy. With the right amount of dampening gels, it's a good sound. These two together will give me what I need for a smaller set up.

And often this can be the issue. I've been there with pedals that have FAR too many adjustment points than what's needed. You can go down quite the rabbit hole doing adjustments, so it's always best to know when to stop & move on like you're doing.

I second that KickBlock. I have one for my DW5000 and it's just great.