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Pro Drummer @Chris Whitten! (and basement dweller @Smoke) And @Smoke's grandson, Kieran, who turns 3! And his sister-in-law Judy who celebrates in heaven! And his best Army buddy Greg! It's quite a feat to remember all these birthdays, but somehow I manage! :ROFLMAO: Have a great day, All!

Dear All! I'd like to learn to read music, especially for singing in church. I understand the basic mechanics of reading music and have a fine little book, "The Basic Guide to How To Read Music (1982)", but I don't know the sonic value (pitch?) of the notes on the staff and how they relate to...

I stumbled on one of those *what life was like 100 years ago* websites and saw this. A few brass instruments, a couple wind instruments, a drum set of course, a violin and even a piano. But a banjo? Thankfully the drummer is out front. I've got nothing against banjos or banjo players. I...

Starts at around 10:30 when he barges in on the drum set from the left, but then he takes the throne! Anybody wanna buy a 1990's vintage, 6 pc Stage Custom set? 'Cause if a guitar player/frontman can play like that, I'm gonna sell my drums and take up jaw harp. :D

Every once in a while I stop and check out the Wayback Machine. Thought I'd check on Drummerworld. Many of the links still work! https://web.archive.org/web/20000919135451/http://www.drummerworld.com:80/index2.html Thanks, Bernhard!!

I can't believe I'm the only drummer to have arrived at this crossroad. Short story - I'll be retiring from my day job and moving to a small home up north in a year or two (Mrs Smoke agrees!!). Currently, there's no place at my retirement home to house a set of drums. There is a distinct...

Part of the reason for Uncle Larry's drum give-away was to see if the "Karma" thing was verifiable. Call it God's grace, Karma or the Giant Cosmic Circle of Life, I can tell you it is alive and well. Sometimes, I think it manifests itself as a test. Here's a new one for me. My 2012 Nissan...

Apparently Australia's land-based datum (reference point) hasn't kept up with what the Global Positioning System (GPS) "sees", so they're going to "move" the continent 1.8 meters to make the two coincide. What happens when Australia moves so far it isn't "down under" any more...

Anybody living or dead, with whom would you spend it and how? I'd like to spend an evening with ex-US president Ronald Reagan in a hunting camp, next to a crackling fireplace, sipping coffee. I'd like to ask him about being shot during his attempted assassination; what it was like to be...

17 Days. Pretty much drank myself to sleep for the last few years. In the last 40 years or so, I was only dry for about 1 week while undergoing treatment for stage 3 prostate cancer. Had alcohol daily while serving in a dry country (Saudi Arabia, Desert Shield/Storm, 1990 to 1991) thanks to...

Hopefully, I'm not the only living being with a permanent MP3 player in my head. I wake up with a different song every morning and occasionally am kept awake by an unbidden tune. Today, it was The Go-Gos "Our Lips are Sealed." I'm not sure what I did to deserve that. Thankfully it wasn't...

Not homebrewed drum gear - BEER! A few years ago, I used to keep two 5 gallon (19 liter) batches going at a time, but have fallen away since then. Work, home projects, grand-kids, etc., seem to get in the way. I started out with extract brews and later graduated to partial grain brews, as I...

Not Bucks County, PA - my attic! What a hateful place. Now I know why I seldom go into the attic: blown-in cellulose insulation (read, CLOUDS of dust), no headroom, nails poking through the roof deck, mouse poop, fiberglass insulation, etc. Thankfully, no spiders. Sunday was cloudy/rainy...

So, I scored an 8/9 on the drummer hardware poll, which put me in the mild geek category. (see "Drum Nerdiness" in General Discussion - sorry - can't seem to post the link) Might as well live up to my score. Check out the following link - it's got all the geek statistics about...

I just got to wondering... My clutch is too big for a sleeve - it fits perfectly in the top hat without room for a sleeve. The top hat isn't keyholed or worn, so I'm thinking I could get away without protection!?! I suppose I could use a bit of electrical tape around the clutch threads, but...

Sorry, you only get one. If in a quandary, flip a coin. Add commentary if it might help. Back in the day when LP albums had sides; more often than not, the "A" side got worn out and the "B" side went almost unplayed. But in some cases, the "B" side hit you right where it counts. For me...