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Who is your favorite composer? Mine is Kerry Livgren who was once in Kansas. He wrote my favorite song: The Kansas song called "Song for America." I also like his solo stuff. So who is yours? Peace and goodwill.

Here is my final cymbal setup. They are all Sabian cymbals. Peace and goodwill 19" SR2 Heavy (ride) 17" AAX Concept Crash 16" AAX Concept Crash 14" AAX Medium Hats Any other Sabian SR2 or AAX fans out there?

Yesterday, I traded a snare drum for an AAX 19 inch Thin Crash, some sticks, and a drum head. So I took my 16 and 17 inch AAX Concept Crashes to church. So here are my new and updated AAX cymbals. Peace and goodwill. Those are all thin, except for the hats, which are medium. Those are a...

I am down to three Mapex snares. So here they are. Peace and goodwill.

I recently traded some PA gear for a steel-shelled Mapex snare. So I went metal. Peace and goodwill.

I now have a bit different cymbal setup. So here they are. They are all Sabian AAX cymbals; from left to right: 16 inch Concept Crash (very high pitched) 16 inch Thin Crash 17 inch Concept Crash (very low pithced) 21 Thin Ride (very crashable) 14 inch Medium Hats (in front) This will...

Did anyone get any good drum stuff for Christmas? I did. I always get drumsticks from my wife, and I also got a new cymbal bag that has dividers. What about you? Peace and goodwill.

Here all all three of my snares. Two are Mapex, and one is Pearl. Peace and goodwill.

I read a long time ago on this forum that Groove Juice was the same as Kaboom all-purpose cleaner. So today I cleaned some Sabian AAX cymbals with Kaboom. For a test cymbal I cleaned an XS20 top hi-hat cymbal, and it worked great. So, I also cleaned two AAX crashes and my AAX ride. All of them...

How does a drummer play a slow, soft song? Pretend that you wrote it. Try it because it works. Peace and goodwill.

Yesterday, we made an almost three hour drive to Kenner, Louisiana so that I could trade in one of my Mapex Saturn kits and buy some cymbals at Ray Fransen's Drum Center. Ray gave me more than I expected for my drums, and then he gave my good prices for the cymbals and snare that I bought. Here...

To me buying drums is much easier than buying cymbals. I have many years of experience buying both. Here is some information that may help drumming beginners. 1. Buy used if possible. They will be much cheaper and will be no different than cymbals you have played for a while. Make sure that...

Some of you may remember that I used to have a Sabian AA 18" El Sabor. I also had a Sabian AA 20" Medium Ride and a Sabian Pro 20" Medium Ride. One time I recorded band practice and found out that I preferred the ride sound of the El Sabor over the other rides. So I played a couple of gigs...

Yesterday, I played at a local event and used the drums owned by the PA guy. It was a Mapex Mars five-piece kit with Zildjian A Custom cymbals. I used the ride and the 16" and 18" crashes, but I used my own hats because of my left handed open playing. I really liked the ride, and the crashes...

I went to church to practice as I have been doing once a week for several months. I took my cymbals and switched them out with what was there. So these are the cymbals that are at our small church now. All Sabian unless noted otherwise. 19" SR2 Heavy (a good ride) 18" SR2 Thin 16" AA Thin...

How many crash cymbals do you prefer to play? For me it is three because some of the songs I play need three crashes. For a long time I played two but have seen the light. I use a 17" and two 18". Peace and goodwill.

I am 65 years old and have been playing drum set for a long time. I finally got the cymbals right. My ride is a Sabian SR2 19" Heavy that sounds very close to a Bash Ride. My hats are a SR2 Medium (once an HHX) on top and an XS20 on the bottom. My crashes are an AAX 17" Studio Crash, an AAX...

... as a big crash, and it worked well. When I bought it 3.5 years ago, I really liked it. But now I am more into pingy rides again. The last time I used it as a ride, was at a band practice, and was not liking it at all. I much prefer my SR2 19" Heavy as a ride. I may try it as a ride at...

I have the following Sabians: 20" HHX Evolution Ride 19" SR2 Heavy 18" SR2 Thin 18" AAX Studio Crash 17" AAX Studio Crash 16" AA Thin Crash 15" SR2 Thin 14" XS20 Hats 14" SR2 Hats (medium top, heavy bottom) The best hi-hat combination is the XS20 bottom with the SR2 Medium (with HHX hammering)...

I have two sets of 14" hi-hat cymbals. One is Sabian SR2 hats (medium top / heavy bottom). Those hats sound good in big rooms and outside but not so much in small rooms. So, I later bough a pair of Sabian XS20 Hats. So yesterday I tried every combination of them possible, except for using...