https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwCCETObhWk Amazing playing as usual and interesting hearing him after talk about how he just played. I was struck by the video title ' Vinnie colaiuta suffle' and was expecting his signature dessert: https://s32.postimg.org/lbds9xmj9/Vinnie_Souffle.jpg "There i...

Very nice. Is that a radio king? I see you have a Joel Rothman book. He lives about 3 miles from me. I visit his house every now and then and buy books from him for my students, mostly 'Reading, Rudiments and Rock Drumming' or the three 'R's book as he calls it. I was taught reading (not by him) fro...

I've not bought gear for a long time but find myself buying some now. After buying a 10 ply Gretsch maple snare a few days ago, (I was a bit 'meh' about it after gigging it this weekend but really like it now) I ended up with an even sweeter drum today. It's 3 ply maple/poplar/maple, really responsi...

I think Gavin Harrison once mentioned Japan drummer Steve Jansen as someone he likes, with some unique ideas. [youtube_https:vpwnlncm]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhC8LnFd2LE[/youtube_https:vpwnlncm] [youtube_https:vpwnlncm]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvJH0x1CTho[/youtube_https:vpwnlncm] I co...

Congratulations. It's always exciting to get new drums. Don't forget to shoot video of your "unboxing".... Not wishing to hijack sjj's thread but since we're talking about Gretsch, new products and unboxing, here's my brand spanking new drum which I'm excited about. Arrived this afternoon...

Julián Fernández wrote:
Only Vinnie can pull this fill off on such setting... Pfff.

https://youtu.be/d4_o_E__Yzw?t=139

Yep. Even better fill at 3:10.

There it is, there's that sound!

I'm quite excited as I've just ordered a 14 x 5 Gretsch silver series maple snare, my first ever Gretsch product. :) It's coming from Germany, ETA Wednesday. Not quite in the same league as the Brooklyn range, but it sounds really nice to my ears. [youtube_https:v9pa6rww]https://www.youtube.com/watc...