You can tell the difference between someone asking for advice, and someone trying to use you or exploit you, or manipulate you. Agreed. Yet in my story, why even email the guy back? Just let it go at that. Why berate the kid and establish a turf war to a virtual unknown young drummer? Why attach an...

The band Steve posted sounds A LOT like Fates Warning...Mark Zonder would have been a solid choice imo.
Mike is Mike...he'll kill this gig...fans will dig him...very likeable cat.

One of Keith's family members (sister?) goes to school with my buddie's daughter, so I think he is in Nashville (Brentwood) area. Speaking of "breaking in" my friend is 27 trying to break into session work in Nashville living in Mufreesboro...he received a rather interesting email from a v...

If this was recorded at the Baked Potato I might have been at that show. DC was the first time I heard of Vinnie and saw him play.

Great drum sound...did not care for the beat to the first tune.
I say stick with the original groove...you don't play, I Keep Forgettin'
with 8th notes!

Just my personal conviction...

THIS is an amazing performance no matter how you cut your steak (tofu for veggies)

Bring back the roto tom kit!
http://circuit33.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/roto-toms-1-1024x768.jpg

Holy Drumming Madness! Chambers is wreckless! This thread will never die...longest ever in HOD's history for a non-sticky? Will say this about ol' MM...met him at NAMM when he was the single stroke champ on the Drum-o-Meter thing...it was actually a negative in my mind because I just thought he was...

"Thomas Lang is way too precise and surgical, but I was really surprised that he had trouble learning the riff parts, I thought he could nail things like that more easily. His "musical home" is clinic touring the rest of his life IMO ." I asked myself, if these are the best cats...

edit my post here... Gonna pull an Oliver Stone move here. If you look at the t-shirt the lead singer is wearing on day one, in particular during the Mangini post fireside chat, it is the same shirt worn when he makes the teaser announcement at the end of the second video, "Welcome to the famil...