I thought that too, STEVE, but didn’t bring it up. Even Vinnie probably can’t afford to turn down any work at this point? That’s my guess.

Steve Pruitt (monster player) is ALL ABOUT WTS drums. Check him out-

Vinnie’s “coloring” here with Islam is sublime. Wow. Beautiful. And Tom Brechtlein lays it DOWN on his tracks. Thanks for this. Good way to spend “coffee time” this morn.

My buddy “Ross” is posting all kinds of stuff on YT (so, sorry if I’m “over-posting”). It’s just fun to post things from the history we have together as a duo (and sometimes trio). Ross pushes me to play music WAY out of my comfort zone (and thank GAWD). Our take on Led Boots- https://youtu.be/x1K3Y...

If you missed this, this is a pretty great (and recent) interview-
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollin ... 15962/amp/

A couple originals by the same trio- Oak Customs sound pretty great here with coated single ply Aquarian’s, as do the Istanbul Xist Crashes and Splashes. Ride is a Paiste 20” Dimensions Dry. (I’m a BIG fan of the Xist stuff. They seem to be the perfect weight and feel for me.) Anybody else using the...

Thank you, Steve.

Rehearsal footage from the session w/audio from Zoom recorder.

Thanks, Pocket. It's seriously hard shit to play. Prob the hardest, most challenging music I'VE ever tried to play along with and memorize. Sound is all Logic and my mixing. Gotta say, I like mixing as much as playing. Hats are 14" Sabian Stage Hats. Nothing special, but they work for me.

I take a stab at Holdsworth music from time to time with 2 buddies of mine (one in CO and another in FL). They both came to IL in Oct where we recorded this live at my house. When Ross got back to CO to mix, the hard disc recorder glitched and the drum tracks were lost, SO I had to re-record (and vi...