Thanks for the tips! I'm at the airport already though.

My plands just cancelled and I suddenly have nothing to do tonight in LA. Any ideas? THX!

Don't know about you, well, I do, sort of,
No, you don't know me. You're jumping to conclusions and insulting me in public, hidden behind a fake name. Neither are you familiar with Dr. Neil. His book covers look terrible, but you can't judge a book by its cover. The works cited list in his ...

The feeling of clogged seems to be a a mental, top-down effect. Because the ear isn't hearing as well as expected, part of the brain is like "It's gotta be clogged" and inserts the feeling of clogginess.

Fascinating stuff. What part of the brain is it that autonomically makes flawed assumptions ...

You actually want a narrower channel. The extra wide channel of the Carmichael is not great fr the connective tissue capsule around the hips. I have a Motion Pro Spinal Glide (upon which the Carmichael was based). I do not like the ad copy that all these thrones with the split middle employ: that ...

Hopefully! Be aware that in you current state you're *much* more susceptible to damage from noise. The damage doesn't add, it multiplies, so wear heavy-duty earplugs on stage or when practicing

I hope not Kurtis! And it probably isn't. Direct damage from that stuff is usually temporary (most of it anyway). It is the extra damage from noise that is the bigger danger to drummers.

The feeling of clogged seems to be a a mental, top-down effect. Because the ear isn't hearing as well as ...

Hello HODers, I just updated Anatomy of Drumming with a new chapter on Hearing Loss. It has something you probably never heard about how many medicines can multiply the damage to the ear from loud noises. (yes really) Please share it! I think it is very important for people to know, and nobody has ...

I teach at a nonprofit where I can offer sliding scale lessons. This place is currently on a wait list and has over 700 students per term. When I go to NAMM I would like to help them out by looking for a connection for low-cost but decent quality small-sized instruments. They can sell these, rent ...

I'm down.... I'll be there Thursday-Sunday .... The Friday show looks particularly awesome. And CAB of course