ramblings

Today, is a good day. @ddrumusa #MAX #malder #maldertone #drums (at Armadillo Enterprise)

You need to check these out! @ddrumusa #rallysport #aldertone (at Clearwater, Florida)

Sharing my birthday this year with #batmanday2016 so we had to bust these out for the party. #ripdarwincooke

Changing up the scenery in the drum room, AND testing the 100% Alder Prototype snare. @ddrumusa @paistecymbals @remopercussion @vicfirth #mercuryhardware #aldertone #reflex (at Lake Magdalene, Florida)

Matching footboards make me happy. @ddrumusa @remopercussion @vicfirth #mercuryhardware #aldertone #prototypesnare (at Lake Magdalene, Florida)

Working on #Vinnie Paul's new @ddrumusa kit was a blast! See it on the road with @hellyeahofficial this month! @hellyeah_pking , bring lots of micro-fiber cloths! 😉

And that's one less stand I have to carry. @ddrumusa @dunnettclassicdrums @evansdrumheads (at Armadillo Enterprise)

Sufficiently nerdy. (at Lake Magdalene, Florida)

This rig was perfect at my gig yesterday with #Sisemore! The dark tone of alder really does bring out the best in a drum kit. The @ddrumusa Rally Sport lives up to the hype, it's the ultimate gig-kit! @remopercussion @dreamcymbals @vicfirth (at Arkane Aleworks)

It's a special kind of feeling, when you conceive an idea for a drum set, see it through to production, and then it gets a great review in @modern_drummer ! Thanks @mikedawsondrums for the kind words. This is definitely a highlight in my career. Now I just gotta do something to get on the cover ;) (at Armadillo Enterprise)

These drums might be next on the list. It's for the house! (at Armadillo Enterprise)

The cool thing about looking for a house, is that every purchase can be justified as "for the house" 😆

This years haul! #recordstoreday #bowie #marsvolta #transformers #vinyljunkie #vinylcollection (at Microgroove)

I used to play this set up, though...I always looked like a bear on a motorcycle with this kind of set up. The smaller sizes are definitely easier to play. I feel like I would overplay on a kit like this though.

These two finally work at the same time. #drums #drummer #drumlife @aquariandrumheads

We interrupt the usual programming to present one of the first snare drums I ever played. This is an early 70's Premier 2000. I think it's aluminum, and plated in chrome. Just got the snare strainer replaced after what feels like an eternity. Still sounds like a million bucks!

Kristen and I both had trouble sleeping last night. There seemed to a disturbance in the force...the only way I know how to put it. David Bowie is part of our existence in a very real and tangible way. Kristen has been a huge fan for years, and I like to say she really opened me up to quite a bit of his work. It's impossible to consider yourself a musician, and not have at least a cursory knowledge of his work. We spent all Sunday listening to his amazing new record, Blackstar. At no time, did I think I was listening to his last record...