I've bought an Istanbul 22" Ride called Mehmet, ear created. I use it to play jazz and it's fantastic! I think that Istanbul cymbals are very good and cheap! ...
Hi cebola Rad here What is orkut? I have never heard of it before. Ricardo Luga <ricardo.luga@...> wrote: hey zilla! what about a zilla's community on...
... hi rad, orkut (http://www.orkut.com/) is a relationship-based site. you sign up, create your profile (similar to yahoo and msn) and search for friends...
I have to agree, A friend of mine is one of their sponsored artists. so I am getting them for like half price. So even if I don't like them I can probably...
I heard one set of hats that I thought were the best I'd ever heard. Wish I'd bought em. S ... From: matt monroe [mailto:blademonroe@...] Sent: Tuesday,...
My daughter, 13, has been drumming on her own set for a year. This past week she's shredded three sticks. She's only broken one before this streak. Is she...
Has she been playing a different style of music? Is she hitting the drums or cymbals harder? Has she changed the placement of her drums/cymbals or the height...
... Chances are, she got some bad sticks that were way outside the tolerance limits for the manufacturing process and somehow slipped out of the factory. One...
... to ... I ... place ... Scott, Scott, no man, I thought I was being censored (which for the Jim Morrison reference I DID think I deserved, just for the...
... question. Gregor, I know chief, It's a minefield out there! I hope I've responded in my latest "Chinese punk" posting. As I said in that, it's probably my...
Allow me to gross out the lair... My palms sweat profusely when I play; because of that, I have settled (sweattled?) on using Vic Firth sticks because the...
Thanks for the input, Stephanie. She's not 5' yet and not even close to 100 lbs.! She has been experimenting with rim shots, though. And, as Jim mentioned, she...
I have an Alchemy 19" Heavy Crash sorta Z custom-ish but a little more responsive and I payed $40 less for it than the Z customs I have been seeing lately. ...
A couple of questions would need to be answered before really finding out why she is breaking sticks, and those questions are: 1) Is she playing harder? 2) Is...
"...She's almost 14 and moody so her sticks may just be taking the brunt of it this week!..." A 14 year-old female...that's moody? Now THAT's unusual. LOL!...
[ I don't think you could find a better place on the 'Net, or better people in a group, than what's available right here. ] *********** Amen to that, Zilla! I...
OK, OK, Marcus, Wow. Such enthusiasm. I'm afraid that when I finally DO get around to doing something, the Chinese Lounge Punk is going to be a bit of a...
Does anyone use the Istanbul Turk hihats? I am looking into ordering a pair and would like to know what people think about theirs. BLADEMORE, Istanbuls are...
I went through a period of shredding sticks very frequently as well....now I just get saw dust after a gig, ha ha. I used to actually have the nylon tips break...
hi everybody! i think she's too young. it's normal to shred some sticks by this age (i stopped this when i was 19, he he). but one thing to know: are the...
I shredded alot of sticks until I got my hi hat technique together. I was playing the hats all wrong more on the side than the top. That will do it. Rad ...
Yeah, I , just like everyone else, used to go through sticks like crazy. I've broken a pro mark 747 in an hour before. Now I throw sticks away just because I...
I would echo the same setiments, I love wood tips on my cymbals (paistes are bright anyway) but, I have grown accustomed to chipping the tips. I have broken a...
As a "male", I am filled with shame and humiliation. The band I started with at 13 in the mid-sixties was ALWAYS told to "turn the volume down". The band...
That's the FUNNIEST thing I've seen posted here in a long time. Thanks for the laughs. After programming all day, I need a few laughs. Hey, we've all been in...
That was hysterical! Thanks for sharing. Well, she had her lesson last night and her instructor wasn't impressed with her attempts at jazz. She doesn't like...
Jan wrote, "...She prefers rock music but I hope she learns other genres. I think she's still young enough to "mold" without breaking her spirit...I'd allow...
Say Barney, do you still have those guy's number? I'm looking for a "fossil band". ...;-)... Gundorps ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's...
Any of you "Lair-ites" in the Cumberland area? I'm going to be playing a one-off show in Wiley Ford, WV (right outside Cumberland) next Friday, Feb. 11th, at...
Kevin wrote, "...I'll be jamming with Hair Force One..." Man, what a GREAT name for a band doing "hair" music. I LOVE it! Have a great time, and I hope some...