Update The Billboard article I originally referenced for this post is no longer online, and I'm not clear on what occurred with Jane's Addiction following the interview with drummer Stephen Perkins. According to Wikipedia, the band's last album was in 2011. There are lots of great drummer jokes, and [...]
When I purchased my Gretsch Catalina Birch kit from an individual, the bass drum head came with a crudely cut hole, that looked like something a child had done. I finally took the time to fix it, using an inexpensive tool called a Bass Drum O's Hole Cutter, which I [...]
Phil Collins has long passed his prime of popularity, but the news of his retirement is meaningful to me. After his initial stint as lead vocalist for Genesis, he shocked the radio airwaves with In the Air Tonight. He did so by bringing drums to the forefront of a [...]
While the music industry has decided that the biggest culprit of declining revenues is free streaming music, The Kansas City Star (a most unlikely source) anoints Thesixtyone.com as site of the week. I must admit that it streams some great music. TheSixtyOne is also unique in terms of [...]
Sabian has posted three great videos, featuring Jojo Mayer, for it's Omni line. In the demo video series JoJo discusses his quest for a crash/ride that will actually do both. What he says he discovered in the Omni is a cymbal that not only does both, but really delivers a [...]
Crap! I was looking forward to upgrading my phone and not my MP3 player. Hypebot recently reported that ComScore's Digital Year in Review ranked music listening as last in a list of top ten popular mobile activity activities. Maybe that's because a mobile phone is still a phone and now [...]
