Recent content by 69OysterBlue

Moonie is one of my all time favorites but he was struggling and well past his prime when he died. Had he lived on into his 40’s, 50’s, 60’s it would have probably been a fairly sad continued decline. His biography was a tough read - that boy was burning the candle at both ends as well as the...

One good thing that has happened as we start to emerge from the cosmic funk of COVID is that an old friend/former bandmate who plays keys and horn got back in touch and wants to re-form a jazz group. We had a trio a few years ago and it was great to play something different than the R&R...

I'm liking 20" floor toms lately - though to find heads though.

I love your kit. It looks pretty familiar! Nice job with the video!

18 seems about right. 19 - you’ve got a hoarding problem. Snare drums is another question altogether!

The beginning of "I'm A Man' by Chicago used to drive me nuts until I accepted that the first two three note runs in the bass intro were not complete measures (intentionally or not). If I consider that he goes back and "starts over" after those two runs, this gets pretty easy. That one bugged...

Surprising to learn but the simplicity of the groove and understated style certainly has a "Stones" vibe to it. Great song BTW!

I’m a big fan of Precision Drum but I always buy wrap from them and apply it myself. I have wrapped 5 or 6 full kits and several individual drums over the past 10 years and feel very comfortable with the process. I built a fairly large router table and re-cut the bearing edges on a...

Pretty good job - actually VERY good considering that it was your first attempt. Only suggestion I would have (If you ever had to do this again) would be to remove an irregularly shaped section with rounded boundaries (no sharp corners or straight edges). I agree with a previous post that this...

Oddly, the 9x13 bearing edges appear to be original (unless someone went to incredible lengths to re-varnish the cut edges to exzactly match the shell interiors.)

All of the drums have 3-ply shells with re-rings and clear maple interiors. Everything looks "factory" to me as well.

I'm looking for a little advice / guidance / group consensus relative to a kit I am currently working on. These came to me a couple of years ago and, between COVID isolation and the upcoming holidays, I will have plenty of time to get these done over the next few weeks. Quick history - I bought...

Me with some drummer guy I ran into at The Iridium Jazz Club in Manhattan a few years ago.

I wonder about that as well. None of my three kids ever got into drums (or playing any instrument) which was always a disappointment to me. Pretty much all of my sets right now are "collectable" and represent a significant amount of money. I think I would want my wife (presuming she wasn't hit...

I can't remember the last time I broke a stick. I play Vic Firth 5AXN and have played around with the longer Freestyle model stick as well. I do wear them out! I play a lot of rim shots and play my hats fairly aggressively with the shoulder of the stick - so the shoulder area gets chewed up and...