New heads!

Betcha thought I’d never update this again!  Well, I’m avoiding homework on a Sunday afternoon, so I figured I might as well.

Excited for some new drum heads coming in–Morgan Young , my drum teacher and mentor, just turned me on to Remo’s new line of Vintage A snare heads.  2-ply, coated, except instead of two 7 mil plies (see Emperor, etc.) it’s a 7.5 mil and a 3 mil.  Paired with his 14×5.5 Masters Birch snare, there’s not a better sounding drum around IMO.

BONUS:  I just found out they expanded the Vintage A heads to a full tom line (!) and promptly ordered a set for my Starclassics instead of the usual Emperors I’ve used for so long.  Update on the tom sound soon.

Regarding Drum Tastes

WARNING: This is going to be a drum ramble.

I love drums. But i have this strange natural aversion to whatever trend is going on in the drum industry. Maybe you can just chalk it up to my natural tendency to try to appear as the guy who fights whatever is trendy… who knows.

Anyways, it seems like right now all the big companies are marketing four-piece kits (which I have been a believer in since I was in eighth grade, when they weren’t cool for kids my age) with these deep 24 or 26 inch bass drums and big toms, led zep style. So naturally, what do I want? A Gretsch classic four-piece bop kit with a nice little 18 inch kick, 10 and 14 inch toms and a classic chrome over brass snare (morgan young has made me a devout follower of “that great Gretsch sound;” for a look at his beautiful 60’s round badge kit go here). Go figure. I’ve got an early 70’s stop-sign badge Gretsch kit that I love, but it features a 22 inch bass drum with with standard-size 13 and 16 inch toms… great for any variant of rock, mind you, but for anything a little more chill I’m left desiring the smaller sizes.

Not that any of you care. In other news, one of my drum students told me today (this isn’t the first time) that he liked my hair longer because I looked like one of the Beatles.

I’m never cutting my hair again. :)