Thursday, October 9, 2025

Keep drumming. No matter what.

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Since retiring, I've found that drumming every morning has proved not only therapeutic, but soul-restoring as well. After breakfast, I r...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Inflation has led to deflation: Used practice pads

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I've researched and collected historic drum practice pads for a long time. When I began my deep dive, almost no one else I knew was focu...
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Monday, September 8, 2025

The beginning of the end of big-name practice pads? I’m sort of ready for that.

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I am winding down my practice pad collection, probably for good. I’ve been pondering this step for a long time. I’ve made a few halfhearted ...
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Pad Rescue: Vic Firth basic pad, much improved

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Early last month, I scored a bundle of old practice pads and mutes. Among them was the baseplate of a Vic Firth student pad. This pad is sti...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Full Review: Loyal Drumsticks, M1 and Mason models

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Loyal Drums , long known for fine rope drums hand crafted in the USA, has recently released two models of drumsticks in hickory. I took deli...
Saturday, August 9, 2025

Spolier Alert? PadParts.com coming soon

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Bradley Lomax, the brains and brawn behind Beetle Percussion , is launching a new enterprise called PadParts . After years of  talking with ...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Drumming is good for you. Here’s proof.

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During the Covid pandemic, I lived with roughly 3 years of forced inactivity, brought on mostly by the onset of Long Covid and the time I sp...