Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Vintage Corner: Sticks, sticks, sticks.

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For several reasons, I find that I've gotten a little more deeply into vintage drumsticks. Pads are fun, but now that more people are pa...
Monday, May 9, 2022

Taking a step back for a little while.

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My spring has turned out to be more interesting than I'd planned, especially with the community activist band I've been part of sinc...
Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Product Review and wrap-up: Techra, Vic Firth and carbon sticks in general

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The last batch of carbon sticks arrived in the mail today for testing and review. Techra is an Italian company that focuses exclusively on ...
Saturday, March 26, 2022

I’ve been sent to timeout by a pad manufacturer. Oh, well.

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 Remember Revolution? Their ads are all over social media and their Chopping Block pad got popular very fast. So I bit the bullet and tried ...
Friday, March 18, 2022

Product Review: Ahead aluminum drumsticks

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 I’ll cut to the chase: These are bad enough that I’m glad I got them at a discount. The packaging touts: — Durability (yeah, okay, probably...
Saturday, March 12, 2022

Interview with Brian Kiethly and Russ Buchek of Ingrained Instruments

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Based in the St. Louis area, Brian Keithly and Russ Buchek are crafting beautiful drum sticks in very small batches, from all sorts of domes...
Friday, March 11, 2022

The latest rabbit hole: carbon fiber drum sticks

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 Yeah, I know, what’s an old-school Drummer like me doing with carbon fiber sticks? I don’t know, but I do like to follow my curiosity. So w...