drumlove

I've been collecting and researching historic practice pads for over a decade.  As you might guess, I've owned a lot of pads during ...

So how many of my friends swerve wildly back and forth between their everyday ordinary joys, and the reality that we are powerless to stop t...

The truth. I’ve been a drum corps nut since 1976, back when PBS showed finals on TV. I saw Phantom Regiment and the Vanguard and that was th...

I recently purchased this online, from someone who’d bought it at WGI and needed some quick cash. I’d been reading about Brash Drums practic...

I got into boutique and specialty sticks in a big way during lockdown, with some help from the guys over at the Boutique and Collectible Sti...

I’d been wanting one of these since they first came out years ago. But it was expensive — $50 at the time — and I balked at the price.  I sh...

 Using every ounce of charm I possessed, I was able to obtain a new red Evans practice pad directly from D’Addario. I was advised that it wo...