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Eventually, the tune here is Alone In Kyoto by Air. No drums are on the original, but I was so inspired by their beautiful recording that decided to have a go with adding some drums of my own.

This one goes back a few years, but I'm so glad there's some footage of tracking at Zippah Recording (r.i.p. - - but go check out Rare Signals in Cambridge MA, Brian's new beautiful studio!).

I realize there are probably tons of other videos on this particular subject… here is how I went about taking the squeak out of this famous Ludwig pedal.

BE CAREFUL with the "Acousticon" shell material, drumming friends. Use a backing plate if you switch out the tom mount to something better than original stock.

Part of Ipswich 375th Anniversary Celebrations...performance inside the EBSCO building... Song: Drive All Day Band: OG - Vox/Gtr; Brooks McPhail, Bass/Vox; Cliff Spencer, Keyboards; Mark Earley, Saxophone; Tom Palance, Trumpet; Steve Chaggaris, Drums. Filmed by David Welsh (?) for Pixie Video. Thus far I have tried [in vain] to get in touch with the creators and I'm coming up empty. Website no ...

•• Royal Cymbals // Cymbal Craftsman •• pre-show love 11-25-2023

9-26-2023: Mark Kohler @ Eames Drum Co' just finished making & assembling this additional Eames tom-tom for me - - a 13" - - which I will now use use with my 16" floor tom. These drums are all the Eames "Vintage E" series, and they are SO gorgeous in sound & sight. Finished in Cherry Wine Satin. I used Ludwig Club Date lugs on everything, and a Yamaha tom post/brackets. Full specs below. No cym...

And...at it again... I so enjoy experimenting with adding drums/drum parts to songs that didn't originally have them. As well - i love M83. Pretty much everything Anthony Gonzalez has done is SO great. A few years back, he wrote the musical score for Cirque du Soleil's •Volta• show. This is me having a go at adding a drum-set part to his composition entitled Suspension, from the Volta soundtrack.

I sent these older & heavier New Beats to Paul Francis at Cymbal Craftsman so he can do what he does.... perfection!

For years I've hoped that someone would take the 4-hour audio file from the FDNY 9/11 radio transmissions, and clean up the noise in an effort to make the voices more intelligible. These heroes deserve to be heard more clearly. I'm a musician who grew up with cassette tapes, so a little tape hiss doesn't bother me. But the "signal-to-noise" ratio during parts of the original recording, in conju...

Paul Francis worked for the Avedis Zildjian Company for 32 years. In my opinion - which is shared by countless other drummers: Paul is simply one of the very best artisans around. As he's now out on his own, I asked the Cymbal Craftsman if he'd be up for the challenge of making a heavier & more versatile version of one of my favourites: my 20” Avedis ride cymbal. I had some specific goals in mi...

Sometimes I'd rather drink coffee than "quiet the mind".

Ken Clark, Hammond B3 Organ Mike Mele, Guitar Steve Chaggaris, Drums From the KCOT album "Eternal Funk" on Severn Records

Morning coffee should always illicit this...

Eames Snare Drum

Snare Drum Review - powdercoating

Summershow - Manchester Massachusetts - August 1989

Lynnfield High School Concert Band ... May 1987

Lynnfield High School Jazz Combo & Jazz Band - May 1987

Lynnfield High School Jazz Combo 1987 @ UNH

Lynnfield High School Jazz Band 1987

Spring 1982 - Lynnfield Dixieland Band

Spring 1982 Lynnfield High School Jazz Band

1982 Lynnfield Jazz Band - Satin Doll & Cute

Street Music - May 23, 1986 Concert @ Boston University

1993 WBZ Channel 4 News with Cheers Finale

Ken Clark Organ Trio - Live @ Ryles, Cambridge

Linda Mark Band - live @ Kirkland Café / Club Bohemia

Linda Mark Band - live at Toad