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Hey everyone,The opening ceremonies for the super bowl had Aaron Neville and Aretha Franklin singing and I am not sure,but somebody was playing what looked like a steve jordan kit...it was pretty cool,everyone was drinking and eating at the party we had and my dumb ass is yelling at the tv"look...

thanks everyone for the advice,I am pretty sure I won't be using the 8x20 for a floor tom,just as the bass{john...your right,it would be way to low!} anyway thanks for your time...when this comes together...snare,harware,cymbals,ect. I will post a picture and get everyones' feedback,and I will try v...

Premier drums {and some other drum companies} make an 8"x20" bass drum,I want to get one and trick it out cocktail style and use it just as a kick.It would be real low to the floor and I think I could mount the tom holder to a cymbal stand and put the pedal under it.Does anyone think this ...

Dinkus,you rock...keep it up.crazy cocktail freak!

I used to hate watching Charlie Watts play without hitting the hats on 2 and 4,then I realized he didn't need to,it fit what the Stones were doing...simple straight up rock n roll,perfect....less is more{sometimes},anyway keep it real rock/cocktail freaks!

put the stick between your pointer and middle finger almost in the middle of the stick but a little closer to the butt end.Make your fingers"walk",but keep them straight,your wrist willmove with it a little...it takes a while to get the speed going.. and then playing in time with the spinn...

Thanks for your concern,everything is fine.We were lucky not to have any damage,unlike alot of other people in the area,No electricity for that amount of time is crazy.Anyway,looking foward to more cocktail drum conversation,The holidays are coming up,I think I will be looking foward to some new cym...

Just got my power back,I live in south florida...anybody else get nailed,I was out of power for 13 days.I will be moving!

As far as bands go the influences I feel I would like to come across are The Cramps,Rev .Horton Heat,Tiger Army,Mad Sin...for "psychobilly" style stuff.The Punk bands I dig go on and on, but the mix I would love to nail down would be Social Distortion meets the Violent Femmes with T.S.O.L ...

Your lucky to have em...I'm jealous, if I only had the cash...its good to hear he will be making them again.

I am in the process of writing songs{on acoustic}for a psychobilly/punk band .I want to do the lead vocals and play the cocktail kit standing up of course,and have that up front with a guitarist{hollowbody would be sweet} and an upright bassist.The fun part will be finding the right idiots to do the...

Paiste makes a crystal crash,it still has a bell but it's flat...this may help.

What about cymbals,bleeding through or trouble with mixing the volume[my ride/crash is right above my tom/kick drum and I have a side snare] and getting to much feedback from the drum or cymbal..anyone have that problem?I haven't played out yet but i am worried about this occuring.Am I worried for n...

Yep, this thing is goofy as it gets...maybe for "industrial" style music or some devo/kraftwerk stuff... it's awful...to each his own I guess. wierd.

They made one for you?...Cool ,what did they do or have on site to make one for you there ? Thats just to sweet ,give us the details....