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I just want the bass drum from that pic of Eli Blake!

The Christmas album has some of the best jazz and big band arrangements ever written for traditional holiday songs. He does a song called "It Must Have Been Ol' Santa Clause" and the New Orleans second line groove is old school N'Awlins greasy funk. The more classically influenced songs ar...

I received a ton of text messages from my former Soldiers and a few VERY close friends. But yeah, sad that it's not a big deal to a lot of folks. I guess I thought it would have been packed at the parade because so many Altoona families have been "touched" by this current war. Oh, well. I ...

I'll line up a baby sitter. My wife is playing in the Altoona Community Band and they practice Wednesday evenings. I would love to check these cymbals out, though. And if everyone is all wired afterward, you can come to 4D's for my band's weekly party! (Shameless plug). $6.00 pitcher's of Capt. &...

Did anyone notice there wasn't much of a turn-out for the parade? Not like the good ol' days. And certainly not like the military towns i lived in for 22 years.

Thanks to you guys, though. It's nice to see someone mentioned it on here.

Glad to hear the news, Jim! We'll be looking forward to the new iteration of the show. Best wishes for your new home at Rocky.

Randy

Jim, whatever you have up your sleeve will obviously be well supported by all of us. Keep us in the loop if there is anything we can do to help.

Randy

I'd be willing to do a forum on diverse styles. If there's an interest, I'll put together a little something. I have tons of experience playing every imaginable style all over the world. If nothing else, it might spark some ideas for the guys interested in fusing different styles together. Lots of t...

Whether or not you believe the conspiracy theories is irrelevant at this point. What concerns me most is the fact that our government officials (especially at the top) lie to the American public without flinching. That makes the lies most convincing. Then the next thing you know, people actually bel...

Cort Duffle? Is he still around? Is this the same guy that was hit by a school bus so many years ago? I haven't heard that name in forever.

You know you can count me in!

I will raise one important point about Palin's "leadership experience". In her speech at the nat'l convention, she announced that her son was deploying to Iraq on Sep 11 and even told us what unit he was going with. In the military we have a thing we like to call OPSEC. Operational Securit...

No new nudes? or KNOW new nudes? heheheh

Hi, Steve!!

I just plain and simply can't get past her comments that she was a hockey mom and in the PTA. I hope at least one other American realizes that you can't run a country like either of those things. And as far as being the Commander in Chief of the Alaska Nat'l Guard... what have they done lately? I'm ...

Amazing to watch him work. You can see the brain engaging on some of the stuff he plays. I had a blast getting to hang with Rob and Randy. Gotta check out the DVD sometime!

Randy

I have to agree. The band sounded great and it was good to finally get to see you play, Hawk. I also enjoyed the mini drummer convention off to the side. Catch you all again soon, I hope!

Rob, I PM'ed you, but I want to go for sure. Shots McGee is playing at Ceolta's in Harrisburg that night so I'll be headed there anyway. I'm skipping my cousin's wedding to go to the clinic so I'm sure my family will beat me up. I've seen him in clinic before and was blown away. Gotta see it again!

You are so right! I always hated it when my soldiers would complain about stuff without ever offering a possible solution to the problem. But, I find myself absolutely baffled by the current situation in Iraq. I still have a lot of friends over there, and I can honestly say that I have a hard time b...

Is it a good idea for the next POTUS to want us in Iraq for a 100 years? The current administration (and McCain) thinks we should stay until we win the war. What exactly constitutes a "win"? McCain couldn't give a straight answer to that question this past week. Apparently they think we sh...

The Beast and the Harlot by Avenged Sevenfold!! I have to set this one up first. While I was in the 10th Mountain Division Band out of Ft. Drum, NY, we deployed to Afghanistan. Yep, the band. We did a bunch of security stuff, but I managed to get my rock band out to play for the troops as much as po...

Hey, Clint! Nope, you didn't leave me hanging at all. But, there was one thing I forgot to mention to you. I thought the coolest thing you guys in The Front had going on, was the way you had spot lights aimed at your cymbals! Your cymbals were perfectly flat and when you would hit them, your lightin...

Yeah, it's all been said already, but what a great day! Thanks to Clint and Dave and also to those folks that came a long way to attend. Bill, are we allowed to have this much fun? :) So, I'll bet that the DVD has a loud humming noise all the way through... you know, that subsonic hum that's present...

Premier Insignia kit: 3 up, one down, one bass drum w/ double pedal, usually only one snare for now, but if I get to play some fusion again any time soon, I'll bring out another snare. Since everything is rack mounted, it takes up exactly the same amount of stage area as the 4 piece I version I use ...

Just to pick on my 20 year old guitarist, I like to say things like, "Paul McCartney WAS in a band before Wings"!

That's some cool history Moxham123! My brother and I were just talking about this today and I came home and saw this thread. Awesome!

I'm so excited! No, really!! Giddy like a schoolgirl! I love this tech stuff!!

However, I can't believe Clint mentioned the word "ego" in a drummer's forum. Geez, as if!! heheheh

This is gonna be cool, Clint. Thanks!