Cool light

Cool light(view gallery)

Found this cool wall light at the Hard Rock cafe in NYC

Me at Niagara

Me at Niagara(view gallery)

Holiday time. Niagara falls was amazing. I got very wet on this boat ride under the falls. Sitting in Toronto airport waiting to go to New York where I'm going to see Genesis!

Back in a week and it's straight on the road with Wishbone Ash for a couple of months.

Animal Snare drum

Animal Snare(view gallery)

Carl from Animal Custom Drums very kindly lent me this snare drum to road test. I used it on a function gig last night and it was a pleasure to play. I'm very much looking forward to trying it out with Wishbone Ash on the next tour. Keep an eye out for the flames!

Cropredy from the rear

Croprey from the rear (view gallery)

This was a fun gig!

Pink Pop - drum cam

I apologise for the sound quality of this clip, there are some cool shots though and it gives you an idea of what it's like behind the drums.

6-way independence

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Remember those Deely-Bobbers - headbands with springs and little balls that looked like antennae? What if you attached drumsticks to the springs? That would give you two more sticks to play with. You know Thomas Lang will be doing it on his next DVD but remember where you heard it first.

Tip for Brushes playing

The biggest gripe I have about playing with my Vic Firth brushes is that once you've fully extended the brushes the triangular bend in the metal handle gets in the way of playing - it's always digging into my palm when I try to play.

Today I had a lesson on brushes playing with Dave Hassel. He leant me some brushes for the lesson and he'd bent the ends of the handles at 90 degrees. It made a huge difference to comfort as they didn't get in the way at all. If you play with brushes I recommend trying it.