I would like to explain some of my motivations when I start instigating and stirring up what I see as debate but others sometimes see as confrontation
My current situation (incredibly sweet and lucky as it is) has it’s limitations
One of those is that I have not felt that I could adequately serve the studio and have a 2nd job
This was an attitude that I am in the process of changing
Part of it was because I was getting lucky and creating opportunities to make a little money here and there but I have to confess that part of it was that I was lazy
Making very little in actual money has caused me to deem outside travel as an un-neccesary expense and risk since my borrowed vehicle is all kinds of out of date and is a gas hog
This means that I only get to have 5 minute interactions with human bein...
Read The Evolution of the Rockula Drumset pt 1 here
Getting the 3 piece red sparkle kit for christmas was just the beginning of my drum odyssey
My next acquisition was the Mattel Synsonics drum module
What I really wanted was a large drumkit but I thought I could use all the different sounds on the synsonics to expand my palate
The biggest problem was that the pads were set up for a right handed person so I struggled with trying to figure out how to use it for my own purposes
It wasn’t a total bust because I made my first forays into electronics by playing Kraftwerk songs on it
All of this changed when my father bought me A SECOND DRUMKIT!!!!!!!
It was blue sparkle and the exact same type of inexpensive Sears-type drums
A traditional 5 piece co...Read More
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The Evolution of the Rockula Drum Set Pt 1 (Christmas edition)
1993 was a great time in Deep Ellum because you could walk into a club and see a band like UFOFU
This was a time when alternative music was about to be splintered into a million sub fragments
The largest fragment being grunge
But for a while, there were bands like UFOFU who were exploring different types of alternative music
Most importantly, they were exploring progressive angles without sounding like pretentious Math Rock
I bought their tape and was started playing along with it on the drums
I went to lots of shows and became very familiar with the band
Joe Butcher was a smart ass that I could count on for some good verbal sparring (my favorite moment was the look on his face when I suggested he start a side project called “The Joe Butcher Axis”
Brandon and i talked alot about music in g...
It has been more than 30 years ago that I received my first “real” drumset for Christmas
This was my toy drumset up until then (you can’t see the cymbal or bass drum pedal)
This was a step up from normal toys because the heads were plastic instead of thick paper
Still, you had to show some restraint because it was still a toy
None of that restraint paid off when I came back one day to find that my parents had let Brett and Scott Anderson play my drums
I was horrified to find that there were dents in the thin plastic heads and the bass drum pedal was broken!
What I needed was a REAL drumset
Fast forward to Christmas 1981 and I am a pre-teen boy that is transitioning from hardcore KISS fan to more sophisticated music like Rush
I guess my parents saw that I wasn’t giving up on the drums li...
I have become a big fan of a Youtube video series called “The Game Chasers”
One of their favorite things to do is dance The Robot so I thought I’d make a compilation video set to the song “The Robots” by Kraftwerk
I just got off the phone with my internet provider after realizing they have been overcharging me for almost a year
This company has an overseas phone room and we all know how frustrating that can be
THE WAY I USED TO BE- I would to lose my cool and scream at the first person who didn’t give me what I wanted
This always resulted in me going for the nuclear option, cancelling whatever service/account and losing the money that I think they owe me
THE WAY I AM NOW- After working on the other side of the phones, I have observed the way that phone rooms operate and the tactics they use to make you give up instead of insisting on the customer service your money pays for
*HERE”S HOW TO DO IT -Above all, have your info straight and be able to reference it immediately
The first person to answer is ...
Judy and Chantel came to my performance the other night andshot video with a regular camera as well as a Go Pro
I took the audio from the stationary cam, tweaked it and syched it up with the Go Pro for 3 songs
Judy got really good coverage of the Molecules Drum set and the mechanics of my show
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