http://www.notabbott.com/drums/ On the one hand, I'm a big fan of the notion that the one most important piece of drumming knowledge I have is that I don't actually know very much. On the other, I feel like I have picked some things up on the way to that particular worldview that are worth sharing. Those things tend to fall into the categories listed on your right. en-us My former employer just posted a crowd-sourced list of the best rock drummers. The most glaring omission is Bill Bruford... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/005151.shtml Jim DeRogatis re-posted Billy Corgan's latest web manifesto, and while I haven't been contacted in any way regarding the drummer... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/004740.shtml As some of you may have heard, Billy Corgan put out an open call to replace Jimmy Chamberlin in Smashing... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/004725.shtml I've neglected this part of the site, so let me remedy that with a live audience video of Andrew Fraker... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/004680.shtml I'm thrilled to have found Bill Bruford's blog, because stuff like this is just wonderfully inspiring. So many great passages... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/004123.shtml John Rutsey, who presided over the drumkit on Rush's heavily Led Zeppelin-influenced debut before yielding the drum throne to Neil... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/004118.shtml Bill Bruford stopped by Ronnie Scott's in London to see Avishai Cohen the same week I was there. I had... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/004100.shtml For some reason, I hadn't bookmarked Bill Bruford's blog until now. It is there that I found this gem: Always... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/004075.shtml The overarching idea with the current configuration of the drum kit is that I wanted lighter, primarily single-braced hardware, in... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/003993.shtml Okay, so I've finally come across a 14" green Signia tom on eBay -- and if any bids show up... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/003888.shtml It's been a bad year for actually practicing my drums, but I think a lot of that had to do... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/003825.shtml If my memory and/or record-keeping serve me, today is the 30th anniversary of my first drum lesson. As is usually... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/003777.shtml With nearly a month between gigs, and two recent gigs on a fairly brightly lit stage, I'm going to clean... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/003664.shtml Okay, this is twice now I've been hugged by a bizarre blond woman at a Diver Trio gig at Trio... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/003663.shtml Because when the drummer jokes stop, then it's time for the bass solo.... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/drums/003661.shtml