Videos
VIntage Rogers Bass Drum inspection!
A 60s-era Rogers from my Alpha kit gets the "treatment".......
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Dayton Solo Footage 2022
Shot some footage last night while playing an impromptu triplet-based, hi-hat/double-pedal ostinato during the drum solo. Spirited crowd at J.D.Legends near Dayton!...
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Rob Mathes Conducts Bernstein!
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Cincinnati Run - 1-1-23
New Year's Eve into 2023: Back at the hotel, at 3:00 AM, I stepped out for an after-show run. There were barely any sidewalks around the joint, so I had to get creative about running safely near these streets on New Year’s...
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The Arena Check...
Nothing really spectacular here… but yet another behind-the-scenes glimpse of a Lita Ford soundcheck, playing “Close My Eyes Forever”… and digging in! (Digging in so hard, in fact, that my tech Jesse's iPhone was distorting...
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Dumbbell Stacking in Binghamton, NY
When hotel gym facilities are limited and logistics prevent a visit to a local club, we must get creative if we still want to get in a decent workout. Here’s something I call “dumbbell stacking“ that works great for rowing...
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New Year's Steam!
After our 2022/2023 New Year's Eve set with Lita Ford at a show in Cincinnati, I was soaking wet, as usual. But I had to step shirtless into the cold night air, en route to the tour bus, which was our backstage area for the...
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Drum Screen Solo!
I don't recall the venue here, but it"s always an interesting effect when the audience can see two distinct vantage points of a solo happening, simultaneously....
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See You on the Other Side, Joey C....
5-23-21: Sad to report the passing of my Nelson bandmate, Joey Cathcart, this past week. The Nelson Bros. put together a nice tribute for him at Meethook Live, and they asked me to do a little vid for the occasion. Joey was a...
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Late Night Weights
2-6-21 - Hittin’ the weights. In a parking lot. 3:00 AM. Joy!!! Yes it is… but it also speaks to something of a “new normal” during Covid. I’ve had to arrange for no less than three different workout areas around my crib,...
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New Vegan Cheese!
LA-area vegan/activist, Andy Mars, "demonstrates" a delicious new vegan cheese (called "daiya") on a whole wheat pizza at Z Pizza in Woodland Hills, CA....
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Alphabet Drumming - "DRUMMING"
Alphabet Drumming™ has been my magnificent obsession for a number of years now. It’s my way of combining drumming and writing, where I spell out various words or phrases in rhythm, creating a unique language of sounds. Here’s...
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Hockey RInk Soundcheck!
Soundcheck in a hockey rink with Lita Ford and co… from a couple weeks back. ...
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Training in Tulsa
6-27-21: Hittin’ the weights late-night after a fun show at the IDL Ballroom in Tulsa last night with Lita Ford. Did some chest and back supersets, along with plenty of agonizing “drumbell” movements, which I explain in the...
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Greenroom warm-up
4-22-21: Throwin’ it back to 2013, warming up backstage at a Lita Ford/Molly Hatchet show at Sturgis... in one of the greenest green rooms ever. There will be plenty of this again starting in June!...
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Arena Bass Drum Warm-up
From the archives: One of life’s great joys… blasting a little double-bass warm-up through full PA at soundcheck, even if the execution gets a little iffy here and there....
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The Alpha Kit Walk-around
Here's a brief walk-around tour of the Alpha Kit. (And yes, that's my long-time drum tech Cubby on hand...)...
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California Dreamin'
5-1-21: California dreamin’ on my run today... on sabbatical, enjoying the remote farmlands of central Cali. Looking forward to a return to the road later this month with Lita Ford... and a return to running in unfamiliar...
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