So the singer/bassist of Girth, headliner at our recent show at Reggie’s commented that he thought my condensed drum set was cool. Condensed. Nice use of the word. The word shouldn’t be limited to milk. I’m ok with condensed. Now the only problem is that depending on the carpeting/flooring of the stage, my bass drum likes to inch forward as I play, sometimes even causing the kick pedal to unlatch from the edge of the drum rim. Uh, not so good. There have been times the bass drum was so far away from me that I couldn’t even kick it if I wanted to. So if anyone has a cinder block sitting around their yard, basement, or whatever (I won’t ask questions) please bring to the next gig. I’ll buy you a beer. The only other thing I need is one of those beer hats with the straw coming down that won’t fall off my head when I play, but I’ll fill it with ice, ice, ice cold water. Good luck with that one.

Shelly