Some people get really pissed around here if you call them "dude" believe it or not.  I've had one person even tell me on the spot "don't call me dude- dude".

It is kinda derrogatory saying it to someone with half a brain.

I'm stating I have a brain and a half.

So here's a little tidbit that I feel I can share with all my great budz since I'm such a nice guy.

If one is playing in an alley/courtyard deal between two buildings unmic'd, set your drums up so they are pointing to the opposite wall.  Don't face them in line with the alley way, the sound just blows out the front and back of you- you really have to contain it somehow if you aren't mic'd.

This weekend I played a thing Saturday at this courtyard deal and, well I might as well not have showed up...I think we got blown away by the yodelling act before us...seriously, it sucked.

So Sunday I'm like, "this can't happen again"...scoped out the situation, utilized my brain and a half and realized where the heck my tone was going; set up 90 degrees from where I was the day before and proceeded to get vertical.

Have I tried that with sextuplets?  You're too funny.  Depends on the tempo.  I'd rather double diddle a sextuplet (hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle).

Basically I double 1/8 trips in jazzier or faster funk settings.  Loud stuff I'll usually just play the simpler patterns...it all sounds the same anyways.

If I wanna get really grainy sounding I multiple bounce a doubled pattern (but I don't multiple bounce diddles- get it?  Maybe I should try that...?)