Romey's Ramblings

I’ve been kicking around putting together a “Drummer Pet Peeves” list, but in lieu of a complete post, here’s a sneak preview of what will definitely be on it: Owners of Vic Firth’s “Lite Stix”.

I admit they look cool, but then you look at the price tag of $130! Normally a good pair of [...]

Good news on the Greenfoot front! You can now find music from our Living Artifacts EP on the Amazon MP3 store!  The six tracks can be purchased for $.89 each.
Amazon Mp3 is my favorite on-line music store by far, so I’m really stoked to have our music available here!

See Greenfoot on the AmazonMP3 store.
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Last night Greenfoot played a show over at Herman’s Hideaway (for which I’ll offer some additional thoughts in a later post).  As part of the “New Talent Showcase”, one of the important stipulations were the two dreaded words drummers hate to hear “House Drumset”.

I cringed when I heard the news, and after playing the [...]

As many of you know, drumming is an important part of my life, and something I thoroughly enjoy.  In addition to Greenfoot and playing at my church, I’ve also joined the Wiseacres Jazz Band.  Jazz drumming has been a challenge, but it’s also been a blast.  Between these three groups there are numerous gigging opportunities, [...]

I’ve been a bit scarce this week because I’ve been drumming pretty much every night.  On Monday night I had rehearsal for an one-time “Barnyard Band”, where we’re doing old-school country songs.  On Tuesday I had Greenfoot practice, as we have our “we’re back” show on Thursday and ended up drumming for almost 4 hours [...]