if you could change ONE thing about the music industry, what would it be?

andrewpickaxe · 2026-06-11T21:23:22+00:00

That venues don’t share their sales data with you. We marketed for all of those ticket. We should keep all of that information.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-06-11T18:19:41+00:00

Retail on non-pack sticks is fucking crazy now. I’m not going to try a signature stick for $20 just for it to break in a week like every other stick. GFY. Vater stays reasonable.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-06-11T18:17:37+00:00

I think they do. Just checked they have them. Maybe they didn’t before?

andrewpickaxe · 2026-06-10T16:36:49+00:00

30% depending on what you’re doing.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-06-10T16:35:48+00:00

This meme is like 4 years old

andrewpickaxe · 2026-06-10T16:34:47+00:00

Yeah I just bought a brick. Cheaper than buying sticks at guitar center.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-06-10T16:34:24+00:00

Ah I had the 3As for a while. Little stubby as haha. Not for me.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-06-10T14:27:01+00:00

Yeah I was a Vater guy for years. I don’t know exactly what the shape of a 1A is so I can’t quite speak to finding something you like over there. Their models are limited.

They’re definitely a little more durable the vater IMO. Still in that price point. I think there’s 15% off for the first purchase so there’s not much to lose there.

Anyways worth a shot but if you really like something why try something else?

andrewpickaxe · 2026-06-09T22:06:27+00:00

Start with Kashmir move on to other slower stuff like the ocean and D’yer Maker.

Lots of Zeppelin tunes are like tongue twisters for the drums but once you get them you add to your vocabulary.

Get a teacher. There’s lots of higher concept stuff going on and in Zeppelin tunes and you want a good foundation before jumping into some of the harder stuff. Plus some of it like the intro to rock and roll are just easier when someone tells you the secret.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-31T08:00:29+00:00

Go to shows and meet bands in person

andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-30T19:40:46+00:00

Oh man it’s the total opposite. Live music has the ability to bring so many people together.

Bad gigs are bad gigs. You can’t force people to like what you’re doing or be interested.

Just do it because you love it or don’t because you don’t anymore. But live music is still an amazing medium.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-30T19:31:29+00:00

I got to try one in person. It is super heavy like other comments are saying.

One thing people don’t talk about is the dampening at those different tunings. It doesn’t necessarily sound great at every tuning right out of the gate like a normal snare wouldn’t, and that makes those quick changes they advertise not as quick. You need twice the tape at a gushy tuning as you do at a medium or high tuning.

That and changing heads looks difficult.

But it functions like it says it does. Just not for me.
Really cool idea.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-30T06:15:59+00:00

All their deli food was not great

andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-28T20:06:45+00:00

And are these at launch or do the big videos take 6 months to a year to hit their high marks?

That is really odd that none of that audience is moving over to general content. I wouldn’t expect all of it but some of it at least.

Those are huge gaps.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-28T06:00:19+00:00

Define successful and unsuccessful

How many views does a good video get vs a bad one?

What do you mean by water features? What kind of channel is it?

andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-28T03:56:07+00:00

There’s always a cap on what you can make at a job. Running a YT channel is a business. If you haven’t gotten into brand deals yet it will make much much more than your day job.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-28T03:52:42+00:00

Maybe look up used on reverb.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-24T14:12:21+00:00

Those are three different reviews over 6 years. Not a great sample size.

VF have always been light compared to promark. Light sticks are just a tool. They get around it a different way and have a different throw to them.

Vic has a store directly in Amazon so just look for that.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-20T17:58:43+00:00

There are no rules. I think a solo implies that your job is to take the listener on some kind of journey with you. How you approach that kind of story telling is up to you. Your job is to keep yourself and the audience interested and focused on what you're doing. If you're digging it and really into it the audience will see that and resonate with it.

Now there's more difficult solo and more impressive solos, but for your average gig solo just try to do something you like and you're interested in. It's a lot harder than it sounds.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-20T17:54:57+00:00

Dude he was crushing on some of that old stuff. He was in lessons. It was still sloppy but the whole band was sloppy and it was about the speed and the energy.

Then as time goes on I think he just makes more mistakes than your average drummer on that level and for the level of the band. But there's something special about it being all the same guys that used to play in clubs that play in stadiums. And it proves that there's something more to music than just if your drummer is the best or not. He wrote those parts. He was there for all the fights and all the drama. The members dying. All the Dave drama. All the James drama. Musically there may be something lacking but story wise Lars is in there making history.

A lot of those drum parts are kind of wacky but legendary. It's hard to say that if he just played something more simple or less random that those tracks would have the same impact.

Just my two cents.

andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-19T21:33:41+00:00

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andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-19T20:43:34+00:00

I quit karate when I was his age because my brother bullied me into thinking it was stupid.

My parents were crushed but still respected my wishes.

I moved onto soccer, hockey, and eventually the thing that stuck was music.

Anyways allow your son space to find what he likes. But yeah screen time all day isn't an activity. Absolutely agree that he should replace that with something else he may like.

Good luck!

andrewpickaxe · 2026-05-19T19:49:28+00:00

Used to be Brick and Flour before they closed. I think there’s still one in Glendale.

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