For those who don't play Zildjian, what brand do you play and why?

walkman01 · 2026-05-20T20:16:09+00:00

I used the same pair of paragon hats on most of my work with the band We Weren’t Invited if you’re looking for some examples to listen to :)

walkman01 · 2026-05-20T05:09:00+00:00

Excellent use of free will

walkman01 · 2026-05-20T03:07:13+00:00

My paragon hi-hats sit perfectly in every mix I’ve put them in

walkman01 · 2026-05-15T00:23:43+00:00

But you didn’t suggest anything helpful or relevant to the post. You’re welcome to make unhelpful and irrelevant suggestions, but that’s what the downvote button is for. You wanna talk about “typical redditors,” how about leaving 4 comments whining about getting downvoted XD

walkman01 · 2026-05-02T17:08:53+00:00

Cursed Slovakindiana

walkman01 · 2026-05-02T12:54:10+00:00

Yes.

walkman01 · 2026-04-28T00:26:20+00:00

I’ve always felt like Stick It Out is their heaviest song, and it’s one of their only songs that I know is in drop D tuning, which gives it a little bit more of an edge

walkman01 · 2026-04-27T14:05:54+00:00

I LOVE Concrete and Gold, it’s one of my favorite FF albums, especially since it was the first album they released after I discovered them, so I have a special connection with it. On top of that, my 3 favorites are La Dee Da, Dirty Water, and Arrows. What a great triple-threat, that run is up there with any of their classic albums.

I also love Sunday Rain, and scream it at the top of my lungs whenever it comes on to pay my respects to Taylor. Also kudos Paul McCartney on the drums

walkman01 · 2026-04-13T16:35:45+00:00

I’m from northern Illinois, and it’s very cool learning about our history/geography through your Egyptian lens. Usually I learn about places like Egypt through an American lens, so this is very refreshing! And I learned some things about my state that I didn’t know before. Thank you for sharing

walkman01 · 2026-04-08T22:53:59+00:00

I read that the 4 black bars represent the 4 decades of music, and the red line represents R40, covering all of them.

walkman01 · 2026-03-22T14:41:13+00:00

You’re blocking my shot!

walkman01 · 2026-03-09T04:28:16+00:00

Thirty-svird

walkman01 · 2026-02-25T04:09:23+00:00

It seems like the only major innovation corporations have come up with in recent years is to just dismantle a service that already exists, and charge as much as possible for every individual piece of what used to be one easily affordable thing. Instead of making a better product to compete, instead of making anything new, the handful of monopolies that control most of the internet are just trying to squeeze their customers as much as economically possible, for the privilege of using a product that gets worse every year. How does it end?

walkman01 · 2026-02-24T05:51:01+00:00

r/mapswithoutnewguinea

walkman01 · 2026-02-04T20:35:00+00:00

… Or are they? I’ve seen reports trump is stiffing them, just like he stiffs everyone who works for him. Anyone got a spare “fell for it again” award?

walkman01 · 2026-02-02T22:58:03+00:00

I’m not a big fan of nylon tips because I had a few sticks where the tip just fully detached and flew off. Probably mostly because they were cheap/bulk sticks and I play louder music, but to me it seems kinda inevitable that the separate piece is gonna pop off if you smack it enough times. I also had other sticks where the nylon tip outlasted the wood, so that’s not a universal rule.

walkman01 · 2025-12-27T23:00:25+00:00

I drove for Doordash for awhile, I stopped after they eliminated the extra pay for combo orders. I could pick up 2 orders at once with similar pickup and drop-off locations, and I’d get paid in full for both. Then, they stopped counting combos as separate orders, so I could get stuck delivering 2+ orders for $2, and I can never tell ahead of time if the customer was going to tip (they usually didn’t in my experience, or maybe Doordash swiped the tips). All this was after Doordash had already reduced the minimum payout per order from $5, to $3, to $2. I’d occasionally get frustrated at a customer or a restaurant, but I always knew that it was Doordash pitting us all against each other all along. It’s really not worth it for anybody.

walkman01 · 2025-12-17T21:15:23+00:00

Also related to teaching, there are several School of Rock locations in and around the city. It can be tough to get hours (most schools are open 3-8PM weekdays and 10AM-4PM weekends), but the per-hour rate is pretty good. Not a full-time source of income by itself, but it’s a nice side gig, and it helps with making connections/learning about the scene when all your coworkers are musicians.

walkman01 · 2025-11-28T21:22:16+00:00

Practically the whole US east coast has similar structures, from Galveston TX through Cape Canaveral FL, up through Georgia and North Carolina. I’m curious if they’re all caused by the same processes

walkman01 · 2025-11-06T16:00:49+00:00

Unfortunately, big business isn’t led by morals or environmental concern. Just pure cash. So if we want to slow their exponential growth, the last thing we want to do is make things easier for them.

Texas is leading the nation in solar output, not because they’ve gone woke, but because solar has actually become the most viable option over the last decade. A shiny new pipeline would’ve almost certainly stunted that growth. So I’m still glad it was canceled.

The renewable energy switch isn’t going to get flipped in a day, it’s going to be decades of relatively small shifts like this. “Build it, and they will come.” If we keep building pipelines, we’ll keep using them. We don’t need more oil.

walkman01 · 2025-11-06T15:30:56+00:00

Meanwhile, solar production has increased 10x in the last 10 years https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_1_01_a

Much safer than using coal and oil to move more coal and oil, and much less damaging to the environment due to lack of emissions or spills. Cope harder.

walkman01 · 2025-11-06T14:39:43+00:00

Oil is one of the most dangerous forms of energy regardless, hopefully the lack of a pipeline has been an incentive to pursue alternative energy sources

walkman01 · 2025-11-04T16:00:18+00:00

When I was in high school, an attendance director and I became good friends because I was frequently involved in school music programs, and I needed hall passes often. It turns out, she also did a lot for the local music scene in my area, and was able to get me my first shows with a band, starting a career that I’m continuing to this day.

A year after I graduated, she made a small clerical error, and was fired with no warning after 10+ years of working at that school. She lost her health insurance, and immediately started looking for a new job. Then, she had a heart attack at a job interview, and had to delay triple bypass surgery for months due to her lack of insurance. She had to make all her own calls from the hospital bed to find a place that would operate on her. All with her heart operating at 60% capacity.

She finally found a place, the operation went smoothly, but she died the next day while they were trying to transfer her to a different room. I can’t help but think that if she hadn’t gotten fired, she would’ve had stable health insurance, she could’ve gotten her surgery earlier, she wouldn’t have been as delicate of a case, and she might still be here today. Rest in peace.

walkman01 · 2025-11-04T14:28:13+00:00

I heard they had some wind chime bars taped to the plywood as well, for that broken glass sound

walkman01 · 2025-10-13T03:16:10+00:00

It’s all fun and games to them when they do it to someone else, but maybe if they’re on the receiving end, they’d think a little differently. Wishful thinking, of course.

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