Jim Miller
Jim’s Contributions
04/14/13 Albums
Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2
Miles Davis Quintet
Jim Miller reviews box set of live material from Miles' "Lost Quintet" featuring Shorter, Corea, Holland and DeJohnette
12/01/12 Gearhead
The Shure Beta 181 Condenser Microphone
Slim, easily positioned mic provides a natural drum sound
11/30/11 Gearhead
Whitney Drums’ Nesting Penguin 16 Kit
Great sound and playability with unreal portability
09/15/11 Gearhead
LP Rio Stanton Moore Pandeiro
Jim Miller reviews LP Rio Stanton Moore Pandeiro, a new tunable tambourine
May 2011 Gearhead
Get in the Rings: Sabian's AAX Omni Cymbals
Jim Miller reviews new cymbals from Sabian
December 2009 Gearhead
Yamaha Absolute Maple Drum Set
Our reviewer (and drummer) Jim Miller takes the Yamaha Absolute Maple Drum Set for a spin around a few gigs in Philly.
June 2005 Gearhead
Pearl Reference Series Drums
Six years ago Pearl launched its Masterworks Series, which rethought drum acoustics. The Masterworks concept allowed drummers to custom-choose the wood and thickness for each drum's shell. Putting further research into the sonic properties of drum shells...
November 2004 Gearhead
Remo Mondo Snare Drum
Remember director Lee Frost's 1972 attempted escape from the artistic straightjacket of porn? In The Thing With Two Heads, wealthy racist Ray Milland awakes from an operation and sees that his disembodied head has been attached next to that of convict Rosey...
June 2004 Gearhead
Maryland Drum Company Timepiece Drums
My personal variation on Dexter Gordon's line in the film 'Round Midnight extolling "a nice, wet Rico reed" would be "happiness is a '60s Gretsch 14-inch floor tom." As evidenced by Maryland (ne Baltimore) Drum Company's Timepiece Series kit, founder/product...
March 2004 Gearhead
CLE Ratio Drum Kit
I won't pretend to understand what Michael Latini is talking about when he explains his "ratio" drum-building concept. My eyes glaze over and the sound of Coltrane starts to play in my head. But whatever it is, it works. CLE stands for "Carol Latini Enterprises...
October 2003 Gearhead
Pearl Rhythm Traveler Drums
Like certain elected government officials voting for every new weapons system ever hatched, I’ve never encountered a drum set I didn’t like. And so it was with Pearl’s Rhythm Traveler, “the perfect kit for both silent practice and compact live performance...
November 2002 DVDs
Getting Started on Drums
Tommy Igoe
This is a double-length DVD that, had I reviewed it just a few years ago, would have prompted the comment that it’s dumbed-down beyond belief. Tommy Igoe begins Getting Started on Drums with how to unpack drums from shipping boxes and assemble one’s very...
November 2002 DVDs
Musical Drumming Concepts
Jae Sinnett
Jae Sinnett is humbly devoted to what he calls “high-level music,” and produced this video with the goal of helping you articulate your ideas and strengthen your interpretation skills in a more relaxed and confident way. He advocates developing “a more compositional...
November 2002 DVDs
RhythmSaw Techniques
Johnny Rabb
“The JohnnyraBB RhythmSaw is an innovative change to the traditional drumstick. Its revolutionary design opens the spectrum of sound to entirely new rhythms and musical possibilities.” Translation: ribbed teeth built into the middle of a drumstick allow...
November 2002 DVDs
Complete Drum Workout
Pat Petrillo
Promising “hours of practice time, even a hundred years from now,” Pat Petrillo’s Complete Drum Workout is a “comprehensive program to help improve every aspect of your playing.” Starting with the snare drum, Petrillo concentrates on coordination, endurance...
November 2002 DVDs
The Zone
Dave Weckl
As the marketing info states, this two-disc CD/DVD set is “a perfect gift for anyone who has ever dreamed of playing the drums; or anyone who wants to play better!” It should be added that this product would also be the ideal introduction to the world of...
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