bloody knuckles and cracked cymbals......

Tonight were in Salina, Kansas. AWESOME venue. Its a really slick night club, game room, cafe, basketball court combination. Lots of stuff to do. Best of all is the green room. First off, its upstairs from the stage. I walked in and there they were, 12 leather recliners, a HD projector, and surround sound. GLORIOUS!!!! Were watching march madness right now.....great game between UNC and LOU.....looks like UNC will take it.

Anyways, the bloody knuckles. The past 6 gigs I've cracked my knuckle on the hi-hat and bled everywhere. On my jeans, shirts, snare drum, cymbals. Thankfully blood comes out of cloths, so thats good. The thing is that im so amped up that I never see it till after were done playing. I've tried moving my hi-hats, and I still end up hitting them. I guess I just have to get used to it until I can figure something out.

Cymbal cracking is another crappy thing. My 16" AAX crash cracked about 3 weeks ago, and tonight I was looking at my 19" K hybrid crash and it has about an 1/8" crack on the edge. Im like "CRAP." I think I need to play softer. Well I know I do. The thing is that I've just been getting sooooo sooooo into it the last 3 weeks that I just flat out go nuts and m arms go where they want, hahah. I was talking with clay, the drummer from dizmas, and I think im going to get some ride/crash combos. He has a 21" professional alchemy ride that SINGS like no ones business. He crashes that thing like mad. I really love the sound and its beefy and big. I guess ill look into some stuff when I get back to M-Town and can get the drum shop. If anyone has some suggestions, just leave a comment.

This leg of the tour has definitely more grueling. We have a lot more shows booked back to back. Were going from Kansas City, MO - Salina, KS - Allen, TX - Tulsa, OK in four days. Crazy I know....

Anyone that is reading this I have a prayer request. I found out today that my uncle Tom has cancer. He had been having bad chest pains the last week or so and the other night they got so bad they took him to the emergency room. They did some tests and found that he has cancer. Unfortunately it has taken over most of his bones and one of his bones is actually almost deteriorated already. Lift him up in prayer please........


Well I hope that anyone who is reading this is doing well


take care....


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