The new air of possibility is floating around these days!
We are definitely thrilled by this!
Having released 3 teasers and 3 singles last year...
We feel poised to take OFF COLOR to the bigger and better heights!
One major recent event was the new OFF COLOR kit!
Off Color Kerim says, "I've really wanted to a play a kit with 2 rack toms, but that didn't require a stand for each one. My new Pearl VBA Vision Birch Drums - they're a Birch/Basswood combo with a wrap finish I fell I totally love with! They're made sturdy and they sound great!"
"It's also inspired me to upgrade other parts of my kit. My snare stand had become really wobbly -- everytime I hit the snare, it would move, making my rimshots go from perfect to 'shank-o-liscious!' I took it to Jerry at Pro Drum - as we know, he can fix anything! He drilled a new hole into the stand and hammered in a stabilizing pin. Now it's better than ever!"
Try to find the fix!
Secret Drum Knowledge
"As I watched Jerry work, I noticed a small office behind him that I hadn't seen before. There was a gentleman sitting back there behind a desk filled with stuff. Jerry asked if I needed anything else. I replied, 'Do you have a book called Wrist Twisters?' I read about this book in a recent interview with Matt Cameron from Soundgarden in Drum! Magazine. I was intrigued because I'd never heard of the book before. After I mentioned it, the guy behind the desk overheard me and said 'Wrist Twisters?' - like he had just heard the name he'd not heard in a long time...a long time."
"He says, 'Yeah, we got it.' Seconds later, he handed it to me..."
"...I flipped through it and was really impressed with what I saw. The author, Elden C. "Buster" Bailey, gives a great introduction and a breakdown of how tension disrupts and destroys creativity."
"Muscular Tension = Technical Difficulties =
expression roadblocks = more tension =
technical difficulties beyond our control = musical gridlock =
You're not having fun anymore."
"As a teacher, student, and player, I love information like this! Once again, Pro Drum is the place to go when you need to get to the root!"
In other news, we got together to chart out our goals for January: we plan to update our website, book as many festivals as possible, and create great show nights with other bands we dig! Stay tuned!
Our next show will be Wednesday, January 23 at King King Hollywood - 9:30pm. Drop us a line on our event page, share it, and tell us let us how your 2013 is going! We want it to be a kick ass year for all of us!
