<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665</id><updated>2011-12-14T08:23:08.234-08:00</updated><category term='jacob hanson'/><category term='jahhawks'/><category term='james buckley'/><category term='jayhawks'/><category term='jt bates'/><category term='zach coulter'/><category term='alpha consumer'/><title type='text'>drum cymbal</title><subtitle type='html'>blog of my goings on as a drummer. I'm also interested in using this as a point of contact.  please feel free to write me at jthomasbates at gmail</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>jtbates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07034477038437845456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-5317847752775543521</id><published>2011-12-14T08:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T08:23:08.254-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>had a blast last night at the dakota with boxcar . heading to denver today with those fellas to play at dazzle, thursday and friday nights.&amp;nbsp; then I bounce back on saturday to play with bryan nichols "we are many" with a whole bunch of crazies.&amp;nbsp; we play at studio Z, downtown St Paul, at 8pm.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-5317847752775543521?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/5317847752775543521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1772917183832402665&amp;postID=5317847752775543521' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/5317847752775543521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/5317847752775543521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/2011/12/had-blast-last-night-at-dakota-with.html' title=''/><author><name>jtbates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07034477038437845456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-2947142660849385958</id><published>2011-12-05T10:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-05T10:41:59.011-08:00</updated><title type='text'>BOXCAR | Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mzTqY6qTUV0?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Really, really looking forward to making music over the next week and half with Anthony Cox, Wessell Anderson and Jeremy Walker.  Kansas City Saturday the 10th, Minneapolis Tuesday the 13th at the Dakota, and Denver on Thursday/Friday 15th &amp;amp; 16th at Dazzle.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-2947142660849385958?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/2947142660849385958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1772917183832402665&amp;postID=2947142660849385958' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/2947142660849385958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/2947142660849385958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/2011/12/boxcar-wessell-warmdaddy-anderson.html' title='BOXCAR | Wessell &quot;Warmdaddy&quot; Anderson'/><author><name>jtbates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07034477038437845456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/mzTqY6qTUV0/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-2396388228257636822</id><published>2011-11-30T11:38:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T11:46:30.748-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; i've been enjoying a lot of nights off(or trying to enjoy, i get a little squirmy)&amp;nbsp; ...anyhow, thats starting to change this weekend.&amp;nbsp; i'll be back with the new primitives thursday dec 1st at nye's. always a pleasure to play the reggae/world beat with these dudes.&amp;nbsp; Saturday the 3rd i'll be at hell's kitchen 6-9pm with james buckley and bryan nichols, then cruising to my first gig at the new club in st paul the amsterdam.&amp;nbsp; i'll be playing 2 sets there, 10pm with Erik Koskinen band, the midnightish with All Tomorrow's Petty, a lovely tom petty cover band with James Diers(Halloween Alaska) Jacob Hanson(Halloween AK, Mason Jennings) Robert Skoro(Mason Jennings, Brand new super-dad) and Joey Kantor(Rogue Valley). we basically have way too much fun playing tom petty songs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; next week i'm back at it with Zacc Harris Quartet(w/ Chris Bates, and Bryan Nichols) at the Black Dog Cafe at 8pm, then zipping to 7th St. Entry for Marijuana Deathsquads set(10:30ishpm) for P.O.S. ' night of the Doomtree Blowout.&amp;nbsp; After that I shift my focus to a new group "Boxcar" with Jeremy Walker(piano/compositions) Anthony Cox(bass) and Wessell Anderson(saxophones) we'll be playing in Kansas City, Minneapolis, and Denver...more info on this soon.&lt;br /&gt;alrighty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-2396388228257636822?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/2396388228257636822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1772917183832402665&amp;postID=2396388228257636822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/2396388228257636822'/><link rel='self' 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1.26.11'/><author><name>jtbates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07034477038437845456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/9SBTpT8DxeA/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-5220347240746319546</id><published>2011-11-27T11:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T11:33:33.803-08:00</updated><title type='text'>news</title><content type='html'>hey there.&lt;br /&gt;well once again, i haven't written in months.  i spent october in new york city, rehearsing and playing some gigs with matthew dear of the ghostly intl label.  i had a great time.  also got to play a few gigs with marijuan deathsquads who happened to be in residency at the bowery electric for the same month.  always a blast throwing down with those fellas.   i'm excited to say i'll be doing a least a bit of touring next year with my friend pieta brown.  more info to follow on that. &lt;br /&gt;new pines record will be coming out at the end of january and so will a really cool trio record i made with tony hymas on piano and my bro chris bates on bass.  can't wait for people to hear those.   i'm really going to try and post more stuff here and make it actually worth checking. &lt;br /&gt;please let me know if anyone ever sees this. &lt;br /&gt;thanks.&lt;br /&gt;---jt&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-5220347240746319546?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-2030133634595412438</id><published>2011-07-28T12:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T12:43:34.052-07:00</updated><title type='text'>7 Beacon</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6m5L6vQiQpg?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="295" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yup.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-2030133634595412438?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/2030133634595412438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-3769313274220809749</id><published>2011-07-28T12:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T12:41:25.119-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Paul Metzger/JT Bates/Adam Linz @ Heliotrope 8 Day 2 Loring Theater 5/27...</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pNRAd9Xb3xo?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="295" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;makin the free music with two of my all time faves.  heliotrope 2011&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-3769313274220809749?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/3769313274220809749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-9068439490567413044</id><published>2011-02-17T10:47:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T10:48:00.812-08:00</updated><title type='text'>alpha consumer - plasma monkey - 7th st entry, mpls. jan '11</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href='http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DDkoLvDtr8uw%26feature%3Dplayer_embedded&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;v=DkoLvDtr8uw&amp;gl=US'&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.6&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-9068439490567413044?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' 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width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-88210319049336114</id><published>2011-02-10T12:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-10T12:32:50.149-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zach coulter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='james buckley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jayhawks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jt bates'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jahhawks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jacob hanson'/><title type='text'>jahhawks.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object width='425' height='355'&gt;&lt;param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Ev9XbL9wkAU&amp;rel=1'&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param 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Boah!&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.6&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-88210319049336114?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/88210319049336114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1772917183832402665&amp;postID=88210319049336114' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/88210319049336114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/88210319049336114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/2011/02/jahhawks.html' title='jahhawks.'/><author><name>jtbates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07034477038437845456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-3181161082354731878</id><published>2011-02-10T12:30:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-10T12:30:48.328-08:00</updated><title type='text'>lol coxhill, barre phillips, jt bates</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object width='425' height='355'&gt;&lt;param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/7ly0kRjB-Oo&amp;rel=1'&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name='wmode' value='transparent'&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/7ly0kRjB-Oo&amp;rel=1' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='355'&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I was honored to play(and record!) With these fellas last fall...just found this video. Hope you enjoy. 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Thats right. Available at itunes, bandcamp and more. Also, very soon on vinyl!! My first release on vinyl and im damn excited.  &lt;br/&gt;  &lt;br/&gt; &lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'&gt;Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.6&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-683619424557366144?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/683619424557366144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1772917183832402665&amp;postID=683619424557366144' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/683619424557366144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/683619424557366144'/><link 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playing with a lot of my most longstanding bands - - -monday night (19th)10:30pm at the clown lounge w/ fat kid wednesdays,&lt;br /&gt;tuesday night(20th) at the kitty cat klub w/ james buckley trio&lt;br /&gt;thursday night at the uptown bar w/ alpha consumer(we play last)&lt;br /&gt;friday night is the pines cd release party for "tremolo" at the cedar cultural center!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hope you all are well!&lt;br /&gt;more soon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-5857881503563817118?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/5857881503563817118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1772917183832402665&amp;postID=5857881503563817118' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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the pines playing in studio at 89.3 the current a couple weeks ago:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rHe8kunGPFU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rHe8kunGPFU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-3020311613504854356?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/3020311613504854356/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link 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src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-5383091292835420972</id><published>2009-10-04T12:23:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-04T12:30:26.565-07:00</updated><title type='text'>things are happening</title><content type='html'>hi there,&lt;br /&gt;just a quick note to let people know what i've been up too.   most recently played a great concert at macphail center for music, with adam linz(new macphail jazz coordinator) and chris thomson, adam played some solo bass, and we played some trio. i love playing the antonello hall, the performance space at the new macphail building.  &lt;br /&gt;last week, i was in iowa city at minstrel studio working on pieta brown's new record for red house.  i am a huge fan of pieta, and was honored that she asked me to play on the record.  bo ramsey, john penner, and steve hayes rounded out the band(double drums!!!) &lt;br /&gt;the other thing i'm most excited about is the new pines record "tremolo" out recently on red house records.  we'll be playing a big cd release show at the cedar cultural center on october 23rd, hope you can make it out!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-5383091292835420972?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/5383091292835420972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1772917183832402665&amp;postID=5383091292835420972' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/5383091292835420972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/5383091292835420972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/2009/10/things-are-happening.html' title='things are happening'/><author><name>jtbates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07034477038437845456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-4445826823536678726</id><published>2009-03-24T21:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T21:40:18.345-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>well i haven't written anything in months after high hopes of getting this going on a regular basis. &lt;br /&gt;now i'm experiencing major jet lag in france after already having been here for almost a week. &lt;br /&gt;i was fine for the first few days and starting last night, i can't sleep more than an hour or two consecutively so i figured i'd haul my ass over here on the blog and start writing.  only so much space ghost  coast to coast you can watch on youtube until boredom really sets in. its interesting in this age of distractions ie bored-tube, face-time eater, my-page won't loadspace is that i'm slowly realizing that it these things don't really stimulate my brain at all.  of course you can dig around youtube and watch some video of someone showing you how-to, or giving a lecture, or what not, and of course there are things that you can learn, but really really in the end all you are doing is sitting idle and watching other humans do stuff...pretty weird.  same sorts of things that make me so upset at millions of people watching "reality tv" which has to be one of the most depressing things ever...what does it take to inspire people to be active whether mentally or physically? &lt;br /&gt;all i hope and dream of is that if someone watches and hears me play music, that they are hopefully somehow inspired to go and do what it is that they love to do as much as i love to play music.  i don't care too much about the end product of things, which certainly puts me in a weird spot in this day and age, especially in the music world, which is chock full of stupid marketing, and advertising crap with hardly any focus at all on the fact that creativity inspires creativity.  &lt;br /&gt;i go on myspace which is a great tool for hearing music from all over the world that i've never heard and being able to communicate with people that i hear and i'm inundated with the same dumb 5 "famous" "musicians" that i see and hear on tv and at the big game and i'm tired of it and i'm sure a lot of other people are too, but my point is not to bring lesser known people to the forefront, my point is that we are missing the fact that so many people have so much to say in so many creative ways.   as we get older we develop opinions of what "fits" or "how its supposed to be" or even worse "well, this is the way it works in this world"....its all bullshit.  its all of us buying into some bullshit that some over paid ad jerk decided was super neato that week, and now everyone is supposed to join up.  fuck advertising and the people who do it.   bill hicks was right.    i come from a town where there is a lot of that and i'm sick of hearing about it, and sick of the general conciousness saying that it is important, and that it is a cool thing to get involved with, and that it is a great way to use your music talents and or other creative talents.  &lt;br /&gt;200 years ago, with much less advertising, i'd venture to say there were a lot more people who did a lot more creative things with their time when they weren't working.   its sad to me that someone who might have been an amazing artist in the 1700's is now called a "creative" at an ad agency and is definitely paid more to way more money than someone who teaches children, and that their creative outlet is really just used as a tool to sell some shit.  guess what, people buy tons of shit anyway, it almost seems pointless to me, but i'm no expert in socio-marketing crap, so please don't get upset with me, its just my opinion.  and fine if thats your job, i understand that everyone needs to work, but that doesn't mean that you can 't spend time when you're not working, doing something creative for yourself and for the world so as to inspire others to do what they love as well......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;now on to cymbals.   i have just purchased a new istanbul agop 19"turk jazz ride from tony at cymbalsonly.com....i bought it with the band in mind that i am now on tour with for one month(francois corneloups "next") and it is working out great.   its a light cymbal but its unlathed so it has more presence to my ears than a light lathed cymbal...its got a really trashy thing while still being defined enough.  .  .thanks tony!  and thanks Agop!!! they are really making some beeeeuuuutiful cymbals over there at istanbul agop these days.  they always have, but it seems they've kicked it up a few notches and they've been stealing away some pretty amazing drummers from that other really famous cymbal company, which tells me they must be really making some nice shit.   so for the tour i'm using that, and an older 19" istanbul agop mel lewis crash/ride, and my old standbys 14" paiste traditional hihats.   its amazing how cymbals become even more important to me on tour when i'm subject to whatever backline kit is provided(although so far, i've got some great backline juju, 2 vintage sonor rosewood 18,12,14's so far!!!!)  ((one of my dream drumsets)) also if anyone cares, i brought along my 1950's 6.5x14 WFL snare drum  that i love!!!&lt;br /&gt;alright.  i'm totally outta here for now.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-4445826823536678726?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/4445826823536678726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1772917183832402665&amp;postID=4445826823536678726' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/4445826823536678726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/4445826823536678726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/2009/03/well-i-havent-written-anything-in.html' title=''/><author><name>jtbates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07034477038437845456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-8799551159322805384</id><published>2008-09-23T14:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-23T15:00:24.458-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>blog blog bloggity bliz . &lt;br /&gt;i like drums and cymbals.&lt;br /&gt;last night i played a 21" mel lewis agop ride and a zildjian "old" 18" remix ride that i got from my friend tim, and my old standby paiste traditional hihats, which are trustworthy in sounds beyond my imagination.   i wanted to buy these old camco's but i'm broke so i couldn't, they were a good deal because they didn't have the "original" "everythings" i'm tired of that stuff, i think drums should be playable not nice looking.  i mean, i don't mind them looking nice, but with drums, to me, the looks are not top priority .  geez. and why should a drumset ever cost 7000 dollars?  it reminds me of our current financial issues here, its just because some bro decided to see how much he "could" get, and now everything is ridiculously expensive.  i hope the people who buy those 7000$ drumsets play the shit out of them because if they do, then im cool with it. &lt;br /&gt;anyhow its raining so i think i might put on some records and sit on my porch.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-8799551159322805384?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/8799551159322805384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1772917183832402665&amp;postID=8799551159322805384' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/8799551159322805384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/8799551159322805384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-blog-bloggity-bliz.html' title=''/><author><name>jtbates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07034477038437845456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-7229748146625654502</id><published>2008-03-18T15:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T15:06:42.163-07:00</updated><title type='text'>sxsw</title><content type='html'>well i went down there to the old sxsw.&lt;br /&gt;i traveled with the pines.  we had a couple nice showcases, and a nice spot on sirius radio. &lt;br /&gt;i was glad to leave sxsw. &lt;br /&gt;yikes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-7229748146625654502?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/7229748146625654502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1772917183832402665&amp;postID=7229748146625654502' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/7229748146625654502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/7229748146625654502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/2008/03/sxsw.html' title='sxsw'/><author><name>jtbates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07034477038437845456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-6251823392642195069</id><published>2008-03-07T16:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-07T16:17:18.231-08:00</updated><title type='text'>woohoo</title><content type='html'>oh its exciting.  i've added a bunch of information about myself.  i let my website go away last year as everyone looks at the free myspace page but not the website i paid for.  I felt like i should still have some biographical information up on the ye olde webby web so here it is. &lt;br /&gt;ok then. &lt;br /&gt;jt&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-6251823392642195069?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/6251823392642195069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1772917183832402665&amp;postID=6251823392642195069' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/6251823392642195069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/6251823392642195069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/2008/03/woohoo.html' title='woohoo'/><author><name>jtbates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07034477038437845456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772917183832402665.post-3494434715816735886</id><published>2008-03-05T13:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-05T13:23:20.116-08:00</updated><title type='text'>new blog</title><content type='html'>hi.&lt;br /&gt;this is my new blog. &lt;br /&gt;i will post links to cymbal and drum sites that i find interesting and also explain more about my career including past and current gigs and recordings.&lt;br /&gt;thank you for reading this.&lt;br /&gt;please check back soon for links and information.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1772917183832402665-3494434715816735886?l=drumcymbal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/feeds/3494434715816735886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1772917183832402665&amp;postID=3494434715816735886' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/3494434715816735886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1772917183832402665/posts/default/3494434715816735886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drumcymbal.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-blog.html' title='new blog'/><author><name>jtbates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07034477038437845456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-is0ZyVjSv3Q/TtKcPwLdzhI/AAAAAAAAADU/64eL1aPmzdU/s220/IMG_20110705_170138.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
