Well, it has been quite a few months since my last blog posting. It seems like a common thread - where my blog posts begin with an apology for my lack of blogging! So, in keeping with tradition...I'm sorry for my lack of blogging recently! :)
Honestly, though - there's been a lot going on even if things seem a bit quiet on the Roberts Drums front. So let me bring you all up-to-date on where things are at in Roberts Drums land.
First off, in June of this year, I was able to take the prototype kit up to a recording studio in Redding, CA called The Soundhouse. My good friend Gabriel Wilson used the drums on two songs that he was working on at the time. We also tracked some stand-alone audio samples of the drums - which can be heard very soon...(more on this in a minute).
That same week, another good friend of mine, Jason Miller took some high-quality photos of the drums. I'm not posting them here yet...they will be used for our new website that is currenly under construction. That brings me to...
We have a new website that is under construction! Jason's wife, Amy has been working hard on the new site for the last few months and let me tell you, it is great! It will include the pics that Jay has taken as well as the audio sample from above. There will be more details about the specs of Roberts Drums as well as our vision and mission. I'll be sure to let you know as soon as the site is live - so you can all check it out.
Right after my trip to Redding, I got VERY sick and was in bed for almost a month...so nothing happened - except for in my head. While I was resting and nursing myself slowly back to health, I had an idea...I REALLY wanted to get my kit into the hands of the drummers at a large church in Tulsa, OK called Church On The Move. They seemed to have the same mindset when it came to drum tones and sounds and I felt that my kit would work out great in their auditorioum.
Long story short, due to the power of social networking (thanks Twitter!) I was able to get connected with the church and they asked if I would send the demo kit out to them so they could check it out. I did one better and actually flew out to Tulsa for five days, helped to get the kit set and tuned up. They fell in love with the kit - and at the end of my trip, they ordered a kit of their own! The only catch was thay they wanted to keep the demo kit until their drums were done. I had no problem with that! :) You can check out Church on the Move at http://www.churchonthemove.com/ and you can catch our demo kit in their services on their vimeo page at www.vimeo.com/cotm.
Right after my trip to Tulsa, my church in Folsom, CA (Lakeside Church) decided to purchase the silver sparkle demo kit. So lately, I've been working on building Church On The Move's kit which should be complete around Thanksgiving time. I've also been working on finding a way to build another demo kit to continue to send out to artists/drummers/churches to check out.
I think that's all...for now. Once the kit for COTM is complete, I'll have pics taken for the site so you all can check it out. I'll also try to post some of the pics that I've taken during the production process soon. Thanks for taking the time to visit...and I'll do my best to blog sometime in the next month.
- but don't hold your breath...cuz, really...what's my track record been like?! :)
