i have really expensive headphones now…

As a drummer i am the glue that keeps the band together. i can make or break a show, it’s a lot of responsibility; it’s more than just hitting things and being loud. my responisbility is to keep perfect time so the band sounds cohesive and professional so that’s why i ALWAYS play with a click (unless im being lazy). Since i’m always listening to that horrid clicking noise i have to have some headphones. most of the time the headphones give me a monitor mix (which is basically a playback of what everyone is playing so i know what’s going on in the song) and a metronome, seeing how both are really important i decided it was time to upgrade to some professional headphones, aka in-ear monitors.

in-ear’s have always been a huge dream for me but what had always kept me back was the huge price tag for them. recently though the headphones i was using were beginning to crap out on me so i decided to go for broke and upgrade to the real deal. What makes in-ears different from any other headphones is that there is a cast made of your ear canal so you can be sure that the pair of “ears” you’re rocking are specifically for your own ear and no one else, this creates a perfect seal inside your ear helping you hear the music clearer and help it helps your hearing in the long run as well. after weeks of research my friend and i decided to go with the brand known as westone. Reading up on different forums and comparing them to different companies, it just felt right going to them.

finally got my in-ears, they came in this super awesome case!

these are the ear plugs they threw in, these are pretty expensive by themselves

i made my molds about four weeks ago and the ears finally came in. they would come in a lot sooner but the audiologist made the wrong kind of molds and i had to go back to get another mold made, so for my inconvinience they gave me a pair of custom molded ear plugs as well, so go me!

the type of westones i ordered were the elite series es2 dual drivers. dual drivers mean that basically it has 2 speakers inside them, so like a sub and a regular speaker…at least that’s what i think or that’s how i can best explain it. the color i got are candy blue. it’s safe to say im super stoked to use them this weekend for church and this friday for the show im playing at!

on my travel to get my in-ear’s i decided to visually document the occasion so i took my flip cam with me. yes the video is in hd. i also left the banter between the receptionist and i, it has nothing to do with me picking up the ears, its more to inflate my ego i guess. haha, jk.