TIM DAISY: I use a bunch of different things. I really like these things I have that Pro Mark makes called Broomsticks, because you can get a lot of interesting quiet sounds out of the drums.

[TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF PRO MARK BROOMSTICKS]

And I've been doing this thing recently where I'm actually [TIM DAISY PERFORMING SNARE DRUM SWEEPS WITH THE PRO MARK BROOMSTICKS] sweeping the drums [TIM DAISY PERFORMING SNARE DRUM SWEEPS WITH THE PRO MARK BROOMSTICKS] to get like different sounds.

[TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF PRO MARK BROOMSTICKS]

And these are great to use especially in louder rooms because you can get [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF PRO MARK BROOMSTICKS] -- you can play intensely without being overwhelming with the volume so I really like these.

I also play with knitting needles, and these are great because especially on the rims [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF KNITTING NEEDLES ON DRUMS] there's a lot you can get out of [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF KNITTING NEEDLES ON DRUMS] out of the drums with these [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF KNITTING NEEDLES ON DRUMS]. Yesterday I was playing a gig and I was playing with knitting needles and I went to scratch my face because I had an itch and I went [TIM DAISY IMITATING A STABBING SOUND] and I stabbed myself in the face with a knitting needle and I missed my eye by like 2 inches, so there's a danger, there's a risk factor involved but [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF KNITTING NEEDLES ON DRUMS] they sound really good. I like the knitting needles [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF KNITTING NEEDLES ON DRUMS].

So, knitting needles are fun. I use mallets a lot too. I really like the sound of mallets on the drums.

[TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF MALLETS ON DRUMS]

So basically those and then the standard brushes I use a lot as well.

[TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF BRUSHES ON DRUMS]

So those are fun. I also use these random piece of tin that I had found in my old apartment. [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF TIN PIECES ON DRUMS] There's a lot that you can do with these as well, especially [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING TIN SCRAPES ON CYMBALS] sliding them on the cymbals [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF TIN PIECES ON DRUMS]. You can bend them up into different shapes, you can use them as sticks [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF TIN PIECES ON DRUMS]

Sometimes, I'll often put a cowbell on my floor tom.

[TIM DAISY PLAYING DRUMS WITH A COWBELL ON THE FLOOR TOM]

So there's a lot of sound you can get there also. I use bells when I play sometimes. [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF A STRING OF SMALL BELLS ON DRUMS] How do get different sections of the drums and so. [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF A STRING OF SMALL BELLS ON DRUMS].

I forgot that there's some cup chimes that I'll use. [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF A STRING OF SMALL BELLS AND CUP CHIMES ON DRUMS] like I got one of these things of solid discs. Sometimes I'll put this on my hi-hat. [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF A STRING OF BELLS CUP CHIMES ON DRUMS]

This thing some guy gave me and he told me it was a wheel that was used in this machine that collected phone bills. He said he works with the phone company, and he gave this to me, and this thing sounds great. [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF A PHONE BILL COLLECTING MACHINE WHEEL ON DRUMS] There's different things you can do with this like scraping the drum head with this. [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF A PHONE BILL COLLECTING MACHINE WHEEL ON DRUMS]. I can also put it on the hi-hat stand [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF A PHONE BILL COLLECTING MACHINE WHEEL ON DRUMS].

Oftentimes, I'd take the little egg shaker and I'd use that like with the brush. [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF AN EGG SHAKER WITH A BRUSH TO PLAY DRUMS]

The backs of the brushes are really fun to use too. [TIM DAISY DEMONSTRATING PLAYING DRUMS WIT THE BACKS OF BRUSHES].

So that's, you know, I'm always looking for new toys to include, to add to my arsenal, and I really like, depends on the situation, also the playing. I'm not gonna bring this stuff too much if I'm playing like a jazz gig. If we're just playing jazz tunes, I'm probably not going to bring all this usually, but you know any situation where it's going to be more of an open improvisatory setting, I'll bring all my stuff.