Though we all know that necessity is the mother of invention, how many of us accept the challenge (other than Zappa, of course)? Quintron has spent a fair amount of his spare time perfecting the DrumBuddy, a light-enabled and color-coded beat device that ensures the smooth flow of the crazy sets he holds forth with his partner and wife, puppeteer Miss Pussycat.

After soundcheck for a recent show at Chicago's Empty Bottle, Quintron took a moment to explain how to work this deceptively simple device.