sample-based drum software

if there's one thing any serious singer/songwriter should have it's sample-based drum software, like EZdrummer from ToonTrack. of course there are other drum software out there... i've tried them all and i find EZdrummer to be the most straight forward and easy to use. And the EZX expansion packs ROCK! don't take my word for it, listen for yourself! the only thing i still need is an electric drum kit to play my own custom beats if i need to. but that will have to happen when I've got the "time" for it. i'm looking at the Roland V-drums TD4...

now, if you don't like EZdrummer then check out XLN Audio's Addictive Drums. i sometimes think that maybe I should get these as well because it just sounds so bloody good. But I'm used to EZdrummer now and to tell you the truth... too much options slows me down because I can never stop tweaking stuff.

headphones

i bought some really cool headphones! (well they're cool according to all the reviews i've read) it's the AKG k601 series... i can barely feel them on my head - and it sounds really good too, but they definitely need a headphone amp... without the amp i actually prefer to listen through my Sennheiser HD 202s. i just hope the AKGs will sound way better than the Sennheisers when i've got the headphone amp because the Sennheisrs where a fraction of the price. i'm looking at the Rega Ear headphone amplifier for the AKG K601s. it's not to expensive and it's got enough power to push the AKGs.