I've decided to re-join Medalist again this Fall. I took the summer off and it was a good break. I wasn't sure that I would come back this Fall, but Lee is now the new percussion section leader and a few other percussionists have quit, and I think we'll have a really solid section this year full of good players.

I've been looking around for something new to carry around all my percussion gear in. I have a stick bag, but it's not very good for hauling around misc. gear like triangle clamps, papers, music, tuners, or Mad Libs [1]. I came across one of these in my searching for a new bag/case:

Vic Firth Stick Case

This looks like it'd be pretty decent. This case would hold a lot more crap than my stick bag. It has that fancy stick-tray thing but I doubt I'd use that.

The only downside is that it's $60, and that's a bit steep. I was hoping to find something like an small, old, used hard-shell suitcase, but I couldn't find anything on like eBay that would work. Nikki also suggested buying something like a music instrument case and ripping out its guts to make just a plain case, but it'd still cost about $75 for a generic instrument case.

[1] Mad Libs are handy to have around during rehearsals as a percussionist. Or, any other reading material or something that can help waste time. Those 2nd movement TACETS or 124-measure rests absolutely bite as a percussionist.