Innovative Percussion FSIJ Ike Jackson Signature Marching Drumsticks
The FSIJ Ike Jackson Signature Marching sticks by Innovative Percussion feature a medium taper and round bead. Ike Jackson is currently the Percussion Caption Head and Arranger for The Academy Drum & Bugle Corps, and is also the Percussion Director and Arranger for Ayala High School in Chino Hills, CA. He has been working as a highly prolific/contemporary percussion designer since 1991. In his twenty-two years as an adjudicator and percussion designer/instructor, he has worked with more than 45 different percussion programs at the high school, college, and drum corps levels. As an innovative percussion arranger and drill designer, Ike has worked with various percussion ensembles all across the Southwest. Ike is currently Vice President of the Southern California Percussion Alliance and a founding member of SCPA. He is also a member of the Winter Guard International Percussion Advisory Board and Steering Committee and was recently the President of Pulse Independent World and Open Percussion Ensemble. Ike has helped his percussion ensembles win 7 WGI World Championship medals, 20 WGI World Championship Finalist placements, 40 Regional Finalist placements, 14 Regional Championship titles, and a Bands of America Grand National Finalist appearance in 2004. In addition, he was the Corps Director of the 2006 div 3 World Champion Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps and the founder of Pulse Indoor Percussion Ensemble. Locally, his ensembles have won 10 SCPA Championship medals and over 60 first place awards.
Product Features
- Medium taper
- Round bead
- Length: 17″
- Diameter: .720″
Weak and like Playing With Buttered Sticks These sticks are super light, which is good for fast playing while marching. However, the wood is so weak that just by tapping the rim caused a dent. Without tape, these sticks probably wouldn’t last more than two weeks before breaking. With tape, they still won’t last a full season. In addition to that, until you’ve used them for a good couple weeks, they are so slippery that keeping ahold of the sticks is very difficult. Especially when you are moving around on the field. Let alone trying to…