Vic's Drum Shop!

I was going through my old iWeb site and came across all my old blog posts(like all 5 of them...). One of them was talking about the various drum shops I've been to around the country. Each store is unique, from shops with every cymbal available to one that has a wide variety of boutique snare drums. Some just have a deep history of being the drum shop where the pro's stop in. One that was missing on that list(because the store wasn't opened at the time of my blog post) was Vic's Drum Shop located in the heart of Chicago, IL. 

I met Victor Salazar through my college friend Ben and it was really cool to see Vic go out and start his own shop. The music industry isn't quite what it used to be even 10 years ago. In a time where I have watched countless drum shops either downsize their inventory or close their doors altogether. Vic's is the complete opposite, they keep growing. It's one of the only stores I know I can call up and ask for some obscure part and know that Vic has it in stock. Other stores I would have to order the part and wait for who knows how long for the part to come in. 

Vic's is where I do my drum shopping and even though it's a few hours away, I can always call them up and get whatever I need shipped to me by the next day without having to pay for crazy overnight shipping!

I also like to take my students up to see the shop and experience the store about two times a year. They are always in awe of the store and are always asking when we can go back (usually during the drive home) it's that great of a drum shop. We will hopefully be going up again in June 2014, so stay tuned! 

In the meantime, check out this video about the store.