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{ Monthly Archives } September 2008

Drum Making and Customization

I recently previewed the how-to DVD published by Guerilla DrumMaking. As an owner of vintage drum kit, I was immediately drawn to the idea of customizing a single drum or even designing my own custom kit. The tools required are nowhere near the expense that I would have guessed. A basic workshop can probably be [...]

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Travis Barker Survives Plane Crash, but Loses Friends

Our deepest sympathies go out to for former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM, both of whom lost close friends in a tragic plane crash this weekend. Our thoughts are also with the families and many other friends of Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City; Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles; pilot Sarah [...]

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Robonzo’s Favorite Drum Lesson Sites

Since my recent write up on drum lesson sites, two have jumped out as my favorites. My personal number one is Mike Johnston’s, MikesLessons.com. I was hooked after watching a couple of his free lessons on The Drum Lab (YouTube). MikesLessons.com is a very cool site that offers iPod lesson downloads for 0.99 or monthly [...]

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Top 10 Drum Lesson Sites

I spent the afternoon scouring the web for learning drum sites today. It wasn’t as easy to find ten good one’s as I thought it might be. My goal was to put together a top 10 list. In order to do so, I found it necessary to include content from video channels and MySpace. Here’s [...]

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Billy Cobham Appearance at WOMAD 2008

Billy Cobham is a name I hadn’t heard in years, until recently. Working with a UK drum shop in my search for a vintage Premier part, I discovered that the shop owner recently took some time off to drum tech for Cobham at the recent WOMAD show. Mike, the owner of DM Drums modestly told [...]

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