Robonzo.com

In my search today for something new and interesting in the world of drum sites, I discovered DrumSoloArtist.com.  It ain’t pretty, but neither is my favorite genre of drumming.  My favorite section of the site is as you might expect…the Drum Solos page.  Among the solos that I viewed today were Benny Greb and Buddy Rich.  Greb is awesome, but wow! Buddy Rich still blows me away.  The first time I saw a recorded solo of Rich’s, I felt like I’d stumbled upon the greatest influence to all my favorite drummers.  He’s still incredible, even by today’s standards.

DrumSoloArtist.com appears to be somewhat new, and probably paid for its current search rankings.  It looks like they’re trying to amass a great deal of informational resources, and may be struggling to complete they’re content, but I really like what they’re going for.  In addition to the solos section, there’s some decent news, a lot of written content on technique, and a respectable forum.

The site has some nice potential, and I’m hopeful that the founders continue building upon the project.

The Drum Channel recently posted a brilliant video series called The Zappa Drummer’s Roundtable, which features Terry Bozzio, Ralph Humphrey, Chester Thompson, Chad Wackerman, and Ruth Underwood. I confess to not having been privy to the history of Zappa’s drummers. This is really great stuff!

Drum Channel appears to be recently launched and is in beta mode. It looks like they’ve created a quality list of video interviews and performances, which I’m looking forward to exploring. I’m also keeping my fingers crossed that they will launch the rest of their planned content, especially the lessons section. Find them on Twitter at twitter.com/DrumChannel.

~r