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As I was contemplating a post on the topic of recording preparation, I received a great comment from RecordingHacks. They turned me on to a new product for bass drum mic placement – the Kelly Shu. Here’s the great review by RecordingHacks.
As fate would have it, I recently purchased a Shure Beta 52A for use [...]

I recently ran across an Internet advert for Mono cases, and found that Mono has created a couple of very hip bags for drummers, the M80Cymbal and M80Stick bags.
Upon initial inspection of the M80 bags, I read this on the attached product labels. Waterproof Sharkskin shell? What the…upon reading further I found the following statement.
“This [...]

Our good friend Jared Falk suggested we check out this DVD. The Drum Tuning System is a two-DVD set, that currently ships with bonus goodies. I received the bonus Drum Gear Buyers Guide. The first thing that struck me is that disc one is hecka long. Having viewed disc one in its entirety and previewed [...]

And the drummer is… As best I can tell, the man on drums for the new Oasis album Dig Out Your Soul is Chris Sharrock. No, wait! It’s Zak Starkey.
Thanks to one of our readers, I’ve been corrected. The winner was Zak Starkey. Today, information is flowing on the new album and I’ve been able [...]

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 [...]

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 lesson [...]

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 the [...]

I had the surprise pleasure of being treated to a performance by Jason Bonham with Foreigner at the Mountain Winery concert venue in Saratoga this week. The invitation was for dinner and a show with Foreigner. I didn’t even realize until moments before the show that Jason was a current member of the band. The [...]

In a recent concert at Japan’s legendary Budokan venue, super-hot pop star, diva Beyonce performed with a huge band (two keyboard players, a 4-piece horn section, backup singers, dancers, guitar, bass, a percussionist and two drummers. Oh yeah, it was an all female band. Her band was great, and Beyonce was fun to [...]

I recently caught John Mayer’s performance on DirecTV’s Control Room. Having never seen Mayer in concert live or otherwise, I immediately took notice of what a great guitarist the guy is. The very next thing I noticed was drummer JJ Johnson, who plays well throughout the show. His grooves are fantastic, his timing flawless and [...]