A good friend and bandmate sent me this video from DrumChannel.com. My friend went to school with Dave Elitch and had the privelige of playing in a band with him, while both were in school in LA. I’m told that my bandmate was invited to join a band with Elitch, but was faced with moving to [...]
Tagged dave elitch, drumchannel.com, terry bozio, the mars voltaWhenever Animal makes a move, this blog tries to follow. The Muppets are seen below in a surprise rooftop spoof performance that took place in Brighton. In a performance that apparently took onlookers by surprise, Animal, Kermit and company cover LCD Soundsystem’s Dance Yrself Clean. If you’ve not heard the tune before, this is a [...]
Tagged animal, kermit, lcd soundsystem, muppetsSabian has posted three great videos, featuring Jojo Mayer, for it’s Omni line. In the demo video series JoJo discusses his quest for a crash/ride that will actually do both. What he says he discovered in the Omni is a cymbal that not only does both, but really delivers a new kind of sound. I’ve [...]
Tagged chris pennie, elliot jacobson, Jojo Mayer, sabianHere’s a great video I found on Drummerworld.com this evening. Vinnie Coliauta with Jeff Beck, Tal Wilkenfeld and Jason Rebello. I remember the first time I heard the original studio version of Led Boots with Jan Hammer. That was a great fusion of rock and jazz, with some truly insane drumming. Although, I’m not certain if [...]
Tagged jan hammer, jason rebello, narada michael walden, sting, tal wilkenfeldA buddy of mine told me about this great drum teacher he’d found through San Jose Pro Drum. That drum teacher turned out to be the insanely talented Wally Schnalle. I had a recent opportunity to see Wally perform at a drum clinic, sponsored by Drum Magazine and San Jose Pro Drum, which also featured [...]
Tagged drummagazine.comA buddy of mine asked me where he could find a good percussion instructor. Here’s a short list of places that came to mind. San Jose Pro Drum Lemmon Percussion Mikelessons.com Groove School of Percussion I even searched Craigslist and found a couple of ads, including one for Percussionplayer.com. This one looks promising. Most everything [...]
Tagged hand drumming lessons, lemmon percussion, San Jose Pro DrumI had the pleasure of recently seeing Cobus Potgieter, a young and talented drummer from South African. While he’s already hit mainstream popularity, I’d not heard of him before the clinic, which took place in San Jose about three weeks ago. I’d attended prior drum clinic put on by the same sponsor, San Jose Pro [...]
Tagged Cobus Potgieter, San Jose Pro Drum, Wally SchnalleIn 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 [...]
Tagged benny greb, buddy rich, drum forum, drum news, drum site, drum solo, drum solo video, drum technique, drumsoloartist.comAt a recent rehearsal with new Redwood band members, I played one of my favorite fills-for-laughs, the intro to Phil Collins‘ In the Air Tonight. The following day, I received in my inbox a fantastic video advert from Cadbury Chocolate’s 2007 brand revival campaign. It’s a must watch for almost anyone, especially if you’re familiar [...]
Tagged cadbury chocolate drumming gorilla, cadbury gorilla, gorilla drummer, in the air tonight videoI 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 [...]
Tagged custom drum making, customize drum hardware, customize drum shells, drum making, drum making instructions, drum making video, drum making workshop, guerrilla drummaking, guerrilladrummaking.com, instructional drum making DVD, setup drum shopI 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 [...]
Tagged drum lesson videos, drum lessons, drum technique, free drum lessons, hand drumming lessons, online drum lessonsIt’s tough finding music news on the great ones. Take Phil Collins for instance. Rather than easy to find news on touring with his former bandmates Genesis or his session with son Simon, readers get front page news on his divorce settlement. Years ago, Phil released a groundbreaking recording called I Don’t Care Anymore and [...]
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