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Clinic Review – Jojo Mayer Clinic, Memphis Drum Shop

March 5, 2008 in Artists, Education, Events, Reviews by Carter

This past Friday (Feb 28th), several of us Visible School drummers saw Jojo Mayer in clinic at the Memphis Drum Shop. Let me tell you… it was a sight to see.

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After the typical introductions from his sponsors, Jojo began giving a brief history of drummers and the lineage of drumming from old school Dixie-land jazz to modern rock. He asserted that anytime something big was happening in music, there was a great drummer that was an integral part of it, mentioning drummers like Gene Krupa, Baby Dodds, and Buddy Rich of older jazz and then people like John Bonham and Stewart Copeland for more modern rock. Read the rest of this entry →

Cadbury’s gorilla advert

March 5, 2008 in Artists, Randomness, Videos by Drummer Talk

This was an advert in England for Cadbury’s chocolate which was shown last year which i thought y’all might enjoy (see I’m learning American)

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This is Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight,” classic track made even more classic now.

People Age 1 to 100 Bang A Drum

March 5, 2008 in Randomness, Videos by Dave Kropf

Here is a heartwarming video of people age 1 to 100 banging a drum. Film from Portable Film Festival.

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People in Order’s Age is part of a series of short films that assembles the people of Britain in a given order. In just 3 minutes, we meet 100 different people who are arranged according to their age, starting from age 1.

The Return of the Peter Erskine Freestanding Stickbag!

March 5, 2008 in Artists, Gear, News by Dave Kropf

When Peter Erskine left his long-standing relationship with Yamaha last year for DW Drums, one question that immediately came up was what was the fate of his amazing signature Freestanding Stickbag. I had heard the Yamaha was due to release the stick bag minus Erskine’s autograph, but lo’ and behold it looks as if DW Drums will be releasing the stick bag – this time with a STAND!

This is great news indeed. I own two of the Yamaha bags and love them! It’ll be interesting to see this thing in person and see how the stand works. One improvement I can see from the pic is the rails on the top of the table bit because I am forever having sticks and mallets roll off the top.

P.S. I guess we know now who owned the patent on this sucker.