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Vote Now for the 2008 Drummies!

March 8, 2008 in Books/Mags/Web, News by Dave Kropf

Drum! Magazine is currently conducting their annual reader’s poll, dubbed the “Drummies,” and you can get in on the hot, voting action.  Head over to their website to take the survey and let your vote be heard.

Ahh, reader’s polls.  Let’s all watch as the same few drummers win year after year!

Buddy Rich and Animal Drum Battle on Muppet Show

March 8, 2008 in Artists, Randomness, Videos by Dave Kropf

In keeping up with the drum battle videos, here’s another Buddy Rich vid, this time he takes on the greatest drummer of all time – Animal!

[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=J3zNANjJNio]

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Gear Review – Vic Firth Tala Wands

March 8, 2008 in Gear, News, Reviews by JABB

PhotobucketThese are Tala Wands. The top one is the smaller and more sticklike bamboo version and the bottom one is the bigger birch model and feels more like a rod in the traditional sense of the word. These things came into being when Steve Smith started getting into indian rhythms. He started playing with giants in indian music like his current favorite drummer Zakir Hussain.PhotobucketHe noticed that the drum-set, when played with sticks, was overpowering the other instruments. So he switched to rods. Problem with rods were that they lacked rebound. So he says “I need a rod with bounce” and no later than he uttered those words he was presented with not one but two models of rods that fit the bill. Read the rest of this entry →