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DVD Review – Stanton Moore: Take it to The Street: A Traditional Approach to New Orleans Drumming

May 28, 2008 in Education, Music/DVDs, Reviews by JABB

Before I begin the review, I have to make everyone aware of a policy change that I will make effective as of this review. From now on I’m going to review DVD’s with more then one volume (like this one) each on their own individual merits. I realized in my review of Joe Morello’s DVDs that I barely mentioned the first DVD at all in my review. Granted, my opinion at that time (and it hasn’t changed since) was that there really wasn’t much to talk about. Still, it merited it’s own separate review. I will still talk about the relationship between the (or more) related products, but my score at the end will be reflective of the product as it stands by itself.

And now, on with the review!
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Five Star Shops to Hold Guiness Record Attempt for Charity

May 27, 2008 in Events, News, Randomness by Dave Kropf

Source: Drum! Magazine

The sound of drums will rumble across North America on Sunday, November 2, as ten Five-Star member drum shops launch the Big Beat. This effort will bring together the largest gathering of drummers ever assembled, celebrate the joy of drumming, and raise money for worthwhile causes. Not only will each location try to break the Guinness world record for the most drummers playing the same beat at one time (previously set by Donn Bennett Drum Studio, with 533 participating players), but the participants will also try to set a record for drummers in all cities playing simultaneously.

Big Beat events will benefit the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation and in some cities, the addition of a local charity as well.

Of the shops participating, Memphis’ own Memphis Drum Shop will be banging away as well!

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VaDrum’s New Vid

May 26, 2008 in Artists, Videos by JABB

Andrea VaDrucci, A.K.A. VaDrum has released a video of his latest creation. A drummer’s version of the Barber of Seville.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O-hCtPfef8]

This guy is definitely potential drummer of the week material.

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3 Heavy Weights Weigh in on GH4 with Drums!

May 26, 2008 in Gear, News, Randomness, Videos by Dave Kropf

Videos are now beginning to circulate from Guitar Hero’s website which feature Chad Smith, Stewart Copeland, and Travis Barker all weighing in on Guitar Hero’s new drums feature.

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

Chad Smith is stoked about the idea and loves the thing: “It’s a real as you can get. For a Video game, it’s impressive. If it holds up to me beating on it, it should be pretty good.”

It looks as if Travis Barker does some motion capture for the game. “One of the things I has actually said when I was asked to be involved with this was, ‘will it be an exact interpretation of what that drummer is playing? Can I close my eyes and play a song I wrote the drum part for and socre a perfect score if I’m playing it right?’ And it was, ‘yes.’”

Man .. at first I wasn’t at all into this idea, but now I can see myself getting excited for it. I am cautiously optimistic.

Thanks to Big Drum Thump.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers are No More

May 26, 2008 in Artists, News by Dave Kropf

Source: Rhythm Magazine

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more non-Chilis drumming action from Chad Smith, following the announcement from Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ frontman Anthony Keidis that the band has temporarily disbanded.

Talking to Rolling Stone magazine, Keidis has said that: “We’re disbanded for the moment. We actually took a very long time to make the Stadium Arcadium record, because we wrote a lot of songs and then got way too married to them and decided we need it to be a double album. Which was a great experience, but it took forever.  We were all emotionally and mentally zapped at the end of that run. Cooler heads prevailed and the discussion at the end of our last tour was, ‘Let’s not do anything Red Hot Chili Peppers-related for a minimum of one year, and just live and breathe and eat and learn new things.’”

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Todd Sucherman DVD/Blu-Ray Disc Coming Soon!

May 25, 2008 in Artists, Music/DVDs, News by JABB

Todd Sucherman (drummer of Styx) will soon be the first drummer ever to have an instructional video on Blu-Ray. The trailer for which you can view is below or you can view a higher quality version here. Little is known about the feature as of yet. However, I don’t think that it’s too much of a stretch to say that it will be a euphoric experience for your eyes and ears (if you’re a drummer who likes/loves Styx.)

[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=h7XdAVpXsTw]

In case you’re wondering, yes, I’m definitely going to be doing a review of it. It might be pricey… but that’s why I have a Summer Job!

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Guitar Hero to get Drums

May 24, 2008 in Gear, Randomness, Videos by Dave Kropf

To compete with Rock Band, it looks like Activision is adding drums and vocals to its lineup with Guitar Hero: World Tour. Personally, I think this is a horrible idea! Why doesn’t GH stick to what they do best – GUITAR!

According to MTV.com:

“Guitar Hero: World Tour” adds drums and vocals to the mix. Previously, the “Guitar Hero” series had only centered on the instrument in its title. Feature for feature, it matches almost everything the “Rock Band” experience provides — and them some.

Activision’s peripherals are once again courtesy of Red Octane. “Guitar Hero”’s drums are slightly more complicated than “Rock Band”’s. There are only three drum pads, compared to “Rock Band”’s four, but with the addition of two cymbals. Both sets feature a kick pedal.

The most significant new addition, however, is the implementation of user generated content in the game’s “Music Studio” mode. Shareable online via a new service called GHTunes, the press release states Music Studio includes “a full compliment of tools to create digital music from scratch, utilizing all of the instruments.

Check out the recently released commercial …

[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=6rvK-uq_qXs]

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