Congratulations to the winners in the 2008 Drumathon Raffle!
Thanks to everyone who participated and donated to Drumathon!
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While we are Drumathon-ing, please enjoy one of the shows from our archive. This show was originally posted on September 15, 2005.
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The second real show features Dave, Ian Mac, and Bryan Rumfola. In this episode we discuss New Orleans, World’s Fastest Drummer, clinics and the Memphis Drum Shop, and entry level kits.
CORRECTION: In this week’s podcast, I mentioned that Paiste was a Finnish company when in fact, it is a Swiss company. Man, I was WAY off!! Thanks, Simon, for the heads up! :^)
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You can follow along to all 24 hours of the VISIBLE SCHOOL 2008 Drumathon! We’re still accepting donations at visibleschool.com/drumathon and it’s not too late to enter the iPod/iTunes/Guitar Center raffle!
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Source: Undercover.com.au
The long awaited Guns ‘n Roses album has taken 15 years to be released. It will finally see the light of day in November. Drummer Brain has revealed to EQTV how more than $300,000 was spent over a 7 month period on redoing the drum bits note for note after Josh Freese left the band and how he now has the record for the duration that a single drum kit had been set-up in a studio.
“I think I have the record for how long drums were set-up in a studio and I think it was five years that my drums were set-up at the Village Recorders in Los Angeles,” Brain said. “It was five years and it went through three different producers. It went through Sean Beaven, Roy Thomas Baker and then I guess Axl is the producer now. Five years my drums were set-up.
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Source: Harmony Central
As “the most famous name on drums” moves into its 100th Anniversary in 2009, Ludwig Drum proudly announces the limited collaboration Ludwig Corey Miller Signature Element Drum Kit. These special edition inaugural kits will only be available for a short time at select Ludwig dealers, and have a sound that is as dangerous as their look.
These drums feature the flash of world-renowned tattoo artist Corey Miller who is a true representation of the relationship tattoos have with Rock and Roll. Having entered the world of tattooing as a 15-year -old hoodlum punk rock drummer, Corey began his professional tattoo career at age 20 at Fat George’s Tattoo Gallery in LaPuente, California. Taking cues from famed artists such as Jack Rudy, Filip Leu and Suzanne Fauser, Corey’s stunningly realistic tattoo art have taken him all over the world, and made him one of the most sought-after purveyors of ink in modern times.
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We’re back from Fall Break with a show about the keys to what makes a good drummer and what makes good drumming. Will Champion is the Drummer of the Week, Dave demonstrates the Flam 5 as the rudiment of the week, and Mike brings the news including a very interesting Ringo Starr announcement – peace and love! Show Notes
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Source: AP
Ringo Starr doesn’t want to hear from you. If you do write, your letter will end up in the trash. After 45 years of stardom, he doesn’t want to spend any more time answering mail or sending signed photos back to fans.
The fan fatigue led the former Beatles drummer to post a sometimes angry sounding short video clip on his Web site telling fans that any mail sent to him after Oct. 20 will not be read or answered. British television stations broadcast the video on Tuesday.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpd24yVy5C4[/youtube]
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Antonio Sanchez, drummer for Pat Metheny does a master class and you get to be there even if you weren’t there!
That’s pretty much how all the Hudson Music Master Series products work. They film someone doing a master class and add some of their masterful camera work and other little things that are specific to the DVD. Some of those things include a foot cam and onscreen text that highlights some of the points that Antonio hits on. (more…)
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This show originally was originally posted August 25, 2005. What’s hysterical is how from the very beginning I was trying to get these guys to lean closer to the mics. Anyway, it’s cool to see how much the show has changed, but also how much it’s remained completely the same …
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Our first studio show of Dave Kropf’s Drummer Talk. Features Dave, Shane Flynn, Wes Melton, Ian McClellan, and DJ Kirk engineering. We talk about Pearl’s Reference Series drums, Steve Gadd’s clinic tour, and getting into the music scene. Plus, beat up Pink Floyd Shirts.
Correction: On today’s show, I said that Chester Thompson played Pearl. This is incorrect, Chester Thompson is a DW endorser. My apologies.
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Source: Entertainment Tonight
“I hate planes,” Travis says. “My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened … well, I’m just thankful to be alive! I’m just grateful to be here at all.”
“I am doing the best I can possibly be,” Travis tells Us. “I’m so anxious to get out of here. … I’ve just been in surgery after surgery. I have third-degree burns basically from my feet up to my waist and both hands. One of my hands has second-degree burns and one has third-degree burns.”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9poKyuUPo[/youtube]
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As drummers, we are always on the lookout for useful, effective tools to help our practicing more efficient and enjoyable. One of the most basic tools for our practice sessions is the metronome. So for review I bring you the Boss DB-30 metronome from the folks over at Roland. (more…)
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Source: Rhythm Magazine
Drum sensation Dave Weckl will be conducting a short UK clinic tour in November to promote the arrival of Yamaha’s brand new PHX – Phoenix kit, billed by Yamaha as ‘the ultimate drum kit’. Yamaha claims it’s their best sounding kit ever and at over £5000 it’s also the most expensive and the result of over five years of extensive research at Yamaha’s drum laboratory in Japan.
Dave Weckl, together with a leading group of some of the world’s most respected drum artists have been working alongside Yamaha’s top sound engineers and drum technicians on the Phoenix since the idea was first conceived in 2003.
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We’ve been tooling around with the stream service, Ustream.TV and we think we’ve found a live streaming solution! Beginning October 17th, we will be offering live feeds of the Drummer Talk Podcast recording session. We typically begin recording around 2:30 (Central), so tune in and get in on the show!
You can join the show by heading to drummertalk.org/live.
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What .. “Toul”? What exactly is Toul? Turns out, Soul Toul is one of Japan’s top drummers.
Source: Tama
For a long time, I have wanted to produce a snare drum with a great sound and an affordable price,” says Soul. Soul’s impressive drumming career has spanned genres including rock, pop, jazz, and wind orchestra. He is one of the most famous and highly respected drummers in Japan, and a huge influence on drummers throughout the country. He said that in his over 30-years as a professional drummer, he noticed the importance for young drummers to be able to get quality equipment at a price they could afford. So TAMA and Soul conducted a lot of research and trials in an attempt to fulfill his wish. And finally, we have developed the new “Customized Bearing Edge.” With this breakthrough development, the Soul Toul snare drum offers solid, warm tones and rich expressiveness.
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JABB here with the review of the third part of the Dave Weckl: A Natural Evolution series of videos.
Dave Weckl’s last offering to the drumming populace is all about getting your sound out of the drums. It’s also probably the most valuable DVD in the series because he gets pretty in-depth into mics and EQ, a subjects most drummers (myself included) are pretty ignorant about. This isn’t a video about your touch on the instrument, rather it’s about how you tune, mic and EQ your drum-set.
The video starts off with a section on tuning your drums. Dave covers the different head types and gives a very basic out line of their sound qualities. Dave is a Remo endorsee so he talks about ambassadors and emperors and such because that’s the Remo line of products. He then show’s you how he tunes his drums on a tom tom from his kit. The problem I have with this is that tuning a tom-tom is a different process from tuning a bass drum or a snare drum. (more…)
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