Meinl is planning their 2012 Meinl Drum Festival and want to hear from you about what artists you'd like to see. Head over to their blog and chime in!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxysoXfcsoM 'Tis the season for contests! Take the chance to win a comprehensive set-up of Meinl’s new Classics Custom Series Cymbals, and upload a video of yourself playing along to the mp3 provided. Watch and listen to Grant McFarlands drum along to “Toro” from the This or the Apocalypse album “Haunt What’s Left.” The drum track you’re listening to is Grant performing strictly to the guitars and bass. Download the mp3 of “Toro.” Then record a video of yourself ...

Today, we go over the first day and a half of PASIC 2009.  Clinics include Maria Martinez, Chris Pennie, Sergio Belotti, Tobias Ralph, Felix Pollard, Steve Fidyk, and Benny Greb. Direct Download

      Benny Greb's new DVD is somewhere between Big Time and the Thomas Lang DVDs. To me this makes sense because I tend to think of Benny Greb's drumming style as a blend of those two drummers. Thomas Langesq chops with a Billy Ward like sense of creativity. In this DVD Benny Greb teaches you how to "speak drum" There isn't anything revolutionary in terms of what he's teaching, it's how he's teaching it ...

Ludwig is giving us another beautiful kit to oogle over. The new Legacy Exotic kits seems like they would look great on stage or in the studio. But the question is, how does it sound? Source: Harmony-Central.com By applying drum shell-making properties refined over a century, Ludwig's flagship professional drum line is going to the next level. In our 100th Anniversary year, Ludwig is introducing the new Legacy Exotic, a stunning rethink to a modern classic. After locating ...

Come on, Meinl. First the drum mat boondoggle, now you're telling us you've created a "Extra Dry Studio Tambourine." Seriously. What exactly makes this tambourine all that different from any of it's counterparts? I mean, seriously. We're not idiots. From: Harmony-Central.com The new Meinl Headed Super-Dry Studio Tambourines feature special hand-hammered brass jingles for an extra dry and trashy sound. They are mounted on a wooden frame with a hand selected goatskin head. Available in one or two ...

File this under the "Never buy this unless at gunpoint" section. Meinl, in a flail of a money grab, is pushing their new Drum Rug... in zebra print. The starting price... wait for it. Wait for it... $130.00. No, that was not a joke. Meinl is trying to tell you that you need to spend ONE HUNDRED THIRTY DOLLARS on a drum mat, excuse me... ZEBRA PRINTED drum mat when Lowe's sells the same thing ...

Dave Weckl, noted studio drummer and clinic extraordinaire, is offering himself as drummer/producer/engineer on his website. He has a complete Pro Tools HD3 rig, mic'd up kit, and iso room in his garage! Personally, I'm frothing with jealousy. It's one of my dreams to have a working home studio. Looks like I should take some notes! Check out the video and photos on his site. Pretty sweet! Source: DaveWeckl.com Heard any good garage bands recently? If they ...

Good things in the works from our friends at Taye (pronounced TIE). Their new Studio Birch kit looks amazing. Taye makes great drums. I remember being very impressed with Jim Payne's Taye kit at PASIC 2006. What I think is interesting is that they have several different bass drum sizes. 24" x 16" would be awesome! Source: Harmony-Central.com and Tayedrums.com Taye Drums is introducing an all new line of drums, StudioBirch. With 7 plies of 100% Premium ...

Studio great Russ Miller (friend of the podcast) and Hudson Music have released Miller's new DVD, "Arrival: Behind the Glass." Seems like it's part instructional DVD, part performance DVD. Russ is a great guy and phenomenal player. Check out Dave's interview with Russ on the 1.19.07 podcast. Source: Harmony-Central.com Presenting one of today's leading drum artists along with a host of LA's top studio musicians and more than a dozen of the world's best-known drummers and percussionists, ...