Hello everyone out there. I hope you've had a great Summer. Drummer Talk returns THIS WEEK to kick off season 5 of the Internet's longest running drumming podcast. Tune in Thursday (Aug 6) morning at 8am Central to catch the live feed. This week's topic: in-ear monitors. You don't wanna miss it!

We learned today that educator and drumming legend, Jim Chapin, has passed away. He died yesterday, July 4th at the age of 89. There is a great piece by Billy Ward remembering him.

We're on Easter break this week, so in our absence, enjoy a classic Drummer Talk episode form our archives!  This show originally aired February 13, 2006. -------------------- Tonight, Dave and the gang get together and discuss the various types of grips as well as single stroke roll rudiments. Also, we have our first MMMBop MMMoment.  Show Notes

If you're in the mood for some vintage gear, or gear that certainly appears vintage, this will be right up your alley. Ludwig has announced they are adding onto their Legacy line with a rendition of the kit Ringo Starr played on The Beatles' groundbreaking Ed Sullivan Show appearance in 1964. Looks pretty nice to me. The only real news here is that Ludwig is releasing the Black Oyster Pearl finish with the Legacy line. ...

Finally! A Rock Band game worth mentioning! The Beatles music will be featured on The Beatles: Rock Band, to be released this fall! To me it seems as if putting their music on Rock Band would be beneath the Fab Four (or whomever holds their copyrights now). Apparently I am wrong! One wonders what Ringo could have to say about this... Source: Moderndrummer.com Beatles Rock Band Game Apple Corps, Ltd., Harmonix and MTV Games, a part of Viacom's ...

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 ...

On August 18, 1962, Ringo Starr played his first gig with the Beatles replacing Pete Best.  To honor this day, here is a video of the Beatles' first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on Feb 8, 1964. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT6kps0ZIR0[/youtube]

Source: Fosters.com "I will never forget the expression when we played the first notes of 'Long Tall Sally' on the kids' faces," Best recalled Friday afternoon during a telephone interview from the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Buffalo, N.Y., where his band was scheduled to play that night. Suddenly, there was a great roar that ushered in the beginning of what was to become Beatlemania, Best recalled. "It was a moment of magic," the now 66-year-old Best said. But Best's ...

Source: InEntertainment.co.uk Ringo Starr has been talking about how the end of national service in Britain actually made it possible for The Beatles to exist. The Legendary drummer from one of the greatest bands our world has ever seen has claimed that the reason for the huge pop explosion in the 60’s was only made possible because people no longer had to join the army. Starr said “We were the first generation that didn’t go into the ...

I just picked up my very own copy of Jim Chapin's Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer. This book, just like Stone's Stick Control, is one of the true monuments in percussion methods, but I can't believe it's taken 20 years to finally own a personal copy. It's one of things that my instructors or peers always had ready and I would copy certain pages to work on a particular exercise or etude. ...