PRESS RELEASE World’s Largest Drum Competition Celebrates 20th Anniversary Offering Grand Prize Worth Over $45,000 For 20 years, Guitar Center has been committed to providing drummers across the country the opportunity to pursue their musical aspirations and achieve their dreams by way of the world’s largest drum competition: Guitar Center Drum-Off. Starting August 1st, drummers can sign up for their chance to win over $45,000 in cash and prizes, joining over 5,000 drummers from across the US to ...

I got the call to be a judge this year at Guitar Center's 2004 Drum Off (Memphis Store). I judged tonight and will for the next 3 Tuesdays. Overall, the guys were pretty talented. There seemed to be a lot of drum line influence in many of the players, and that may be a normal thing. I just wasn't expecting it. Overall, there were two guys that rose to the top. Sure, ...

The USA, particularly the state of Tennessee, is cleaning up at Musikmesse in Germany this year. Nashville-based Pearl Drums has won the coveted MIPA (Musikmesse International Press Award) in the category of drum hardware. This begs the question: Is there a Nashville-bias in Europe? Source: Harmony-Central.com Pearl received the coveted MIPA (Musikmesse International Press Award) for their new Demon Drive Bass Drum Pedal in the category of Drum Hardware. The awards ceremony was presented to the winners at ...

Source: AP | Big Drum Thump It appears the retail giant, Best Buy, wants in on the music retail business and plans to start offering gear at their stores. Each site will use about 2,500 square feet of retail space and include roughly 1,000 different products with well-known brand names such as Fender, Gibson, Drum Workshop and Roland. "We're not just extending the shelf space in the store, we're creating a designated area specifically for this experience," said ...

Here's a video of Buddy Rich and "Eddie" Shaughnessy duking it out on the Tonight Show circa 1978. Dig the splitscreen at the end! Man that band is hot! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNhnioNNIPI]

I get on my soapbox, today and answer some hate mail, talk about musicians hating on each other, drummers showing off at their local GC, and building relationships (relationships). We'll return to our regularly scheduled programming next week. :)

So I'm at Guitar Center recently and they've got a nice 1966 Ludwig Champagne Sparkle 4pc drum kit for sale. They've knocked a ton off the price and I am seriously thinking of picking it up. (You can check out pics on the Moblog). And with that, I 've recently dipped into the land of vintage drums and drumming. I can't believe how much information is out there on this gear. ...