Looks like there’s another Buddy Rich Memorial event in the works. Some of modern drumming’s biggest names are slated to appear. Plus bassist Will Lee! (more…)
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Drum maker Ronn Dunnett (Dunnett Classic Drums, George Way Drum Company, www.drumsmith.com) is also an accomplished photographer. Check out his pictorials of many drum expos and shows (NAMM, Musik Messe, Chicago Drum Show, Hollywood Drum Show, and many others) here.
The one catch is you have to register. But I highly recommend becoming a part of the site. Good people and good discussions!
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Wanna follow John Blackwell on his clinic tour? Well, now you can on his clinic tour blog hosted over at Zildjian. Keep in mind that Blackwell moved to Zildian just a couple of months ago. It looks like Z is putting him to good use right away! 
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Source: StarTribune.com
Starting in 2009, the activity’s governing organization, Drum Corps International (DCI), will allow not only electronic instruments such as keyboards to augment the marching performances, but it also will let more performers be amplified by microphones. Brass soloists and ensembles may be miked beginning next year, in addition to the vocalists (narrators and singers) and sideline percussionists who can already be amplified.
The changes have led to heated debates in online forums such as Drum Corps Planet among those who see the expansion of electronics as a necessary and inevitable change in modern drum corps and those who long for the tradition of “the glory days.”
I don’t know how I feel about this. On one hand, this will open the door to whole new possibilities in terms of texture and sound, but there’s just something artificial about it. So we won’t allow clarinets and flutes, but a Korg Triton is just fine??
I guess DCI went through the same kind of debate when they brought the mallet instruments and timpani onto the sidelines …
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Source: 93x.com
One wouldn’t normally associate MATT SORUM with charity events in Third World countries. But on July 6th, the notoriously hard-partying drummer for THE CULT, GUNS N’ ROSES and most recently VELVET REVOLVER will take part in a special all-star benefit concert in Kenya, Africa. The concert will close out a weekend-long event organized by the Kenya Believe It Committee, which distributes funds to various community projects focused on maintaining sustainability. Sorum says, “This is an experience I am truly honored to be a part of. I feel at this time in my life, I want to give back and help people in need.”
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Source: MusicRadar.com
Many kids dream of following in their fathers’s footsteps, but for 41-year-old Jason Bonham, the imagery is more literal than figurative. His late dad, John “Bonzo” Bonham, is generally regarded as the ultimate drummer for the world’s ultimate rock band, Led Zeppelin. And last year, Jason had a unique opportunity to step in for Bonzo when Zeppelin performed their rapturous reunion at London’s O2 Arena.
“It was like the penalty shoot-out at the World Cup, but you’re taking everyone one,”Bonham tells the Musician’s Union Musician magazine. “I had to shoot 16 times and get the goal every time.”
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Source: MusicRadar.com
This past February, while vacationing in Hawaii, Tool drummer Danny Carey was attacked by a sea creature while swimming in the ocean. The result was two surgeries, the cancellation of Tool dates, and a nasty-looking scar.
A blog on the band’s website gives this account: “It seems that Danny tangled with an unruly marine hazard, venomous and… dangerous… while vacationing in Hawaii (BACK IN FEBRUARY!).
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Ok, ok, ok. Any regular listenr of Drummer Talk knows the grief we’ve given drummer, Zac Hanson over the years, but it appears that the drummer is now a proud father.
Source: SouthCoastToday.com | bigdrumthump.com
John Ira Shepherd Hanson was born Tuesday to Zac Hanson and his wife, Kate, in Hanson’s hometown of Tulsa. The baby boy weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces.
“I am so overjoyed to meet Shepherd,” Zac Hanson said. “There is not an audience or concert that could ever stand up to the feeling of meeting your baby for the first time.”
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Here is Paul Wertico playing the Slapstik …
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Not to be outdone by Drum! Magazine’s digital archives, Drumhead Magazine is now offering their own online versions. The more this goes on, the more MD’s archive DVD seems overpriced and arcane.
The presentation is pretty solid, but compared to Drum’s offering, this new entry lacks some of the pizzazz and slickness. It’s ok, but Drum!’s is better.
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Drum! Magazine has posted up their April 2008 Issue online. Check it out! This issue features Thomas Pridgen, Jam Crusie recap, Mic’g hand percussion, and more.
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Source: ModernDrummer.com
We’ve been following this for a while, but here is the final, official roster of artists for MD’s festival weekend to be held September 20 and 21 in NYC.
Will Calhoun
Living Colour
In 1988, Living Colour’s Will Calhoun exploded onto the world stage with a unique mix of power and finesse. Will’s continued to evolve in startling ways, and today he’s considered one of the most profound drummers alive.Bill Stewart & Special Musical Guests
John Scofield/Pat Metheny
For two decades, Bill Stewart has been a wildly imaginative go-to drummer for today’s most successful jazz artists. And he’s a daring leader in his own right.
Billy Ward & His Trio
Joan Osborne/Robbie Robertson/Bill Champlin
Billy Ward is a world-renowned drummer of relentless creativity and purpose. He’s also one of the freshest, most incisive drumming scholars around.Thomas Pridgen
The Mars Volta
Thomas Pridgen’s been winning drum-offs, endorsements, and scholarships since the second grade. And now he’s in the coolest, most advanced rock band of the age.
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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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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.
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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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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