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Add Bonzo to any song with the Bonhamizer!
The Bonhamizer lets you hear what it could sound like if John Bonham was on your favorite tracks.
P.S. The Beastie Boys have been onto this since 1986. I even took a crack at it myself a few years ago!
Jojo Mayer like you’ve never seen him
Sometimes it can be difficult to picture our drumming heros playing outside of their “comfort zone,” so to speak, so it’s refreshing when they step out of themselves and let loose a bit. We’re so used to Jojo Mayer being eternally precise and accurate, but in this video he’s slappin’ them skins Bonham style!
NOTE: Please watch this for the drumming only because, dear Lord, the vocalist is awful.
Alfred Publishing Releases Zeppelin and Rush Song Books
Finally! Someone has published books with drum transcriptions of big name bands and not made it dull and professorial! Alfred’s released two new song books cataloging the drum transcriptions of two rock heavyweights, Led Zeppelin and Rush. I’m interested to see how they’ve notated “Black Dog” for the breaks and “When The Levee Breaks” to see if they incoprorated the delay on the bass drum. When/if you play that particular groove, do you add in the bass drum delay on your bass drum part? Listen back to the track if you’re drawing a blank. Terrific track. Go Alfred!
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Greg: Now this is awesome. I'll have to swing by the drum shop and order a copy.
TRAPS Magazine Hangs It Up
Sadly, the good people at TRAPS Magazine have decided to cease production of the magazine. The parent publication, DRUM!, will continue, but it looks like the TRAPS experiment can’t weather a tough economy. This is a shame. TRAPS was a fine publication that really set the bar for in-depth drumming/music journalism. We’ve given TRAPS the love on the show before and we will miss them.
Jason Bonham talks new Zep
Jason Bonham — son of original Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham — has said he, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones are working on new material.
Source: MTV.ca
Much to the delight of Led Zeppelin fans everywhere, Bonham revealed that he’s been meeting up with Led Zep guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones in recent months and that they’ve been “trying to do some new material and writing.”
It was the first time since Led Zeppelin announced they would re-form for a single performance (which happened late last year at London’s O2 Arena, in honor of the late Ahmet Ertegün, who signed the band to Atlantic Records in 1969) that anyone connected to the band has confirmed publicly that new music could be on the horizon for the iconic rockers.
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KG: ug...Jason's OK in an 80's hair band kind of way, but he couldn't be less like his father. I hope…
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Fraz Frazier: This is huge news. The possibility of new Zep music is something an old hippie like me has only dreamed…
bgryderclock: "i need more reverb on the vocal! my Yeah-Yahs still sound bad!"