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SABIAN Launches Music Industry Mentorship Award
SABIAN is proud to announce the launch of the second annual SABIAN - Dom Famularo - SEN Mentorship Award. Set up in honor of Dom Famularo, one of SABIAN’s longest standing endorsers and supporters, the award is aimed at encouraging and helping drummers with…
Neil Peart On “Malignant Narcissism”
The Professor shares the backstory of how the Snakes & Arrows instrumental cut came to be. Transcription by Aaron Edgar from the book Modern Drummer Legends Vol. 1 – Neil Peart “The opening drum pattern of ‘Malignant Narcissism’ came about…
Foo Fighters Rock Los Angeles: Two-Night Stand at BMO Stadium
The Foo Fighters played their hometown of Los Angeles, CA for two nights at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. Alex G kicked off the show, followed by a set from the Pretenders. The Pretenders performed an hour long…
R&B Legend James Gadson Releases Dance On Through
One of the most recorded R&B drummers of all time makes his own record James Gadson’s grooves have likely enhanced the soundtrack of your life—whether you know it or not. The legendary drummer, singer, songwriter, and producer owns such an…
Guitar Center to host workshop with acclaimed drummer Nate Smith at GC Hollywood on Tuesday, Aug. 27
Acclaimed drummer, songwriter and producer Nate Smith (Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, Brittany Howard, Van Hunt, The Fearless Flyers, Norah Jones, Somi) and Guitar Center to partner together for an exclusive workshop event on Tuesday, Aug. 27. This workshop event will…
Play Like a Legend: Celebrating Steve Smith's Birthday with a Special Journey Transcription
Journey “Lovin’ You Is Easy,” Evolution Smith’s funky groove playing and creative beat design join forces on the song “Lovin’ YouIs Easy”. He plays a broken pattern on the ride bell that matches up with Neal Schon’s rhythmguitar part and…
Guitar Center Partners with Drum Workshop for “DW Factory Day” on Saturday, August 24
Taking place at DW’s headquarters in Oxnard, California, and open to the public, this special event will feature one-day-only factory pricing, facility and showroom tours, artist clinics, special events and giveaways WHO: Guitar Center, the world’s largest musical instrument retailer, partnering…
Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (PAMA) to host online presentation by Sensaphonics president Dr. Michael Santucci, AuD, on August 22
— “Preventing Hearing Injury from Loud Music: Strategies and Tools” will take place Thursday, August 22, 2024, at noon EDT; the session is open to the public (registration is required) — The Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (PAMA) is hosting an…
A limited time special gift from Waves Audio: Waves SuperTap
Vintage Tape Echo Effects—Modernized and Redefined Multi-head tape delays defined the sound of spacey echoes. SuperTap does everything the vintage hardware did, but its 6 independent stereo delay lines deliver far more flexibility. SuperTap’s modulation, feedback delay, and filtering enhance…
Free Lesson: Bob Moses Drum Wisdom - Mastering the Eight Points
The Eight Points Once you accept the 8/8 flow as a useful concept, the next logical conclusion is that there are eight points in the bar that you can resolve to: the four up beats and the four down beats.…
2024 Les DeMerle Little Big Band “Dance & Jazz Party Cruise”
Join the fun on the high seas with the Dynamic Les DeMerle Little Big Band featuring Bonnie Eisele on their second annual Dance and Jazz Party Cruise. Swing with us for 6 nights of exclusive themed shows for listening and…
New Cardboard Sessions Featuring Grammy Award Winning Drummer Daru Jones
Part One with Daru Jones ft. MarkNoxx as NoxxJones out Today Part Two with Daru Jones ft. DJ J. Rocc out Next Week Both Sessions Produced by Dweezil Zappa Today, Cardboard Sessions releases the first of two new episodes featuring GRAMMY Award…
Celebrating Joe Morello's birthday with a free lesson
Buzz Roll Studies: 8th Notes With Buzz Rolls In Joe Morello’s book Master Studies, he details different techniques to develop control on the drums. These exercises develop technique, control, and will help you develop different vocabulary from the different sounds we…
Ringo Starr's 84th Birthday Celebration
Since 2008, Ringo Starr has invited everyone everywhere to think, say, or post #peaceandlove at noon their local time on July 7th to fulfill his birthday wish of a wave of Peace and Love encircling the planet. This year the world’s most…
