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News: Flotsam and Jetsam Announce 2015 European Tour With Jason Bittner on Drums
The first leg of Flotsam and Jetsam’s European tour for 2015 begins May 13 with four shows in Greece, and then moves to mainland Europe/UK and will consist of club shows and a few festivals, culminating with the Fortarock Festival…
Thomas Lang Announces Big Drum Bonanza 2015
Drummer/producer Thomas Lang (stOrk/Paul Gilbert), has announced the Big Drum Bonanza 2015 (#BDB2015), which will take place July 1 through 5 at the Palm Garden Hotel in Thousand Oaks, California. Drummers of all ages, levels, and styles are invited to…
Aaron Comess And The Air Conditioned Gypsies - Free Show
Aaron Comess will be playing with some of his favorite NYC musicians tonight, Monday, May 4th, at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 at 10:30. This is a free show. Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St., New York, NY. 212-477-4155. www.rockwoodmusichall.com
Showroom: Groove Freedom iPad App
Leading online educator Mike Johnston, founder of the popular live-streaming drum lesson site mikeslessons.com, recently teamed up with app developer Derek Lee to create an interactive version of his popular method book, Groove Freedom, for iPad users. Incorporating all of…
Be a Winner in the Canopus Drums, Dream Cymbals, and Humes & Berg Contest
Total prize package worth $9,000! First Prize: Canopus 5-piece Yaiba II Groove Kit (18x22 bass drum, 16x16 floor tom, 8x12 and 8x10 toms, and 6.5x14 snare, birch shells) with hardware; a Dream Ignition Pack Plus that includes 14" hi-hats, an…
Showroom: Slug Percussion Batter Badge Triad Pad HD
Industrial designer and drummer Eric “Baron” Behrenfeld, owner of Slug Percussion, is celebrating his company’s 20th anniversary with the release of a new patented armourphragm design for bass drum heads, called Batter Badge Triad Pad HD. The new product is…
June 2015 issue of Modern Drummer featuring Benny Greb
(Available in print May 5, 2015; digitally April 30, 2015) On the Cover Benny Greb In his eagerly awaited new instructional DVD, the drummer boldly addresses the history and mystery of grooving like the greats. “I wanted to look at…
News: 2nd-Annual Philadelphia Hand Drumming Festival
The 2nd-Annual Philadelphia Hand Drumming Festival was held this past April 11 on the campus of the University of the Arts, which is located in the heart of downtown Philadelphia. The festival’s creator, Grammy award–winning percussionist and University of the…
Showroom: Roland TD-25KV and TD-25K V-Drums
Roland has added two new mid-level kits in its V-Drums lineup. Featuring the all-new TD-25 sound module, mesh-head pads, and more, these kits are said to offer serious players quality sound and expressive playability. The TD-25KV and TD-25K kits feature…
Showroom: Rimshot-Locs Tension Rod Locking System
Rimshot-Locs, an all-metal drum tension rod locking system that prevents drums from going out of tune when rimshots are played, is now available across North America. The patented Rimshot-Locs are said to keep drums in tune for an entire gig,…
Ende Tymes V Festival Features Drummers Among the Musical Din
Ende Tymes V, the Festival of Noise and Abstract Liberation, is being held this May 13 through 17 at several locations in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. Though the lineup is heavy on laptop and effects-pedal manipulators, a number of…
News: Drum Corps International Marches into US Cinemas for a Live One-Night Event to Kick-Off the 2015 Tour
Six of Drum Corps International’s elite teams will kick-off the 2015 season with “Drum Corps at the Movies: 2015 DCI Tour Premiere,” coming to select US cinemas nationwide on Wednesday, June 17, at 8:30 pm ET/ 7:30 pm CT/ 6:30…
News: Church’s Chicken and World’s Fastest Drummer Name Charles Goodwin and Joshua Robinson Southeast Champions for 2015
Charles Goodwin - hands champion (pictured on the right)Joshua Robinson - feet champion (pictured on the left) Church’s Chicken and World’s Fastest Drummer (WFD) recently hosted the 2015 World’s Fastest Drummer Southeast Championship, where Charles Goodwin was named Hands Champion…
Showroom: VK Drums Offers Hand-Built Drums
Launched in 2012 in Sheffield, England, VK Drums feature single-point lugs turned from solid stainless steel and drilled, tapped, and polished by hand. Hoops are available as 12mm solid laser-cut, mirror-polished, or single-flange with welded-on tags. The welded tags of…
