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Montreal Drum Fest October 26-27, 2013
Saturday, Oct. 26 Yamaha Groove Hour Tommy Igoe, Sonny Emory, Aaron Comess with Julie Lamontagne Groove Band Florian Alexandru-Zorn (Brush Secrets) Zach Danziger & Mister Barrington Colin Bailey (Bass Drum Technique) Marcus Santos & Grooversity (Brazil) Roland V-Drum Canadian Contest Finals…
Bradlee Dean of Junkyard Prophet Wants You to Be a Winner
So much so, he’s managed to get the companies he endorses to pony up some great gear! Grand Prize: Sonor Safari drumset, Soultone Extreme crash cymbal, Hornets drumsticks, ButtKicker Drum Throne Rig, Deadlock drum pad, Deadlock DVD, and Junkyard Prophet…
Guitar Center Drum-Off Champion Juan Carlos Mendoza to Host Drum Clinics
Guitar Center Drum-Off champion Juan Carlos Mendoza will be hosting a series of free drum clinics at four east coast Guitar Center locations this August. The clinics will focus on technique, offering drummers the opportunity to learn the tricks of…
The Gene Hoglan Experience: An Intimate Gathering for Metal Fans
The Gene Hoglan Experience is an intimate gathering of metal fans brought together to celebrate the legacy and thirty-year career of one of metal’s most legendary drummers. Gene Hoglan is currently planning a series of these appearances to take place…
Stronger Than the Storm Music Contest
Stronger Than the Storm’s music contest, The Jersey Shore Soundoff, invites musicians to enter a song through strongerthanthestorm.com/summersoundoff for a chance to win an opening slot in a major New Jersey talent show that will take place after Labor Day…
Guitar Center Launches Its 25th Annual Drum-Off Competition
The nationwide competition in search of the next great undiscovered drummer offers the chance to a win career-launching prize package Guitar Center’s Drum-Off launches its 25th annual search for the next great undiscovered drummer. Developed to spotlight the drumming community, Guitar Center’s…
Philly Drum Project Welcomes the Flight Drum Tour
The Flight Drum Tour will present a drum clinic featuring artists Derek Palizay and Maison Guidry on August 5 at 7 pm at 2222 Walnut Street in Philadelphia. Tickets are $8 online or $10 at the door. Flight Drummers is…
Jazz/Rock Drummer Aaron Comess to Play Smoke Jazz in NYC on August 13
Respected jazz and rock drummer/producer Aaron Comess will be performing some of his favorite material from the ’60s with a quintet on August 13 at Smoke Jazz in New York City. Comess, whose Smoke Jazz appearance last year was previewed…
Mapex Wins Best In Show Award at Summer NAMM
A panel of retail experts gathered during the Best in Show discussion during the Summer NAMM Show this past July 13 and awarded Mapex as a “Company to Watch” for providing trendsetting products and services. “Once again, Mapex is very…
Kenny Aronoff Offers Free Lesson on Functional Practicing
Rock drummer Kenny Aronoff will be teaching a free online lesson on Functional Practicing at Drumeo.com on Friday, August 2, 2013, starting at 1 pm PDT. Kenny Aronoff has performed and recorded with some of the world’s most prominent artists,…
Famed Afro-Caribbean Drummer Steve Berrios Passes
Steve Berrios in 1994, standing at the corner of Broadway and 52nd Street in New York City, where the original Birdland club once stood Modern Drummer is sad to announce that Steve Berrios died this past week at the…
Stubblefield and Starks Webcast at Mycymbal.com
Memphis Drum Shop will host funk-drumming legends Clyde Stubblefield and John “Jabo” Starks in a free live webcast from Mycymbal.com studios on August 7, 2013 at 2 pm CST. Clyde Stubblefield (born April 18, 1943) is a best known for…
September 2013 Issue of Modern Drummer Featuring Dino Danelli of the Rascals
(on newsstands August 6, 2013) On the Cover Dino Danelli Once upon a time, the Rascals were the coolest, most innovative American rock ’n’ roll band—and they featured the scene’s coolest, most innovative drummer. Today, forty years after their breakup,…
KoSA 18th International Percussion Workshop, Drum Camp, and Festival
The KoSA International Percussion Workshop Camp and Festival will take place July 23–28 at Castleton State College, nestled in the mountains of Vermont near the resort destination of Killington. The KoSA Workshop is a hands-on intensive percussion camp. Courses of…
