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International Jazz Day to be Celebrated with All-Star Concerts in Paris, New Orleans, and New York
Video Streams of all 3 Concerts Live on Jazz Day and Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz On Friday, April 27, UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova and UNESCO goodwill ambassador Herbie Hancock will kick-off the first annual International Jazz Day with a full day of…
New Gear For 2012! Highlights From Winter NAMM (N–R)
by Billy Brennan Here are some of the coolest new products coming down the pipeline for 2012, all of which were on display at the annual Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, this past January. Natal Natal has added American…
Queen's Roger Taylor And Brian May To Perform With American Idol's Top 6 On Wednesday, April 25th
Official Tribute Group The Queen Extravaganza Set To Play Hit Show On Thursday, April 26th In Advance Of North American Tour Kick Off American Idol audiences are in for a treat this week, with a double-dose of the music of…
Steve Gadd/Pedrito Martinez PASIC 2012 Concert
A highlight of the 2012 Percussive Arts Society International Convention, which will take place at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, this October 31 through November 4, will be PASIC’s traditional Saturday evening concert featuring a new project by…
Alesis SamplePad
This compact four-pad instrument has twenty-five built-in percussion and electronic drum voices, as well as an SD card slot for loading your own sounds. An external trigger input is included, and a MIDI output allows the pad to control sound…
GlobalDrumFest.com and LREI Present GlobalDrum Day in NYC
This coming Friday, April 27, between 3 and 6 p.m., GlobalDrumFest.com and LREI are presenting GlobalDrum Day at the LREI Arts Space, at 40 Charlton Street, New York 10014. The event will feature Dafnis Prieto, Swiss Chris, Vin Scialla &…
Drum Channel Live Music Event To Support the Fender Music Foundation
On Wednesday, April 26, between 6 and 8 p.m., the Fender Music Foundation, in partnership with ReverbNation, is hosting its first Save Music Education online benefit concert. Via Stageit.com, the event will take place on “virtual” stages throughout the country.…
Cympad Chromatics Colored Cymbal Washers
These new cymbal pads are available in orange and blue and are made from premium-grade cellular foam to provide superior cymbal sound and performance in a wide variety of styles and situations. cympad.com
Thomas Lang Australian Drumming Boot Camp
The Thomas Lang Drumming Boot Camp premieres its first-ever Australian event, this August 17 – 19, at DrumTek, Melbourne. The camp celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the Ultimate Drummer’s Weekend, scheduled for h at the Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre.…
Stick It To MS 2012 World Record Attempt
Stick It To MS, an organization dedicated to spreading an awareness of drumming while raising funds for multiple sclerosis research, is holding their next event this coming Sunday, July 15, at the EventCity in Manchester, England. Like earlier events, this one will see…
Simmons Electronic Drum Fans And Followers Support New Online Museum
More than thirty years after Simmons electronic drums helped usher in the modern age of electronic drumming with their SDSV electronic drumkit and hexagonal drum pads, Simmons enthusiast, collector, and restoration expert Wolfgang Stoelzle has announced the creation of an…
Toontrack Americana EZX
This EZdrummer expansion pack captures the raw, no-frills essence of the Americana genre, recorded at the Congress House Studio in Austin with veteran engineer Mark Hallman (Carole King, Dan Fogelberg). The pack features natural-sounding Fibes and 1960s Ludwig drumsets, a…
U2 Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. Appears in Theatrical Remake of The Man on the Train
Larry Mullen Jr., the founding drummer of U2, is appearing in an English-language adaptation of Patrice Leconte’s acclaimed French crime drama L’Homme du Train (The Man on the Train). The film, which also stars Donald Sutherland, represents Larry’s acting debut.…
Former Twisted Sister/Dictators Drummer Rich Teeter Passes
Rich Teeter, who served in two New York hard rock institutions—Twisted Sister and the Dictators—passed away on April 10 following a battle with esophageal cancer. He was sixty-one. Teeter, who was also a twenty-plus-year employee at music retailer Sam Ash,…
