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VIDEO - TreeWorks Chimes NAMM Show 2014 New Gear Coverage
TreeWorks' James Bratton giving a tour of the TreeWorks Chimes booth at The NAMM Show 2014. Developed and engineered by a percussionist frustrated by a scarcity of quality instruments, TreeWorks Chimes was founded in 1996 to provide musicians with,…
VIDEO - Meinl Percussion NAMM Show 2014 New Gear Coverage
In this video Meinl Percussion's German Beratto giving a tour of the Meinl Percussion booth at The NAMM Show 2014. Meinl Percussion, founded in 1951 by Roland Meinl, are noted for their fibreglass congas, and plywood gongs, which proved…
Hard Rock Announces Call For Entries in Global Hard Rock Rising Competition
Battle of the Bands Competition Gives Emerging Artists the Chance to Take the Stage in Rome Hard Rock is on the search for rising rock stars to take the stage in the heart of the Roman Empire! Hard Rock Rising,…
Les DeMerle Drum Clinic Spectacular Coming to New Zealand
Jazz/fusion drummer Les DeMerle will be performing his Drum Clinic Spectacular on February 1, 2014, at the Mauao Performing Arts Centre in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. Les will discuss his drumming techniques and perform with local musicians and guests from…
Jason Schmidt of Brian Davis
Hello again, Modern Drummer readers! In my first blog, I introduced myself to you. If you didn’t get a chance to read it, please check it out here. In this blog, I’d like to talk about something I feel that…
Sabian Producing Select Crescent Cymbals Models for North America
To meet the demands of customers and artists for new cymbals, Cymbal Masters is offering select Crescent models in North America that are hand made to exacting specifications by Sabian. Crescent’s Istanbul production managers, Kadri Kayan and Guclu Arslan, will…
Quebec City’s Capitale Drum Fest Set for January 19, 2014
The inaugural Capitale Drum Fest will be held January 19, 2014 at the Jean-Pierre Tremblay Theatre on Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy at 5000 Rue Clement Lockquell, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures in Quebec City, Canada. Artists scheduled to perform include Eric Boudreault (www.ericboudreault.com), a top Canadian…
Doug Alley of Mile Marker Zero
I’ve been interested in drums for about twenty years now. Out of those twenty, ten were spent just hitting drums, and the other ten were spent taking drums seriously. Now I have a degree in music education and I play…
Lance Garvin from Living Sacrifice
Hello metal heads, I’m Lance Garvin from Living Sacrifice. I will start out by saying how grateful I am to my parents for showing interest in me and everything I believed in, and to my wife for her patience and…
Colin Jones of Cage the Gods
Colin Jones here. I’m the drummer for the British rock band Cage the Gods. I started messing about on the school drumkit at the age of twelve, when I was playing guitar for the school band. Whenever the drummer would…
Darien Williams of Carbon Tigers
What’s going on MD readers? I’m super stoked to get this opportunity to share with you because I’ve been a reader of Modern Drummer for a long time now. My name is Darien Williams, and I’m living in Chicago, IL…
Guitar Center's Drum-Off Celebrates 25 Years With An All-Star Line-Up
Chad Smith, Steve Ferrone, Chris Dave, Ray Luzier and more perform live as the top 5 undiscovered drummers in the country compete for the title of Guitar Center’s Drum-Off Champion Tickets for the January 18 finals are available now. Starting…
Muncie’s Anna Cucciardo
During the forty-two weeks leading up to my beautiful baby boy’s birth at home on August 26, 2013, I toured, recorded, rehearsed, and taught drums on a daily basis. By the time my son was born, he already had eighty-three…
EVENT - Celebrating the Life & Music of Legendary Drummer Chico Hamilton
EUPHORIA Presents Celebrating the Life & Music of Foreststorn “Chico" Hamilton, featuring Chico's longstanding Euphoria ensemble with Paul Ramsey (bass), Evan Schwam (flute + reeds), Jeremy Carlstedt (drums + percussion), Mayu Saeki (flute) & Nick Demopolous (guitar). Chico Hamilton passed away…
