Drums, Percussion & Drummer News
May 23, 2008

Ancient Japanese Drum Music Will Accompany Wesleyan Grads Hartford Courant, United States - 5 hours ago Past graduating classes have been serenaded by jazz, bagpipes, and gamelan drums. The tune used to be more traditional. When Suzanne O'Connell first became ...

Drummer proves his mettle after two years in music program Truro Daily News, Canada - 10 hours ago The Grade 12 student received the Zildjian Outstanding Combo Drummer Award at MusicFest Canada, which attracted more than 10000 students in hundreds of ... Awards something to brag about Truro Daily News all 2 news articles

Drummer's style makes him in demand by bands The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - 9 hours ago A band has to have a strong drummer who takes control of the beat. I feel good in control. It's not what motivates me, but it's my instrument. ...

Spong

Guitar Hero World Tour Drums 'Revealed' in Moving Pictures Spong, UK - 5 hours ago SPOnG also has some screens and a render of the drums which are perhaps a little more telling about what's actually going on in the game... Yes, drums. ... Guitar Hero IV - here come the drums, here come the drums... Totally360 all 2 news articles

Toronto prepares for summer of the drum insideTORONTO.com, Canada - 19 hours ago BY Jon Sarpong This summer, Toronto will enjoy an unprecedented series of cultural festivals and concerts centred on the pulsating rhythm of the drum. ...

Percussion in the spotlight Minnesota Public Radio, MN - 16 hours ago Boom! percussion festival at Orchestra Hall. St. Paul, Minn. — Most members of the Minnesota Orchestra know exactly which instruments they'll be playing ... MinnOrch musicians bang their own drums Pioneer Press all 2 news articles

Drums & Drummer News
May 22, 2008

Percussionist drums up a storm Vancouver Sun,  Canada - 6 hours ago Shoeless and flying from marimba to xylophone to drums, she's in constant motion and pure electric energy. Her extraordinary pitch sense is more acute than ... Evelyn Glennie drives percussion to new heights Georgia Straight all 3 news articles

PopMatters

Straight Outta Gettysburg PopMatters, IL - 7 hours ago But what good is it for songs? by Scott Kenemore Drummers, a contentious group (perhaps because they are so frequently denigrated by other musicians), ...

Impulse Drum Corps to Perform Halftime for LA Lakers PR.com (press release), NY - 7 hours ago Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps has been hand selected as the Halftime Act for the 1st game of the NBA Western Conference Finals to air nationally on TNT May ...

Former ANTHRAX Singer BELLADONNA Sitting Behind Drum Kit For Solo ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 6 hours ago Former ANTHRAX vocalist Joey Belladonna has been forced to perform select dates on his ongoing "Never Look Back Tour" as a three-piece, with drummer Paul ...

7TH REIGN Seeks New Drummer - May 21, 2008 Blabbermouth.net, NY - 10 hours ago ... metal band featuring former EIDOLON vocalist Brian Soulard, EIDOLON bassist Adrian Robichaud and guitarist Marios Panayiotis, is seeking a new drummer. ...

Jim Morrison Joins Doors Drummer For His Solo Debut Undercover Music News, Australia - 11 hours ago by Paul Cashmere - May 22 2008 John Densmore, the founding drummer for The Doors, has released his debut solo album 'TribalJazz' and the late Jim Morrison ...

Drummer Kevin Miller does double duty Allentown Morning Call, PA - 6 hours ago There's a familiar face manning the drum kit of Tantric and Fosterchild, who top a triple bill Saturday at Penn's Peak, Jim Thorpe. ...

Drums & Drummer News
May 21, 2008

Stereogum

Playing Chops Stereogum, NY - 18 hours ago We drummers like to trade chops as they say. Like the aspiring Wookiee who's not afraid to shake paws with the Ewok at Comic-Con each year and admire each ...

Not just horns, but Drums-4-Kids, too Connecticut Post, CT - 22 hours ago HAMDEN - The organization is called Horns For Kids, but it provides much more than horns like trumpets, saxophones and trombones for school districts in ...

Community Drum Line and Step Group Makes Itself Heard Baltimore City Paper, MD - 9 hours ago Tonight, the second of the troupe's two weekly practice sessions, is getting into gear a little more slowly than usual; there's been a delay with the drums, ...

Burnham-On-Sea

Status Quo drummer to perform in Burnham-On-Sea this Friday Burnham-On-Sea,  UK - 17 hours ago The drummer from legendary rock group Status Quo will be performing in Burnham-On-Sea on Friday evening (May 23rd). John Coghlan, pictured, was the bedrock ...

5-year-old wows crowds with his beats Chronicle-Telegram, OH - 8 hours ago ELYRIA — It’s hard to hold Raymon King back when he sees a set of drums. He’s only in preschool — and he can barely reach all the drumheads and cymbals ...

Cambs Times

CHATTERIS: Coach firm boss drums up support for Highland Band Cambs Times, UK - 22 hours ago The diminutive coach company executive and her husband Graham who is a partner in Chatteris based C&G Coaches just love playing the drums. ...

Making noise Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 15 hours ago Following the session, Mount, Arkis and Watkins muscled their glockenspiel, xylophone, bass drum, snares and tam tams farther across the back rail of the ...

Spiritualized Drummer Recovers From Leukemia Xfm Online, UK - 20 hours ago Drummer, Kevin Bales who has been an established member of Spiritualized since the 1999 over-haul is recovering from Leukemia in a hospital in Nottingham. ...

Drums & Drummer News
May 20, 2008

Mapex's new "Pop To Bop" component pack MusicRadar.com - The place for music makers, UK - 17 hours ago Although you can design the kit any way you want, you can set up the Pop To Bop pack as a six-piece kit using the 22, 10, 12, 14 and 16inch drums or as a ...

New York Magazine

Which Bands Should Fire Their Drummer? New York Magazine,  USA - 18 hours ago When asked, specifically, why he doesn't employ a drummer, Final Fantasy's Owen Pallett (whose album title He Poos Clouds the Times hilariously deems to ...

Tributes paid to Coventry jazz drummer John Spencer Coventry Telegraph, UK - 2 hours ago A DRUMMER who was a popular musician on Coventry's jazz scene during the 40s and 50s has died. John Spencer, who lived in Earlsdon before emigrating to ...

YOUR QUESTIONS: For Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy MusicRadar.com - The place for music makers, UK - 2 hours ago Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy is a drummer’s drummer - well respected by his peers and for good reason. Portnoy drums hard, writes lyrics and has co-produced ...

Daily Mail

The Fab Three: Topiary Beatles missing drummer Ringo after it's ... Daily Mail, UK - 11 hours ago The vandalism was blamed on the 67-year-old drummer being derided in Liverpool after he made disparaging comments on a Jonathan Ross' chat show saying that ...

VELVET REVOLVER Drummer Says Singer Search Is 'Coming Along' - May ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 16 hours ago According to The Pulse of Radio, VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum officially launched his new line of clothing last Wednesday (May 14) in Los Angeles, ...

V Club hosting Beatles' original drummer, Pete Best on Saturday Huntington Herald Dispatch, WV - 15 hours ago ... hosts a little Saturday night Beatles invasion with the first ever regional performance by Pete Best, the original drummer for The Beatles. ...

ANATA Drummer Checks In From Recording Studio - May 19, 2008 Blabbermouth.net, NY - 17 hours ago Commented drummer Conny Pettersson: "Finally the day had come that we had been waiting for so long. Preparation is the key, and if you can be over-prepared, ...

Drums & Drummer News
May 19, 2008

Virtual) Drums overload Austin 360 (subscription), TX - May 16, 2008 By Omar Gallaga | Friday, May 16, 2008, 11:07 AM If you love playing drums in “Rock Band,” you’re going to have a few more options to get your beats on. ...

Delray Beach: Marching band plans event to drum up cash for uniforms Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - 6 hours ago Atlantic High School's marching band plans to have a Celebrity Bartending fundraising event Wednesday night, said Susan Skinner of the Parents Booster ...

Beat of the drum Business Standard, India - May 17, 2008 For the residents of Tawang the dull, periodic thump of a distant drum signals the imminent coming of dawn. Originating from the monastery perched high ...

Las Vegas Review - Journal

DOUG ELFMAN: Drummer, rapper seek 'group shower' record Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - 4 hours ago This afternoon at Planet Hollywood, drummer Tommy Lee (the ex-Mr. Pam Anderson) joins rapper Ludacris to attempt a world record for the most people ...

Patients and GPs banging the drum for arts-based therapy ChronicleLive, UK - 1 hour ago PEOPLE in Tyneside who are suffering from anxiety, stress, depression or feel they are having difficulty coping are being invited to sing, dance and drum ...

FORBIDDEN Announces New Drummer For European Tour - May 19, 2008 Blabbermouth.net, NY - 1 hour ago It was rumored that Chris Kontos, whom I already have the honor of playing with in SPIRALARMS, was going to be FORBIDDEN's European drummer. ...

Three-Year-Old Julian Pavone, The World’s Youngest Drummer, Rocks ... PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - 13 hours ago At only three years old, Julian Pavone, the “World’s Youngest Drummer,” experienced a musician’s dream gig, performing for Oprah Winfrey and her millions of ...

Q&A: The Police drummer AZ Central.com, AZ - May 17, 2008 Front man Sting, drummer Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers played a solid show in Phoenix last June. They reworked such hits as Every Little Thing ...

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