Drums & Drummer News
August 8, 2008

Drums herald China's Great Triple Eight Reuters - 2 hours ago By Paul Majendie BEIJING (Reuters) - A legion of 2008 drummers pounded out a hypnotic beat that rumbled like thunder, their red drumsticks glowing in a ...

East Hampton Star

Samba Drums Told to Beat It East Hampton Star, USA - 21 hours ago The ocean was glassy, the sky was clear, and the sun was setting to the beat of tambourines, cowbells, and drums. The parking lot was overflowing and cars ...

The beating is the drum U.S. Marine Corps Bases Japan, Japan - 11 hours ago The parade started with the heavy beat of the odaiko, large barrel-shaped drums, with the accompaniment of the smaller shimedaiko and paranku drums. ...

Big Bang: The Graduate and its Three-Man Drum Circle New York Press-Follow The Leader Blog - Aug 7, 2008 The Illinois-based band, on tour in support of it's latest record, Anhedonia, busted out with a three-man drum jamboree (a video from a previous performance ...

Bucket Drumming Makes Big Noise At Construction Industry Trade Shows PR Web (press release), WA - 8 hours ago The latest guerrilla marketing campaign for Sto Corp, a maker of coatings and paints for the construction industry, features "Ben the Bucket Drummer," a ...

Ripon drummer rubs shoulders with legends of rock Ripon Today, UK - 5 hours ago A DRUMMER from Ripon found himself rubbing shoulders with some rock legends when his band played at the Cambridge Rock Festival. Barry Cassells said it was ...

Trouble Recruits New Drummer Ultimate-Guitar.Com - 7 hours ago Drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson announced his departure from Trouble last week. He explained in a statement, "My reasons [for leaving] are justified. ...

Drums & Drummer News
August 7, 2008

Some actors march to their own drummers San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 17 hours ago Whatever role the man or woman behind the drum kit might play in the real world of pop, metal or indie rock, in the movies they're always the same — a bit ...

Calgary Herald

Drum your way to better fitness Calgary Herald,  Canada - 5 hours ago If you want to use your stability ball in a whole new way, check out Drums Alive. It combines traditional aerobic movements with the powerful rhythms of ...

E3 2008: Rock Band 2 Preview GamingExcellence, Canada - 1 hour ago The real innovation in the instruments, however, lies in the drum kit. There are two configurations available, a standard clone of the old drum kit, ...

Allentown Morning Call

Drummer credits Poison's longevity to stage presence Monessen Valley Independent, PA - 9 hours ago However, after 22 years -- which have included more than 25 million albums sold worldwide, and years of sold-out concerts -- drummer Rikki Rockett says he ... HEAVY METAL The Patriot-News - PennLive.com Unskinny bopping Bethlehem Daily Star all 11 news articles

TROUBLE Recruits WET ANIMAL Drummer For Upcoming Tour - Aug. 7, 2008 Blabbermouth.net, NY - 3 hours ago Drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson announced his departure from TROUBLE last week. He explained in a statement, "My reasons [for leaving] are justified. ...

NEWS.com.au

WOLFMOTHER Splits With Bassist, Drummer; Frontman STOCKDALE To ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 5 hours ago Australian Grammy Award-winning rock band WOLFMOTHER has announced the resignation of bass/keyboard player Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett effective ... Rockers Wolfmother split up Melbourne Herald Sun Wolfmother split up NME.com Two band members quit Wolfmother ABC Online DotMusic.com - AngryApe all 53 news articles

Drums & Drummer News
August 6, 2008

Rocker's routine features working out, eating right Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - 7 hours ago On days away from the drums, you can also find him perfecting his golf game, with hopes to play professionally when his life in music tones down. ...

Local students highlight Drum Corps competition McKinney Courier Gazette, TX - 12 hours ago By Chris Roark, Staff Writer Part of the Drum Corps International national tour will be showing at a theater near you. The DCI World Championship ...

Percussion unit unable to drum up funding Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, CA - 9 hours ago CLAREMONT - A lack of funding and coaches this year have some students and parents worried the achievements of Claremont High School's percussion ensemble ...

ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 15 hours ago "We have parted ways with long-term drummer Dan Smith. Due to various reasons, it wasn't working out with us and him. We felt his heart was no longer in it ...

Doors drummer John Densmore performs Saturday at SJ jazz festival San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Aug 4, 2008 "It affected my drumming seeing Elvin Jones with Coltrane and how free he was,'' says Densmore. The lesson: "You know, keep the beat, but you can have a ...

Soul swagger rediscovered Financial Times, UK - 4 hours ago By Mike Hobart Veteran US drummer Louis Hayes and his Cannonball Adderley legacy band were this gig’s nominal headliners, but they had very classy support. ... Louis Hayes/Antonio Hart at Ronnie Scott's, W1 Times Online all 3 news articles

Drums & Drummer News
August 5, 2008

Drum-Playing Robot Doesn't Quite Threaten the Livelihood of Real ... Gizmodo Australia, Australia - 16 hours ago Seeing as drum machines are pretty ubiquitous in music these days, the idea of a machine that plays the drums doesn't sound all that groundbreaking. ...

Philadelphia Metro

Sneaker-heads camp out for Roots drummer’s Nikes Philadelphia Metro, PA - 12 hours ago Ubiq’s Victor Peterson holds a pair of the new sneakers designed by Roots drummer Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson. (Photo: Rikard Larma/Metro) “Only 300 people ... Sneaker-lovers camp out in Philadelphia for Nikes Lebanon Daily News all 11 news articles

SCARS ON BROADWAY Drummer To Guest On 'Loveline' - Aug. 4, 2008 Blabbermouth.net, NY - 10 hours ago SCARS ON BROADWAY/SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan will be the featured guest on the nationally syndicated "Loveline" radio show tomorrow (Tueday, ... Disc Debuts: 'Scars on Broadway' by Scars on Broadway Dallas Morning News Daron Malakian Keeps On Rocking With New Band Hartford Courant all 5 news articles

Adkins drummer will be 'playing in his own backyard' Ventura County Star, CA - 5 hours ago John Spittle's closest friends in Ventura County know him as "Animal," after the drummer from "The Muppets." He has a clean but hard drumming style that ...

Legendary ALICE COOPER Drummer NEAL SMITH To Be Featured On Radio ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 21 hours ago Rock drum legend Neal Smith, whose is best known for his innovative drumming and outrageous stage antics with the original ALICE COOPER group, ...

Gizmodo Australia

Police Drummer Stewart Copeland Lays Down Custom Interface Tones ... Gizmodo Australia, Australia - 16 hours ago Now Police drummer Stewart Copeland has done the same for the BlackBerry Bold, composing a five-note "theme" that will pop up in preloaded ring tones and ... MUST HEAR: Stewart Copeland puts message in a bottle for ... Australian Personal Computer all 2 news articles

HEAVEN AND HELL Drummer Discusses New Setlist, Songwriting Process ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 21 hours ago Marko Syrjälä of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO, HEAVEN AND HELL, DERRINGER). ...

Drums & Drummer News
August 4, 2008

Studio Recording the Trap Set All About Jazz, PA - 1 hour ago The drum kit can be one of the most time-consuming and frustrating of instruments to record, so it's worth taking a structured approach. ...

Theaters to air drum corps competition Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - Aug 3, 2008 The top 15 drum corps will perform their competitive programs in their entirety, and the event will also include highlight clips of the first five drum ...

The Southern Ledger

Chinese dragon boats take over NYC waters International Herald Tribune, France - 11 hours ago Each boat has a drummer at the prow and a person steering at the stern. The drummer beats a rhythm for rowers in the same way a coxswain drives a racing ... Chinese boat festival subs for Olympics in NYC The Associated Press all 79 news articles

Rainn and Reilly on drumming and the drummer's image Orlando Sentinel, FL - 1 hour ago Little piece I did on drummers in the movies, focusing on Rainn Wilson (The Rocker), John C. Reilly (Step Brothers) and Don Coffey, real-life drummer for ...

Sivamani’s passion for young talent Galatta.com, India - 4 hours ago If every one is just amazed to see how Sivamani drums, there is an inspiring story behind it, the tale of a passionate drummer who was overjoyed when ...

Powerful drumming and spectacular dancing Mandurah Mail, Australia - 10 hours ago JAPANESE martial arts drummers Drum-Tao will present Tao – the Martial Art of the Drum at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre on August 9. ...

Drumming circle still beating along despite summer crawl Daily Commercial, FL - 1 hour ago EUSTIS -- Sunday evening proved to be a favorable night for the Sunset Drumming Circle of Lake County when they gathered their instruments and met at Ferran ...

The rhythm of the rails Boston Globe, United States - Aug 3, 2008 Now those sounds have inspired the members of So Percussion, a Brooklyn-based contemporary classical ensemble known for the art of making music out of ...

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