Drums & Drummer News
February 2, 2007

Hip-Hop Drums Sonic State, UK - 3 hours ago Smart Loops has released SL Hip-Hop Kit, an all-new drum sample set for use with leading Mac and PC software samplers. SL Hip-Hop Kit includes over 350 MB ...

Black History Month kicks off with Sound the Drum event Indiana Daily Student - 8 hours ago One by one, they took turns beating the drum, saying a prayer of thanksgiving and blessings, much like their African ancestors past. A group of 50 students, ... IU Black History Month event highlights: Indiana Daily Student all 4 news articles

Korean drum circle to shake Mendelssohn Michigan Daily, MI - 7 hours ago ... "little by little, gradually without notice, but when you hear the pulsating rhythm of the janggo, a Korean drum, you may think of something else. ...

Audix Introduces The DP-7 Drum Microphone Pack Harmony-Central.com - 14 hours ago At the heart of the mic system is the popular D6 dynamic microphone for kick drum. For snare drum, the i-5 is provided; for rack toms there are two D2 mics, ...

Drowned In Sound

Apartment cancel shows following drummer's hospitalization Drowned In Sound, UK - 1 hour ago London indie-rockers Apartment have cancelled their upcoming gigs following the hospitalization of drummer Liam Fletcher. ...

BENEDICTION: Drummer NICK BARKER Has Not Left The Band - Feb. 2, 2007 Blabbermouth.net, NY - 3 hours ago Yes, he is still BENEDICTION's drummer, and yes, he is helping TESTAMENT out on drums on their tour and album. This was discussed between us and it is no ...

Metal Church Drummer Suffers Spinal Injury, Upcoming Shows Cancelled KNAC.com, CA - 10 hours ago Last night (January 31st) in Nashville, TN, Metal church drummer Jeff Plate suffered a spinal disk injury. Jeff is currently seeking medical treatment... ...

Watch an Amateur Drummer Twitch Uncontrollably! Rolling Stone - 21 hours ago Now we’re dealing with the World’s Fastest Drummer competition, an event that determines the world’s “Fastest Bare Hands” and that stages the “Battle of the ...

Drums & Drummer News
February 1, 2007

Emulate Japan's admirable drumming feat The Brunei Times, Brunei Darussalam - 6 hours ago Taiko traditionally refers to Japanese drums or literally "fat drums" despite the abundance of shapes and sizes. The word taiko is also often confused with ...

AS I LAY DYING's MANCINO Offering Private Drum Lessons - Jan. 31, 2007 Blabbermouth.net, NY - 17 hours ago For all the drummers, or aspiring drummers, AS I LAY DYING's Jordan Mancino will be giving private drum lessons at San Diego Drum and Percussion starting ...

Drum 'n' bass is enjoying a resurgence - and the old names from ... Belfast Telegraph, UK - 23 hours ago Perhaps in an effort to sidestep his somewhat dubious TV and film appearances, it's this name he's returned to for his most recent drum'n'bass experiments, ...

Widely traveled drummer bringing band to Wexner Columbus Dispatch, OH - 40 minutes ago Amendola is a versatile drummer from San Francisco known for collaborating with guitarist Charlie Hunter and the Grammy-nominated group TJ Kirk. ...

KISS/ALICE COOPER drummer Eric Singer has issued the following update: Blabbermouth.net, NY - 13 hours ago I guess it is like a drummer always speeding up. "Anyway, I saw a lot of kool new drums and stuff over at Pearl and Zildjian and stopped by Universal ...

Marching to the beat of a young drummer Palladium-Item, IN - 2 hours ago BY RYAN S. CLARK. It's the one music lesson taught by Trenton Herald that has allowed the members of the National Trail High School drumline to succeed. ...

Drums & Drummer News
January 31, 2007

Dancing to the beat Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - 3 hours ago When guest teacher Gregory Acker played African drums with a group of fourth- and fifth-grade students during an assembly, the students couldn't stop moving ...

JAPAN'S THUNDEROUS Kodo Drummers of Japan -3 Major Cities in ... eJazzNews, Canada - 15 minutes ago But the drums dominate a Kodo performance, and the most majestic is the "o-daiko", a huge, decorated 900-pound instrument carved from the trunk of a single ...

Dragon Or Emperor Belfast Telegraph, UK - 38 minutes ago Dragon Or Emperor is a bizarre bass and drums duo, rarer still in that there appears to be little or no jazz element in their music, the usual prerequisite ...

The Phoenix

Drum ’n’ bass masters The Phoenix, MA - 14 hours ago For eight years, Thursdays at the Phoenix Landing in Central Square has been overrun by drum ’n’ bass freaks following the sound of DJ LENORE and friends ...

Lives to remember: Drummer could play anything and 'cared about ... Lynchburg News and Advance, VA - 9 hours ago His father was also a drummer, and his mother played piano. The rest was skill and experience. He knew many styles of drumming and was a technician as well ...

Grateful Dead drummer hopes people get peace from new live album Online Rock Radio, Greece - 11 hours ago There's a new Grateful Dead live album out now, and drummer Bill Kreutzmann hopes people really get off on the vibes. The three-disc Live At The Cow Palace, ...

Chart Attack

Rogue Wave Drummer Receives New Kidney Chart Attack, Canada - 14 hours ago ChartAttack told you about Rogue Wave drummer Pat Spurgeon's need for a kidney transplant last September, and now we're happy to report that he's had one ...

Drums, Percussion, & Drummer News
January 30, 2007

Altoona Mirror

In elite company: Local drummer honing his skills in Juilliard ... Altoona Mirror, PA - 9 hours ago He’s also had a set of corporate sponsors: Ludwig Drums, Vic Firth Drum Sticks, Zildjian Cymbals, Remo Drumheads and Audix Microphones. ...

Jemez drum group garners Grammy nomination KOB-TV, NM - 22 hours ago JEMEZ PUEBLO, NM (AP) - Black Eagle, an American Indian drum group from Jemez Pueblo, has received its fourth Grammy Award nomination in six years. ...

'World's Fastest Drummer' Competition: Records Are Meant To Be ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 8 hours ago "World's Fastest Drummer" is a highly charged, interactive phenomenon and has been a feature at NAMM for the past five years. The contest consisted of two ...

ILLNATH Recruits Drummer RENO KIILERICH For Upcoming CD - Jan. 29 ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 23 hours ago "The new material will reflect the new situation we're in — new drummer and new bass player, plus almost three years since the last album was recorded," the ...

World Music Central

Ghana's 50th is also drummer Yacub Addy's 50th year as a stage artist World Music Central, India - Jan 28, 2007 It didn't occur to me until the January 26, 2007 segment of Dick Gordon's radio program "The Story" was broadcast in the US Friday, that Ghana's 50th ...

Evelyn Glennie – Percussion Spectacular HULIQ, NC - 28 minutes ago She has commissioned one hundred and thirty three new works for solo percussion from many of the world’s most renowned composers in addition to writing and ...

Drums & Drummer News
January 29, 2007

Rocktown Weekly

Not Missing A Beat Rocktown Weekly, VA - 7 hours ago African students, farm kids from Pennsylvania and local children worked together to make music with various African drums, bells and rattles. ...

Marching to the beat of the same drum Statesman Journal, OR - 2 hours ago Two thumps of the bachi, or drumsticks, on the leather head of the traditional Japanese drum and one hard tap on the wooden side make up the rhythm of the ...

Symphony's drum concert wows kids Shreveport Times, LA - Jan 28, 2007 Parents and children alike sit back and enjoy the music at the Shreveport Symphony ìBang a Drum, Feel the Beatî concert at Riverview Theater on Saturday ...

Blues drummer Chico Chism dies at 79 Tucson Citizen, AZ - 6 hours ago Drummer-singer Chico Chism, a beloved ambassador of the blues in Phoenix for two decades, died on Sunday. He was 79. ... Beloved drummer Chism dies at 79 Arizona Republic Valley blues ambassador, Chico Chism, dies AZ Central.com all 5 news articles

The Faceless Part w/ Drummer, Seek Replacement Metal Underground, MD - 9 hours ago Encino, CA metal/death metal outfit The Faceless recently parted ways with drummer Nick Pierce. Consequently, the band is in search of a replacement. ...

Entertainmentwise

Razorlight drummer picks up injury Virgin.net, UK - Jan 27, 2007 Razorlight's drummer Andy Burrows has injured his elbow - but has no idea how he did it. The musician reportedly woke up in his Munich hotel on Monday to ... Razorlight Drummer Injures His Arm AngryApe Razorlight drummer suffers bizarre injury NME.com Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows has injured his elbow whilst on ... Entertainmentwise all 4 news articles

Drew Barrymore was dumped by Fabrizio Moretti because she didn't ... PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 1 hour ago The 'Charlie's Angels' star was reported to have ended her four-and-a-half year relationship with The Strokes drummer, but his friends say it was him who ...

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