Drums & Drummer News
October 19, 2007

Philadelphia Daily News

For former Dead drummer Hart, the beat goes on Philadelphia Daily News, PA - 7 hours ago Fronted by longtime Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart and his Indian tabla master pal, Zakir Hussain, along with Nigerian talking drummer Sikiru ... Project brings drums to town The Daily Collegian Online Global Drum Project worth a listen -- again and again Pittsburgh Post Gazette all 3 news articles

THREAT SIGNAL Parts Ways With Drummer, Announced Replacement - Oct ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - Oct 18, 2007 Drummer George Parfitt has left Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL in order to focus on his family life. A replacement drummer has already been found in the ...

Haitian Vodou Drumming and Dancing UCLA Asia Institute, CA - 16 hours ago Ever wonder what Vodou drumming is really about? Do dancers really get possessed? The media has put quite a spin on “voodoo”, convincing many of the dark ...

Music: She bangs the DRUM Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - 16 hours ago That, or she's still fighting the gender stereotyping that she claims kept her from playing drums in the high school band. "My dad told me, 'Drums are for ...

Guardian Unlimited

Max Roach, We Insist! Freedom Now Suite Guardian Unlimited, UK - 5 hours ago Booker Little's contrastingly incandescent trumpet solo fizzes over exhortatory drum patterns on the fast Freedom Day, and Roach's duets with a stately and ...

The beat of the drum at the Swan Worcester Standard, UK - 23 hours ago Pounding rhythms on huge taiko drums interweave with delicate bamboo flute and layers of subtle percussive soundscapes in a spellbinding display of fluid ...

Drums & Drummer News
October 18, 2007

How To: (Dis)Assemble the Rock Band Drum Kit Gaming Today, TX - 16 hours ago The video above, courtesy of MTV Multiplayer, asks the rhetorical question, “How much space does the Rock Band drum kit take up?” I’ve been wondering this ...

Bromley Times

Band in the dol-drums Bromley Times, UK - 4 hours ago "You can imagine that whoever has taken the drums will sell them on but they won't be able to use the music. And that's what matters most to us. ...

Drum Corps named 2007 Northeastern champions TownTimesNews.com, CT - 46 minutes ago The Oakville-Watertown Drum Corps are the 2007 Northeastern Champions. There were miscalculations in the tally room which led to the wrong corps getting the ...

Drum 'n' bass double act hit city Hereford Times, UK - 19 hours ago TWO of the biggest names in drum 'n' bass are set to take over Hereford this weekend. Andy C and veteran MC GQ will be at the Jailhouse on Friday night. ...

The Gathering Drummer Post Update Metal Underground, MD - 34 minutes ago "First of all, thanks so much for all the response we received concerning our upcoming DVD release 'A Noise Severe'. So many people ordered the package on ...

PAUL BOOTH: How SEPULTURA Drummer Introduced Me To Violent Joys Of ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 18 hours ago An excerpt from his latest column, dubbed "Thrashin' Ink", follows: "About six years ago, SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera invited me down to Sao Paulo, ...

Drums & Drummer News
October 17, 2007

Project brings drums to town The Daily Collegian Online, PA - 10 hours ago The Global Drum Project features Zakir Hussain, who has had a musical partnership with Hart since the early 1970s. After years of playing together in other ...

Drummer gets to show skills in solo contest Reno Gazette Journal, NV - 1 hour ago Maxwell has been playing drums since he was in elementary school. "When I was 8 years old, I heard Led Zeppelin. I heard that, and I wanted to do that," he ...

Free Drum Kit For Kontakt And Battery Sonic State, UK - 21 hours ago The 150mb Drum kit features mixable direct and ambient microphones, Drum roll emulation via the Roll Control KSP script, multiple velocity layers and ...

MORNING Announces New Drummer - Oct. 16, 2007 Blabbermouth.net, NY - 11 hours ago Dutch female-fronted metal band MORNING has announced the addition of drummer Jim van de Kerkhof (UPLIFTED, MORTON BLACK) to the group's ranks. ...

POISON Drummer To Perform With MELANIE MARTEL In Hollywood - Oct ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 9 hours ago POISON drummer Rikki Rockett will play percussion for his fiancée Melanie Martel this Thursday night (October 18) at The Stone (5221 Hollywood Blvd.) in ...

Drums & Drummer News
October 16, 2007

Julian Pavone, "The World's Youngest Drummer!", Featured in ... PR Newswire (press release), NY - 15 minutes ago ... by William Winfield III, founder of United Drumline Entertainment, who auditioned and offered a contract to the drummer when he was only 15 months old! ...

All About Jazz

Drummer Billy Cobham Interviewed at AAJ All About Jazz, PA - 2 hours ago The universe is engaged in a miraculous rhythm that is the ultimate timekeeper. Due to his pivotal role in an important new documentary film, Billy Cobham, ... Billy Cobham: Rhythm is A Sonic Mirror All About Jazz all 2 news articles

Catfish Haven Cancels CMJ Shows After Drummer's Injury CMJ.com - 17 hours ago Ryan Farnham, the band's drummer, fell into a manhole at 2:30 am Sunday morning and has been in the hospital since. According to bassist Miguel Castillo, ...

Ve3d.com

DK Barrel Blast Review Ve3d.com - 5 hours ago Drumming on the left bongo would move the jet-riding apes to the left, while drumming right moved them right. Smash down on both at once and you'd launch ...

Drumming up awarenessK-College student vows to make the ancient ... Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com, MI - Oct 13, 2007 The mridangam (pronounced mere-dan-gem) is a classical South Indian drum whose percussive rhythm system is believed to be one of the most complex of any ...

Badaboom! Symphony season begins Current, MO - 16 hours ago One of the musical pieces that will be performed is "Concerto for Timpani and Wind Ensemble" by Ney Rosauro, a percussionist, composer and educator ...

Drums & Drummer News
October 15, 2007

Drums Live III eJazzNews, Canada - 3 hours ago by Paul J. Youngman Drums Live! is a show created by Toronto drummer/educator Rob Brown. Now in its third year, this celebration of the art of drumming is ...

Power of the drum White Rock Peace Arch News,  Canada - Oct 14, 2007 As each person around the circle enters, one by one, with the unique sound of their African drums, either hitting with sticks or pounding with their palms, ... Learn how to beat on your drum all day Comox Valley Record all 2 news articles

Eid drums fall silent at Ajmer in 796 years Times of India, India - Oct 13, 2007 The blast seems to have taken the music out of the lives of everyone who live around the dargah. Shops have reopened and the beggars are back. ...

Drummer doesn't skip a beat in Q&A Towerlight, MD - 10 hours ago Sitting in the back of his tour bus, Gym Class Heroes drummer Matt McGinley calmly strummed a ukulele while he had his videogame of "Skate" on pause. ...

TROUBLE Drummer Talks Touring Plans, RETRO GRAVE Project - Oct. 14 ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 13 hours ago RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted and interview with TROUBLE/RETRO GRAVE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson. An excerpt from the chat follows: Rock My Monkey: ...

Review: Fuel performance in Flint a new beginning MLive.com, MI - 5 hours ago For its new drummer, Flint native and former Godsmack percussionist Tommy Stewart, it was a homecoming. For the band itself, it was a fresh beginning, ...

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