See, play, and win the new Famous Drum Company “Celebrity” single ply snare drum at the Chicago Drum Show.
Read more2021 Chicago Drum Show May 15 & 16
Good news! The 30th Anniversary Chicago Drum Show originally set for May, 2020 was delayed, and rescheduled for May 15 and 16 2021. It will be held at the Prairie Events Center of the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles Il., a suburb of Chicago. Go to Rebeats for exhibitor, ticket and policy details.
Read moreDrummers And Their Swag
And I got to thinking — there once was a time when every T-shirt I owned and every stationary object in my apartment were plastered with drum industry logos.
Read moreCovid-19 Can't Stop Dave Grohl/Foo Fighters inspired Group Therapy
In addition to Dave Grohl, mentors Bill McFadden and Rodney Pino (musicians/ bandmates, and owners of No Nuts Cymbal Sleeves), started their first session with an electrifying drum circle that transformed a room full of reticent kids into a group of laughing foot tapping, and drum beating teens.
Read moreDrumChannel.com Special Offer
Special offer from NSMD and DrumChannel.com
Read moreGeorge's Picks - NoNuts Cymbal Mounting System
This month, I’m featuring a fairly new item on the market: No Nuts Cymbal Mounting System which consists of two components; the Cymbal Sleeve and the CymRing:
Read moreStarts Today: Drumhead Live! 2 days & 20 drummers!
SATURDAY, NOV 21
Steve Gadd (solo & w/ the Steve Gadd Band)
Virgil Donati
Peter Erskine w/ the Lounge Art Ensemble
Gary Husband
Brian Frasier-Moore
Toss Panos & Satnam Ramgotra
Clayton Cameron & Jason Sutter
Pedro Segundo
Kanade Sato
SUNDAY, NOV 22
Simon Phillips (solo & w/ Protocol)
Todd Sucherman
Aquiles Priester
Victor Indrizzio w/ BIL
Dave Elitch
Senri Kawaguchi
Steve Michaud
Butch Norton & Michael Jerome
Rest in peace, Fluke Holland, drummer for Johnny Cash and Sun Records
W.S. “Fluke” Holland, longtime drummer for Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins and the original drummer in Cash’s famed Tennessee Three backing band, died Wednesday at the age of 85.
Dubbed the “Father of the Drums” by Cash, Holland died at his home in Jackson, Tennessee, following a short illness
Read moreJoe Porcaro passes away at age 90.
“The Porcaro Family is heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Patriarch, Joe Porcaro. Surrounded by his wife Eileen and his family, Joe passed peacefully in his sleep on July 6 at 11:37 PM. Please allow a few days before reaching out with phone calls and texts. Given the enormous amount of people who Joe considered family and whose lives Joe has impacted, it would be overwhelming to respond just now. Please know that we so appreciate your love, thoughts, friendship and can’t wait to celebrate his amazing life with all of you."
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Read moreInstant Download Drum Books from Hudson Music
Popular drum books are available as instant downloads from Hudson Music.
Read moreNick D’Virgilio to Release New Solo Album Invisible Featuring Members of Dream Theater, King Crimson, Supertramp, Cheap Trick, The Flower Kings & Others!
With the recording process split between the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London (including full string and brass sections) and the world class Sweetwater Studios in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Invisible boasts star turns from luminaries such as guitarists Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big), Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick) and Carl Verheyen (Supertramp), bassists Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel) and Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings, Steve Hackett), plus keyboard players Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) and Jem Godfrey (Frost*).
Read more2019 Chicago Drum Show Pics - 187 of them!
187 pics from the 2019 Chicago Drum Show!
Read moreBiff Adam, Drummer in Merle Haggard's Strangers, Dead at 83
Drummer Biff Adam, who was an integral member of Merle Haggard’s legendary backing band for four decades, and also served as the singer’s publicist and bus driver for several years, died Saturday, March 7th, after battling congestive heart failure.
Read moreNew book by TERRY SILVERLIGHT and MORRIS ‘Arnie’ LANG - "A NEW CONCEPTION"
Legendary classical percussionist and educator Morris “Arnie” Lang together with jazz/pop/fusion drummer Terry Silverlight present a unique concept of changing meters over four bars (sixteen beats) in 4/4 time.
Read moreBill Zickos, inventor of clear drums, dies at age 90
…a highly beloved drum teacher and father figure to many, drum shop owner and music publisher. In the mid to late 1960s he composed music performed by the combined Shawnee Mission high school bands and percussion ensembles at the Kansas City Chiefs halftime shows. Later he founded Zickos Drum Company which made clear drums (which he had invented) and were used by many of the world's leading rock bands. And throughout it all he would play at night clubs with some of the city's great musicians.
Read moreDelaware Drum Show This Sunday, Feb. 23/2020
Delaware Drum Show! SUNDAY FEB. 23, 2020 10 - 4 NUR SHRINE HALL 198 So. DuPont Hwy. New Castle De. 19720 $10 admission under 12 free (609) 937-0830
Read moreDrummers Tune-Up 2020, a free health and wellness program starting 1/5/20
Playing Drums is physically demanding and can take its toll on your body over time. Sticks, heads and parts can be easily replaced. Unfortunately your body requires much more preventive measures. As drummers we spend a great deal of time and money on our gear but spend little on preventive care - many times playing through the pain or dysfunction. The “Drummer’s Tune Up 2020” program is a FREE 6-week drummer-specific health & wellness program starting in January 2020.
Read moreSongs ala King: Drumming for the legendary Peggy King
There are a lot of lessons to be learned from something like this, the least being the miraculous power of music to heal, to inspire, and to bring joy, to say nothing of forcing all of us to ask just what miracles go on in a 90-year-old, show business human mind (when she forgot a lyric or two, she made up her own, and “her own” words were just perfect).
Read moreBill Bruford’s Earthworks Announce the Release of ‘Heavenly Bodies - The Expanded Collection’
Bill Bruford was the drummer with Yes and King Crimson before he moved to jazz with his band Earthworks. Heavenly Bodies – The Expanded Collection takes 23 tracks from the ‘Earthworks Complete’ Deluxe box set to present a tidy overview of the band’s 20-year history in a double CD.
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