I have written a short piece in this issue about Charlie Watts and how he inspired and influenced me. A friend of mine, Jim Basile, said “Charlie Watts was the Mel Lewis of Rock. I can give no higher compliment. For those of you familiar with Mel Lewis, you'll understand completely. For those of you unfamiliar with Mel, you NEED to be.”
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-Arnie Lang passes
-New England Drum Show postponed
-Summer of Soul a must see
-We are selling back issues of Classic Drummer/Vintage Drummer magazine
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Not much news to report from me personally other than my new obsession with rare Gretsch Renown 57 drums. You know the ones; they come in red, blue and black 57 Chevy colors with a white chevron that is trimmed in chrome. I
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Tidbits and morsels from that rascal sage, prophet and soothsayer, George Lawrence
Read moreTootin' my own horn - recent recording and video by the FreeWorld Band and our Memphis friends
Me on drums and a whole lot of other folks of different stripes showing how the melting pot in Memphis gets along - through music.
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Monthly musings
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Welcome to new DrumSellers.com retailer and manufacturers - Explorer’s Percussion, Siers Practice Pad for Brushes, and No Nuts Cymbal Sleeves/Sizzle Nuts/Cymrings. Welcome to new writer, Jim Pettit of Memphis Drum Shop.
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Pearls of wisdom and other worthless jewelry from the editor of this magazine.
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So, I just received an email notice from Reverb.com about their selling fee increase from 3.5% to 5% on August 4, 2020. If you weren’t aware of it, Reverb was sold to Etsy for 275 million a year ago.
Read moreLife's Little Drumming Lessons - Constantly Re-Inventing One's Self in the Drumming Business
I was 63 and not happy about my life or career. I sat out on my back deck one afternoon to have a long talk with myself about how I wanted to spend the next phase of my life. I needed to re-invent myself again – and it needed to be a major re-invention.
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Pearls of wisdom from that rascal sage, George Lawrence.
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Hi, from my bunker in Memphis TN. during this time of “Corona virus bullets flying and no one is bullet proof”.
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OK this is a long one - I have plenty of time to write and you probably have plenty of time to read if all of your gigs and rehearsals and students have cancelled like mine. :-)
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Words of wisdom from that rascal sage, George Lawrence
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From editor George Lawrence - November 2019 issue of Not So Modern Drummer
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New advertisers In the October 2019 issue! Hudson Music, Nomad Cases, and Slug Percussion.
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I love hearing drummers’ “origin stories”. We all have one; that story that we tell over and over again about the first time we played a drum, or watched someone else play a drum or a drum set that inspired us and gave us the “drum fever”. This is mine.
Read moreParUmPaPumPum Charity and Museum is now a registered charity →
Parumpumpumpum Charity and Museum has filed with the State of Tennessee and the IRS to be a 501 C3 registered charity which means we will now be able to give receipts for tax-deductible donations. The other big news is that the drum Museum is looking for a building in Memphis. The donations of instruments is increasing and outgrowing the NSMD office.
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Life's Little Drumming Lessons: Some random thoughts that are slowly coagulating into a book I hope to publish one day.
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This is the July 2019 issue, even though it’s being sent in early August. I have a good excuse for why this issue is late: I took a long vacation in late July and ….
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