Pop band Fleetwood Mac have had to cut a concert short in Nebraska by about an hour after drummer Mick Fleetwood suddenly became ill duing the set. Stevie Nicks told the crowd of about 14,000 at Lincoln’s Pinnacle Bank Arena that Fleetwood, 67, was sick backstage before the end of the 90-minute...
How do you know if there’s a drummer at your front door? A: He knocks three times then comes in late. Badoom tish! The perennial butt of countless muso-jokes, drummers have long been the source of morbidly outlandish legend, from tragicomic screen-gags about the Thamesmen’s timekeeper dying in...
My Drum Lessons is pleased to be able to offer our teachers and their students a Taiko drumming course. This is an energetic, physical and highly choreographed art form which has thrilled audiences worldwide. Originally from Japan, this traditional folk art is developing and spreading as a modern...
My Drum Lessons was saddened to hear of the death of drum legend Dallas Taylor at the age of just 66. Taylor played on Crosby, Stills and Nash’s self-titled debut album in 1969 and their follow-up a year later with Neil Young, “Déjà Vu”. Dallas died Sunday at age 66, his wife Patti McGovern-Taylor revealed...
This great drummer video shows you how to do 14 cool drum stick tricks. These drum lessons include how to to an Outward Twirl, an Inward Twirl, Fingers Twirl, Half Fingers Twirl, Conventional to Traditional, a Half Toss, a Full Toss, Inverted Wrist Catch, Stick Bounce, Toss & Catch Behind Back,...
Pink Floyd drummer has said that technology giant Apple is killing music sales and bands from making any money. Mason has said “Apple sent the music industry over to the dark side… of the moon. Be it John Mayer or U2, Apple’s always been a brand that’s both embraced — and been embraced...
Want to sound and feel like you have a huge amp stack behind you when you play drums, but no one else needs to hear it? Porter & Davies, worldwide leaders in Tactile Monitoring, are proud to announce the launch of their revolutionary KT Platform, which uses the transmission of sound by Kinetic...
Star of the new drumming film Whiplash Miles Teller has some advice for you – become a drummer! Seriously. The Fantastic Four star, who plays a talented and dedicated jazz drummer in new movie Whiplash, told us that percussionists are in high demand in muso circles. “If you have a drum...
A court battle dispute between the rock band Van Halen and drummer Alex Van Halen’s ex-wife Kelly has been settled out of court. The two sides clashed over Kelly Van Halen’s use of her married surname for her construction and interior design business. The Hollywood Reporter states that...
My Drum Lessons knows that despite all the jokes, you can’t have a good band with a bad drummer and after years of being the butt of musicians’ jokes (Q: How do you know a drummer’s at the door? A: The knocking speeds up/He doesn’t know when to come in), at last the figure...
Luke Johnson, the drummer with No Devotion, has quit the band because he was worried “he would be unable to fulfil commitments”. No Devotion were formed out of the remaining members of Lostprophets, the band that split when singer Ian Watkins was convicted of child sex offences. Matt...
Matt Dean has written many of our drum lessons and recorded several drum teacher video’s showing how to teach particular drumming skills, but now he has ventured into the crime novel as well. Drums, sex and rock ‘n’ roll with a little revengeful murder thrown in. RUN RABBIT RUN delivers...
Want to meet the best drummers in the World? Of course you do. You can meet Veronica Bellino (Jeff beck), Zigaboo Modeliste (The Meters), Rich Redmond (Jason Aldean), Van Romaine (Steve Morse Band), Trevor Lawrence, Jr. (Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder), Russ Miller (Ray Charles / Christina Aguillera), Nir...
But what a drum kit this is. There are loads of drummers around who use amazing and spectacular drum risers. We talked to Sabatons drummer Hannes Van Dahl talks about his fantastic drum riser and his inspirations around it, starting with what gave him the idea for this ambitious riser in the first...
Drum Workshop, Inc. and Fender Musical Instruments have finalized an asset sale agreement to purchase owned and licensed percussion brands including Latin Percussion, Toca, Percussion, Gretsch Drums, Gibraltar Hardware and KAT Percussion from Fender’s KMC subsidiary. Ovation Guitars, and exclusive...
