British drum manufacturer, Liberty Drums, is readying the launch of its new Olive, Birch, Cherry kit. The kit’s trio combination of Olivewood, Birch and Cherry has been engineered to offer a deep, rich tone, while the shell structure is bolstered and tone clarity enhanced with the use of birch...
Steven Adler, Guns N’ Roses drummer: June 1985 – July 1990, Guns N’ Roses Discography: Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide (1986); Appetite for Destruction (1987); G N’ R Lies (1989); Use Your Illusion II (1991) Solo Discography: Adler’s Appetite (self-titled); Adler’s Appetite, Alive; Adler,...
Choreographing a Drummer. One of the services we provide is drum coaching for films, TV, adverts and other visual media. It involves training actors who have not played drums before to look like a convincing drummer on screen. Essentially, it’s drumming ‘choreography’ – just like training...
Many new drum students ask this common question a few weeks into their lessons: “How long will it take me to learn the drums?” The answer depends on what you aim to get out of drumming. If you only want to get to grips with the basics and a few songs it might take a couple months, if you want...
Has Muse reached the end of the road with its seventh album, “Drones,” which last month earned a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Rock Album category? After 22 years, is this internationally popular English arena-rock-meets-neo-prog band abandoning albums in favor of, well, something else?...
Natalie Cole’s last studio album was 2013’s Natalie Cole en Espanol. However, the singer who died Dec. 31, 2015 at the age of 65 is also featured on fellow Grammy Award winner Terri Lyne Carrington’s current album, The Mosiac Project: Love and Soul. Released last August, the 12-track set boasts...
Although technology has made it easier than ever to record music, you still have to know the basics to create a professional sounding mix that you can be proud of. Surprisingly, it’s not about using the latest technology either, just a combination of common sense, a dash of acoustic theory and lots...
From now Porter & Davies will supply the world renowned BC2, BC2rm, BC Gigster and KT Platform direct from the UK to the USA to both dealers and end users. By focusing on direct sales channels, the company aims to reflect cost savings in the US price structures and have a relationship with every...
Jason Mackenroth, the drummer for the Rollins Band from 1998 to 2004 who went on to release two solo albums and enjoy an eight-year run with Blue Man Group, passed away at home in Henderson, NV on Sunday, January 3, 2016 after a nearly four-year battle with prostate cancer. A memorial service will...
A great sound module is at the heart of any good electronic drum kit. As the newest kit in the Roland V-Drums range, the TD-25KV is driven by the Roland TD-25 – and it’s one of the smartest modules around. If you want a quick primer on the TD-25’s onboard technology, check out these five short...
Dubbed “The Crüecifly”, Lee’s drum stunt saw him bolted to a platform that moves on a roller coaster-type track near the arena ceiling, passing the band’s inverted-pentagram lighting rig and spiked disco ball and spinning him 360 degrees vertically, rendering him upside-down....
The iconic frontman passed away on Monday (December 28) just two days after being diagnosed with “an extremely aggressive cancer”. Lemmy’s health has deteriorated in recent years and a number of festival dates were axed this summer after the singer suffered gastric distress and dehydration....
Drummers have long been the brunt of many musician jokes and have been depicted as being only slightly smarter than the drums they’re hitting, but a number of new studies show that quite the opposite may be true – the drummer may actually be the smartest musician on the stage. A Swedish...
John “Brad” Bradbury, drummer with The Specials, has died at the age of 62. The ska group reported the news: “It is with deep regret that we say goodbye to our great friend, the world’s greatest drummer, our beloved Brad. RIP.” Bradbury joined The Specials in 1979,...
Just to set the standard for 2016 we thought we would set the new year off in style! Here are some great funny drum and drummer photo’s we have seen during last year. Hopefully this will make you smile more than seeing that brand new shiny Hello Kitty kit you got last Christmas!
