Mark Guiliana’s breakthrough to wider public awareness came last year with his intimate involvement in David Bowie’s final masterpiece, Blackstar. The always-canny Bowie came calling on New York’s edgiest, virtuoso musical experimenters, saxophonist Donny McCaslin’s quartet of Jason Lindner...
We have been asked by a top Norfolk band to find a drummer for them. Here are the drum details they gave to us – We’re an original band, got a few more songs to record for our album, already written, been nominated twice in the golden kayak awards in America for best new song of the year...
The collaboration aims to build the confidence and skills of young unemployed people in Northern Ireland who are interested in a career in the music industry. Following the launch of the Help Musicians Northern Ireland (HMNI) brand in November, the collaboration will support the NI Creative Employment...
When it comes to professional drummers in the UK, there are few capable of excelling in such a wide diversity of styles as Lardner. This includes working with Van Morrison, Kylie Minogue, Mark Knopfler, Georgie Fame, The London Concert Orchestra and the BBC Big Band.
He is also a regular fixture...
To say Frankie Tontoh has had his fingers in a fair few musical pies is doing the experienced sticksman a huge disservice. Tontoh has a simply jaw-dropping CV. Where to start? Well, how about with the reams of A-listers that he has backed up down the years. We’re talking Amy Winehouse, George Michael,...
So we’ve all had it where you show up to a gig and there’s a ‘house kit’ in the loosest of terms! Well aside from how I choose to play the kit during the gig, there are a few go-to things I do to get a good starting point for the sound and playability:
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Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini will unveil an art collection crafted from the new medium of “rhythm-on-canvas” on February 2. Mangini has been working with art team and publisher SceneFour on the collection. Join the interest list at www.mikemanginiart.com for more details and to...
UK multi-instrumentalist Georgia has released a new video for her single Feel It, which is encouraging female drummers of all ages and backgrounds to pick up a pair of sticks and play. The video features a diverse array of female drummers passionately performing on their drum kits, and Georgia is...
Phil Dubois-Coyne hasn’t played live with Revocation since sustaining a broken arm while on tour with the band in 2014, and he more or less officially parted ways with the band a year and a half ago. So what’s he been doing over the past two and a half years? This is a man we once chose as the...
I’m happy to catch you up on what’s been happening (for the past thirty-plus years, ha). We won’t go back that far, but I will fill you in on the variety of things I’ve been up to most recently. I’ve been extremely busy teaching online lessons as well as weekly spots as a satellite instructor...
The UK National Drum Fair will be bringing their very popular workshops from the show to Warwick Hall, Warwick on January 14th 2017. We are bringing 50+ practice pads to the workshop so they can be as interactive as before. You’ll get to play along side the two clinicians on the day, one of...
I’m just a lucky so and so.” Johnny Vidacovich considers himself a lucky guy. Touchstones of the brilliant drummer’s serendipitous musical journey include his life-changing acceptance into St. Aloysius High School with a full scholarship, his long, meaningful relationship with pianist/vocalist/composer...
When the news came out that Pearl Jam were entering into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame many fans had a single question: Which drummers are getting in? After all, the group had a Spinal Tap situation in their early days where five drummers sat behind the kit over a mere eight-year period.
Dave...
Former Scorpions drummer James Kottak reports that thieves have stolen more than $50,000 worth of gear from his personal storage locker. The rocker revealed the news in a series of Facebook posts Wednesday, writing “I want to thank the nasty people who broke in to my storage unit and stole a lifetime...
