The frontman of funk and soul group the Winstons has been given a cheque for £24,000 following a fundraising camping to ensure that the band were rewarded for creating one of the most sampled loops in musical history.
You might not have heard of the Winstons, but you’ll most definitely...
My Drum Lessons are excited to announce that On November 18th at 20:10 GMT for an exclusive live stream of the Steve Gadd Band at the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. Featuring legendary drummer Steve Gadd in the engine room, with Larry Goldings on keys, Jimmy Johnson on bass, Michael Landau on guitar...
Avenged Sevenfold have announced that drummer Brooks Wackerman has joined the band. Hailing from Long Beach, California, Wackerman was the main drummer for Bad Religion for more than 15 years and also played with Tenacious D for the last 10 years. He has also played with blink-182, Mass Mental with...
My Drum Lessons friend Carmine Appice and New York 60’s hitmaker, vocalist Dean Parrish have reunited after 50 years to record a new 7 song EP of 60’s soul music, commonly known as Northern Soul music. Aptly titled “Northern Soul – I’m On My Way”, the EP will be released...
THE CONTINUUM is Looking for an experienced drummer based in London. To be considered please send a small bio, 1-2 songs and a video, also send your My Drum Lessons profile page if you have one. The band said ‘We are working with...
A year after releasing the all-star project “My Kind O’ Lovin’” producer and composer Milen Vrabevski returns to fulfill, as earlier claimed, his promise and ambition with Intelligent Music Project III – “Touching the Divine”. The new album features session legends Simon...
As a drum teacher, I get requested many times to answer who my favorite drummers are. I usually answer with Stewart Copeland of the Police and Chad Smith of the Chili Peppers. The actual real reply, though is Led Zeppelins John Bonham. I don’t think he must always be said first however John...
QUILL is a well-established, 7-piece country/folk/rock band based in Birmingham, England, from the same stable as ELO, Black Sabbath, The Moody Blues, Led Zeppelin, Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac) and more, have been wowing audiences for many years. In the past, all of these musicians played in and...
Even if you write and perform the most original, technically challenging, and ear-pleasing music out there, it will mean nothing if you don’t have fans. Promotion is a huge part of being in a band, especially when you are taking part in a competition like Battle of the Bands. Learn how to get your...
The new Drummer in The Darkness Emily Dolan Davies has quit the band, after only joining earlier this year. Emily made her live debut on 6 March but is already departing to pursue “new projects”. The group said in a statement: “We part ways with fond farewells. Emily played a huge...
The audience at a Green Day concert got a special surprize during a gig. The band got their first drummer up to perform 3 songs with them.They where then inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In anticipation, the band played an intimate gig for fans at Cleveland’s House of Blues on Thursday...
The band ‘Awake By Design’ are looking for a semi-professional drummer to fill the position within their already well established group. They are a symphonic/ melodic metal band due to release their second album within the next couple of months and looking to tour with a committed drummer....
My Drum Lessons has been informed that in a brand new interview, Ringo Starr has expressed regret that the Beatles didn’t reunite before the death of John Lennon in 1980. Drummer Starr revealed that the individual band members had discussed the possibility of reuniting, but never got around...
Richard Finnell, Shiva’s Headband drummer, has unfortunately died at the age of 69. Finnell, who played drums with the psychedelic rock band Shiva’s Headband in the late ’60s died Saturday, Feb. 21, at his home in Austin. Born in McAllen, Finnell graduated from the University of Texas...
Drummer Mike Portnoy stirred up a massive debate after severely criticizing a UK hospital for not offering him adequate service. Mike’s initial Facebook post reads: “A very special NO THANKS to the staff at the Whittington Hospital for NOT seeing me regardless of telling them that there...
