Let’s play what we like most! This time, we ask Tommy Aldridge to jump out of his great Yamaha drum kit and let us sit on his stool and play along with his band mates…
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Free drumless playalong music track for drummers: Whitesnake – Still of the Night
Posted: March 4, 2012 in Drumless playalong tracks, Paiste, Yamaha, ZildjianTags: along, Cymbal, cymbals, david coverdale, drum, drum track, drumless, drumless track, drummer, drummers, drums, Music, music for drummers, play, play drums, playalong, Song, still of the night, tommy aldridge, track, whitesnake
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Time for a cool laugh: “The Polynesian nightmare” – A cool ‘drum workshop’ for a cool drum laugh…
Posted: February 17, 2012 in Acoustic drums, Amazing COOL drummers, Cymbals, Time for a cool LaughTags: cool laugh, cymbals, drum, drum cool, drum joke, drumcool, drumcool.com, drums, flam, Fred Armisen, groove, hannemann, Jenns Hannemann, joke, laugh, modulation, Snare drum, virtual workshop, workshop
Cool cymbal news: Zildjian announces its new cymbals for 2012
Posted: February 12, 2012 in Cool new gear, Cymbals, Outstanding drum news, ZildjianTags: 2012, A Custo, Avedis, Avedis Zildjian Company, Constantinople, Crash Cymbal, Cymbal, cymbals, K Custom, K cymbals, K Zildjian, Ride cymbal, zildjian
Zildjian announces 2012 as a big year for cymbal fans while creating brand-new techniques to incorporate into new products. The new Sound Lab features Zildjian’s R&D Director, Paul Francis, playing each of Zildjian’s new cymbals and also giving a bit of background on the development process.
Recorded with high-end audio equipment, the Sound Lab Videos offer the (more…)
Asking Stewart Copeland: How do you tune your drums?
Posted: February 10, 2012 in Acoustic drums, Amazing COOL drummers, Ask a drummer, Drum solos, Outstanding drum news, Paiste, Tama, Virtual WorkshopTags: Andy Summers, Bass drum, drum tunning, drums, Jeff Beck, Music, Paiste, Percussion, Snare drum, Stewart Copeland, TAMA, Tama drums
Q: How do you tune your drums?
A: Until the thing’s about ready to pop. Because I discovered two things – first, the response is much better. And also, when you have the drums tuned to a high pitch, there’s still in that sound a lot of low end. Your ear responds to the high end, but the low end is still in there, and since it still exists, through equalisation of the PA you can can roll off a lot of the high end and roll on a lot of bass, and you can get that thick boom, but still have that attack, that cut. (more…)
Gretsch Introduces the G Series GS1 and GS2
Posted: February 8, 2012 in Acoustic drums, GretschTags: acoustic drums, drum gear, drums, gibraltar hardware, Gretsch, gretsch drums, gs1 and gs2, new drum gear
Style meets simplicity with the new entry level Gretsch G Series. Featuring a distinctive chrome badge, Gretsch quick-sized toms and Gretsch easy-to-position double tom holder, the new feature-packed drum kits are perfect for the first time buyer.
These new G-Series Drum kits not (more…)
Free drumless playalong music track for drummers: Metallica – Ride the Lightning
Posted: February 5, 2012 in Drumless playalong tracks, Tama, ZildjianTags: along, Cymbal, cymbals, drum, drum track, drumless, drumless track, drummer, drummers, drums, Lars Ulrich, Metallica, Music, music for drummers, play, play drums, playalong, Ride the Lightning, track
Let’s play what we like most! This time, we ask Lars Ulrich to jump out of his great Tama drum kit and to let us sit on his stool and play along with his band mates…
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Cool new drum gear: Pearl announces Daniel Erlandsson signature snare drum
Posted: February 3, 2012 in Acoustic drums, Cool new gear, PearlTags: Arch Enemy, custom drums, Daniel Erlandsson, drum, drum shell, drums, Music, Pearl Drums, Percussion, shell, Snare drum, Supernova
Pearl Drums announces the limited edition of the Daniel Erlandsson (Arch Enemy) signature snare drum.
In a 14x 5.5” beadless stainless steel Snare Drum, with (more…)
Great new drumming products: Ahead Armor drum cases
Posted: February 1, 2012 in Cool new gear, HardwareTags: Ahead, ahead cases, Ahead drumsticks, Bass drum, bass drums, custom earplugs, Cymbal, cymbals, drum, drum cases, drum gear, Drum kit, drum products, drummers, drums, drumsticks, Earplug, earplugs, hardware, molded earplugs, Music, noise reduction rating, suspension mounts, tom drum, true shape
Asking Dave McClain: How did you develop your speedy double bass drum technique?
Posted: January 30, 2012 in Acoustic drums, Amazing COOL drummers, Ask a drummer, Drum solos, Yamaha, ZildjianTags: Andy Summers, Bass drum, Dave McClain, double bass drum, Drum kit, drum tunning, drums, Floor tom, Music, Percussion, single strokes, Snare drum, stroke rolls, Tama drums
Q: How did you develop you double bass drum technique?
Dave McClain: “I practice a lot just by myself. When we’re home, I practice at least three days a week, usually four or five. I’ll play our songs or geek out and play solos or just work on things. I’ve had this double bass breakthrough in the last couple of years. I started doing heel-toe doubles on the kick drum. On our last Machine Head album, Rob wanted me to (more…)
Cool drumming DVDs: Neil Peart – Taking Center Stage DVD
Posted: January 29, 2012 in Amazing COOL drummers, Books and Videos, Drum porn, dw - Drum Workshop, Outstanding drum news, Sabian, Virtual WorkshopTags: Center Stage, custom drums, cymbals, drum, drum shell, drum solo, Drum Workshop, drums, DVD, dw, dw drums, E-book, Footage, Moving Pictures (album), Music, Neil, Neil Peart, review, RUSH, Rush (band), Sabian, Sabian cymbals, shell, Snare drum, video, virtual workshop, workshop
Neil Peart sure knows how to rush a cool drum groove anatomy in his drum solos. In this new DVD, following on from his two previous offerings which dealt with being in the studio and then building a drum solo, deals with how he prepares for live performance.
Described by Hudson Music as “The most in-depth insight into (more…)
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