Q: Do you feel any pressure when recording to make an album as commercially successful as your previous one?
A: After Dave Navarro left the band and John came back, no one really knew what was going to happen. We just started making (more…)
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Asking Chad Smith: Do you feel any pressure when recording to make an album as commercially successful as your previous one?
Posted: June 12, 2012 in Acoustic drums, Amazing COOL drummers, Ask a drummer, Pearl, SabianTags: Bass drum, Chad Smith, Cymbal, Drum kit, drummer, Hi-hat, Music, Pearl, Pearl Drums, pressure, recording, recording drums, Recordings, Red Hot Chili Peppers, RHCP, Snare drum, stress, studio
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Asking Mike Mangini: How about a complete break down of all of your Dream Theater touring drum kits?
Posted: April 8, 2012 in Acoustic drums, Amazing COOL drummers, Ask a drummer, Drum porn, Pearl, ZildjianTags: Bass drum, Cymbal, double bass, double bass drum, Dream Theater, DreamTheater, Drum kit, drum porn, drummer, gigantic drum kits, gigantic drums, Hi-hat, John Petrucci, Mike Mangini, Mike Portnoy, Pearl, Pearl Drums, Snare drum
Q: How about a complete break down of all of your Dream Theater touring drum kits?
A: I’m using either a Pearl Reference Pure kit or a Pearl Masterworks kit. The two 22″ center bass drums are identical in size in order to play typical double bass patterns and to be able to play single kick patterns with either foot. And sometimes I want to free (more…)
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…)
Asking Todd Sucherman: What are the most important technical aspects to know as a drummer?
Posted: January 27, 2012 in Acoustic drums, Amazing COOL drummers, Ask a drummer, Drum porn, Pearl, SabianTags: Arts, Bass drum, Cymbal, double bass, double bass drum, Dream Theater, DreamTheater, Drum kit, drum porn, drummer, drums, gigantic drum kits, gigantic drums, Hi-hat, John Petrucci, Mike Mangini, Mike Portnoy, Music, Pearl, Pearl Drums, Percussion, Snare drum
Q: What, in your opinion, are the most important technical aspects to know as a drummer?
A: It’s important to really understand that technique is only a means to an end. I’ve heard that phrase over the years but the older I get, the truer it seems to ring. Everything we learn as a drummer from the (more…)
Drum porn: NAMM 2012 – All the buzzing videos…
Posted: January 25, 2012 in Acoustic drums, Alesis, Cymbals, Drum porn, dw - Drum Workshop, Evans, Gretsch, Ludwig, Mapex, Meinl, Paiste, Pearl, Premier, Sabian, Sonor, Tama, UFIP, Yamaha, ZildjianTags: Alesis, Behringer, Dixon, Gibraltar, GMS, Gretsch, Istanbul, Istanbul Cymbals, Mapex, Meinl, Molecules drums, NAMM, namm 2012, NAMM Show, Nicko McBrain, Paiste, Pearl, Roland, SJC drums, Snare drum, Sonor, Soultone, TAMA, yamaha, YouTube, zildjian
Yesterday was a day for pictured ‘drum-porn’. Today, let’s get some sounding action! (more…)
Drum porn: NAMM 2012 – drums, cymbals and every thing we ‘beat in’
Posted: January 24, 2012 in Acoustic drums, Cymbals, Drum porn, dw - Drum Workshop, Gretsch, Hardware, Ludwig, Paiste, Pearl, Premier, Sabian, Sonor, Tama, UFIP, Yamaha, ZildjianTags: anaheim, craviotto, Dixon, drum, drum photos, drum porn, drums, foot drum, Gretsch, joyful noise, Music, Musikmesse, NAMM, namm 2012, NAMM Show, outstanding drum pics, Paiste, photos, pictures, Sabian, Snare drum, Sonor, TAMA, trick, yamaha, zildjian
Asking Joey Jordison: Did you have any relative who turned you on to all the music you’re into?
Posted: January 15, 2012 in Acoustic drums, Amazing COOL drummers, Ask a drummer, Paiste, PearlTags: Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, drum warm up, drumming, drums, Guitar, interview, Joey Jordison, mask, match grip, Metallica, Mott The Hoople, Murderdolls, Music, no mask, Orthodox, orthodox grip, Paiste, paradiddle, Pianist, question, Rolling Stones, Rudiment, Slipknot, TAMA, Tama drums, warm up
Q: You’re a pretty young guy. Did you have any relative who turned you on to all the good music you’re into?
A: I’m the oldest in my family, so my parents got me into music. Instead of sitting me in front of the TV when I was young, they would sit me in front of the record player and play Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Rolling Stones, Mott The Hoople, all those bands. From the time I was five years old, I was (more…)
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