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Asking Stewart Copeland: Was it odd to be the most famous drummer using Orthodox grip?

Posted: May 20, 2012 in Acoustic drums, Amazing COOL drummers, Ask a drummer, Drum solos, Paiste, Tama
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Q: Was it odd to be the most famous drummer using Orthodox grip?

A: Oh no, Vinnie’s orthodox, there’s a few of us left! What I like is that the youngsters REVERE the orthodox grip, they’re full of reverence for it. I was taught from the age of nine, I am classically trained, in the drums at least, the harmony came a while later. All my technique is absolutely correct. And it really helps. I warm up with rudiments. I just find that I have a better show, if I warm up correctly, doing the correct rudiments, get my paradiddles just perfect. It’s like eating my greens! My technique is absolutely correct. (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 Workshop
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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…)

Free drumless playalong music track for drummers: Metallica – Ride the Lightning

Posted: February 5, 2012 in Drumless playalong tracks, Tama, Zildjian
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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…

Enjoy this free drumless playalong (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, Zildjian
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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, Zildjian
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Ok, so how cool was the 2012 NAMM…?

Let’s take a look at a bit of cool drum porn, shall we? (more…)