The recent move by Sabian to drop its Vault Series does not mean the many innovative cymbal models in Vault are going away. Rather, they have been rebranded as AAX, HHX, AA or HH. (more…)
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Cool cymbal news: Sabian rebrands Vault crashes to expand AAX line
Posted: August 2, 2012 in Cool new gear, Cymbals, Outstanding drum news, SabianTags: AAX, Crash Cymbal, Cymbal, cymbals, Dave Weckl, drums, Hi-hat, K Zildjian, Music, Neil Peart, Percussion, Ride cymbal, Sabian, Vault, Vault Series
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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
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…)
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, TamaTags: drum warm up, drumming, drums, interview, match grip, Orthodox, orthodox grip, Paiste, paradiddle, question, Rudiment, Stewart Copeland, TAMA, Tama drums, warm up
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 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…)
Time for a cool laugh: Vinnie Colaiuta says ”hello’ to his fans in a cool gig with Sting (playing Paiste Cymbals?)
Posted: March 23, 2012 in Acoustic drums, Amazing COOL drummers, Cymbals, Gretsch, Outstanding drum news, Paiste, Time for a cool LaughTags: Avedis Zildjian Company, cool laugh, Cymbal, cymbals, drum, drum cool, drum joke, drumcool, drumcool.com, drums, flam, groove, laugh, Music, Paiste, Snare drum, Sting, Vinnie, Vinnie Colaiuta, virtual workshop, workshop, YouTube, youtube leaks, youtube video leak
Ok, once again, it’s time for a cool drum laugh!
Right know, what we have here is a cool video captured by a Vinnie Colaiuta fan when (more…)
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
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…
Enjoy this free drumless playalong (more…)
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…)
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…
Enjoy this free drumless playalong (more…)
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