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Amazing cool drummers: Playmobeat drum trio

Posted: February 11, 2013 in Amazing COOL drummers, Drum solos, Time for a cool Laugh
Tags: acoustic drums, amazing drummer, beat, BEST drum solo, comedy, Drum kit, drum porn, drum solo, Drum solos, drum trio, Drum Workshop, drummer, Germany, Percussion, play, Playmobeat, stand, stand up, stand up comedy, street, street drum, street drummer, street drumming

drumcool.com - 2013-02-11 playmobeat drum trio from Germany (stand up comedy)

There is an astonishing drum trio that is making some real noise on the social media around the globe… They come from southern Germany and call themselves ‘Playmobeat’, and man, they sure know how to make a show on drums…
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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
Tags: 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…)

Grooves from the past: Daniel Rodriguez – Guitar Center’s Drum Off 2006 Champion

Posted: April 22, 2012 in Amazing COOL drummers, Drum Grooves from the Past, Drum solos
Tags: 2006, Bass drum, champion, cymbals, Daniel Rodrigues, Drum grooves from the past, Drum Off, drum solo, Funk, grooves from the past, Guitar Cente's Drum Off, Guitar Center, Latin, Music, Percussion, Snare drum, Tito Puente

Well, not so much time has passed, we know… 2006 was ‘yesterday’ but some groovers must be reminded and never forgotten! With some close attention to his solo, we feel a bit of the classic Tito Puente‘s (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
Tags: 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…)

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, Zildjian
Tags: 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

Dave McClain Machine Head (Rotterdam 2009)

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…)