Yep! That guy is carrying a whole cool electronic drum kit in that bag!
For cool drummers demanding digital and portable at the same time, Roland announces the
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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…)
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 solosTags: 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 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…)
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
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…)
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 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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