1) Be on time. 2) Know your material. 3) Have a positive and professional attitude. 4) Interact with the other musicians on stage. 5) Stay in shape. 6) Warm up and cool down.
Are you familiar with Gregg Bissonette? Yes, the versatile and happy-go-lucky drummer from California. He is one of the first call studio drummers in Los Angeles.
How do you recognize your favorite musicians? You know what they sound like, but do you also know what their hands look like, when they play? Photographer Marc Mennigmann looks at musicians’ hands in a peculiar way
Online Drum Lessons serve the spirit of the time, but do they also serve students well? The instructors at Drumeo in Canada take their students to the next level.
Tool’s Danny Carey couldn’t make it, but Vinnie Colaiuta, John “JR” Robinson and Nicko Mc Brain had a blast with the new “Paiste Monad Danny Carey Signature Ride Cymbal”.
He is a big drum fan. But Gábor Dörnyei is an excellent live and session drummer himself.
My first NAMM Show ended yesterday. What an experience! It felt like the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame had beamed over its stars to Anaheim California. It was crowded, it was loud, it was colorful, it was fun.
Limp Biskit drummer John Otto refuses to go on stage without his 3D-In-Ears.
At the NAMM Show you find a lot of queues and clusters of people. Today one queue had been extremely long. Hundreds of people were waiting in line to get their autograph from and selfie with a man called Questlove.
The following is a list of what Kai Hahto’s drum tech has to set up and pack for his gigs:
Meinl Cymbals and Pearl Drums.
I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me and I do approach the stage shows in much the same way.
David Bowie (*1947, ✞ 2016) said many things and because he didn’t consider himself as very articulate when having to express his feelings, he let his music speak for him.