I love to see it for myself – but tell all drummers about it. This mission recently brought me to drumeo in Canada. Watch how I interviewed its founder and outstanding drum educator Jared Falk.
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
Of course you know the Sanford double beat, but how about DoubleBeats? The latter is a percussion duo from Berlin, which I visited in the holy drum storage of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Driven by passion Don Lombardi founded two outstanding companies many drummers wouldn’t wanna miss: Drum Workshop and DrumChannel.
Ari Hoenig is an adventurous jazz drummer from Brooklyn USA. When we shortly met before his Munich gig, Ari showed me a bit of how he practices when on tour or simply anywhere.
Beware of a gentle man with a liking for the dark sides of music named Randy Black. He is a very precise heavy hitter, who could beat you in hockey any time.
Joe Porcaro is a legendary drummer, percussionist and educator who is still busy teaching and gigging while in his mid 80s. We met during his lunch break at LACM – I was all ears and one camera.
Guess whom I got in front of my camera at the Musikmesse?! These top drummers: Mikkey Dee, Mike Terrana, Rick Latham, Derrick McKenzie, Karl Brazil, Manni von Bohr, Wolfgang Haffner, Jost Nickel and Marko Dunjak.
Hey music lovers, do you follow my series Worldwide Drummer Keypals? As everything on here, it’s new. Up next is Sahar Shateri. Read on and find out about the life of this Iranian female drummer.
There are certain places every drummer / percussionist enjoys visiting. Walfredo Reyes Jr. introduced me to his favorite toy store: L.A. Percussion Rentals.
Walfredo Reyes Jr.