Latin Percussion (LP) is delighted to announce its new podcast series, We Are Rhythm, starting on Tuesday April 9th, 2019. The We Are Rhythm podcasts are hosted by multi-talented percussionists Joey De Leon and Jhair Sala. They will explore the essence of Latin music culture through a series of conversations with some of the most talented percussionists, drummers, multi-instrumentalists, bandleaders and producers around
Latin Percussion (LP) recently celebrated more than half a century as the largest hand percussion brand in the world by hosting a second Rhythm Jam concert at the world famous Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in London. Special guests at the event were Grammy Award-winning percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo and Jamiroquai’s Sola Akingbola with his band, Critical Mass. LP’s Brand
Terry Bozzio, Simon Phillips and Luke Holland headline Thomas Lang’s 7th Annual Big Drum Bonanza 5-Day Drum Camp Scheduled for July 17th – 21st in Thousand Oaks, California Drummer/producer Thomas Lang (stOrk/Paul Gilbert), has announced the Big Drum Bonanza 2019 (#BDB2019) July 17th– 21st at the Palm Garden Hotel in Thousand Oaks, California. Drummers of all ages, levels and styles are invited to join Thomas Lang and special
The Drummer In You by Bobby Deitch is a ground-breaking, innovative, easy method for learning how to play the drum set. The book does not use standard rhythmic notation, but will have any drum enthusiast playing the coolest rock beats before you know it. The book focuses on playing many of the more popular rock beats
Rhythmic Imagination: Brazilian Rhythms Coordination Studies, by Ramon Montagner, seeks to help students develop the aptitude for the execution of rhythms, and ascend some steps further in the sense of rhythmic independence. The method is based on his extensive use and experimentation of his own material with students for over a decade, inspired by the
Perhaps there's another reason for those weirdly set up kits... Electronic kits have one unique ability – in the words of the great Bill Bruford, talking on Rockshool back in the early 1980's about his electronic kit “Any pad can be any thing, at any time”. And that go me thinking... I once
Last week Zildjian invited a few members of their Zildjian GBI family to a little meet up in London for an Artist Session. Players such as Mikey Sorbello, Richard Brook, Darby Todd, Kev Whitehead, Steve White, Andy Gangadeen, Kaz Rodriguez, Simon Hanson, Bob Knight, Ash Soan, Colin Woolway, Cherisse Osei, Emily Dolan Davies, Steve Barney,
The Royal College of Music (RCM) Festival of Percussion 2019 returns on Sunday 5 May. Internationally-renowned drummer Tommy Igoe headlines a full day of performances, talks and workshops for audiences of all ages. Now in its ninth year, the RCM Festival of Percussion is an established highlight of the UK percussion calendar. Alongside Ronnie Scott’s
Stewart Copeland will be bringing his ‘Lights Up The Orchestra’ concert to the UK for March ’19 dates. The performance will be a celebration of the legendary drummer’s musical career. Along with other band members, sticksman Copeland formed The Police in 1977. The rock trio went on to become one of the most internationally successful
Acoustic instruments are marvellous things – we hit them, stroke them, caress notes out of them, and they never swear at us or refuse to make a noise (of some sort, not necessarily the noise we want though). They continuously react with their surroundings (clap your hands with your foot pressing down on the sustain
