Drum Workshop Inc. (DW) announces the addition of all-new Purple Core™ hybrid drum shells to their expansive line-up of sonically customizable shell options. The shells feature a 3-ply Purpleheart core, combined with a choice of North American hard rock maple, cherry or mahogany select plies. The 9-ply shell is crafted with only a single long
In celebration of what would have been Armand Zildjian's 100th birthday, the Avedis Zildjian Company is excited to announce, that for the first time ever, it will be releasing vintage cymbals from the Zildjian family vault. This first ever family vault release features 200 hand selected genuine vintage 20” A cymbals from Armand Zildjian's personal collection. Handed down through generations of Zildjians, these cymbals were cherished by Armand during
All hail, the reigning king of low latency drum plug-in performance... Due to lockdown/C19 I have found myself doing more video work and my 2014 Mac Mini wasn't really up to the job of video editing, especially as I want to work in 4k, so I decided to look into replacing it last
If like me you weren't familiar with the name William Granville Taylor, you can easily find footage of him demonstrate some solid hand technique and advanced rudimental knowledge. He's developed this over years of playing marching snare drum, as well as kit. And, with years of teaching under his belt, we would naturally expect an
Ableton has arranged a Free Webinar on Wednesday 3rd February 2021, 19.00 GMT hosted by Joe Clegg, drummer & Musical Director for Ellie Goulding, Clean Bandit and Mumford & Sons. In the 90-minute session Joe and special guest Adam Marcello - drummer and Musical Director for Katy Perry - will discuss their take on hybrid drumming and how they use Ableton Live on stage. The webinar
British drumming legend Steve White has teamed up with Yamaha to make one of his brand-new tracks available for you to download free of charge and enjoy drumming along to. The track ‘Running’ by Haugue and White is available to download as a drumless track and Steve has put out a challenge for drummers to
Active Music Introduce Ludwig’s New Products For 2021 Active Music are delighted to present the new product offering from Ludwig Drums for 2021. Firstly, there is the addition of two new snare drums to the popular Acrolite Series; the Acro-Brass and Acro-Copper. Using Ludwig’s world-renowned unique USA shell manufacturing process, they are currently available in
Paiste Continues Signature Series Revival Nottwil, Switzerland – The renowned Swiss cymbal maker Paiste announces a new phase of Signature Series re-launches and new models. In 1989, Paiste launched the Signature Series, using a bronze alloy specifically created for cymbal sound. The sonic energy of “Signature Alloy” enabled Paiste to create cymbals with previously unknown
I’d love to say it’s not often I get given a box of cymbals to check out, but that would be a lie. However, when I get given a box of cymbals without really knowing what they are, that’s kinda fun. Now, as far as that box goes, it also contained a whole bunch of
I remember discovering Alex Cohen's work a couple of years back as I was entering this mad phase of coordination practice. I thought I had achieved some higher level of coordination after months of intense practice and then I realised after checking some of Alex's solos that... I really was nowhere! For the ones of
