Modern Drummer Festival 2010 Lineup News

Modern Drummer Fest Lineup on May 22nd 2010, is now released.
The list includes:
Shawn Pelton (Saturday Night Live)
Stanton Moore (The Stanton Moore Trio, Galactic)
Benny Greb (extraordinary European drummer/educator)
Chris Pennie (Coheed & Cambria, Return To Earth, Fight Mannequins)
Shannon Forrest (Faith Hill, Nashville sessions)
Adam Deitch (John Scofield, Wyclef Jean)
Daniel Glass (Royal Crown Revue)
Chris Coleman (Chaka Kahn, New Kids on the Block, Bootsy Collins)

Tickets @ Montclair State NJ are going for close to $100 each. you can add the morning masterclass (limited to 150) with daniel glass and chris coleman for another thirty bucks if your wallet allows, they charge service fee of $4-5 ticket...ticketalternative.com

Percussive Arts Society PAS Weekend of Percussion in New York

PAS makes it New York with a nice lineup of percussionists, Its free and will happen over the course of the weekend. looking forward to Gordon Gottlieb, Chris Lamb, SHe-e Wu today, and the concert takes place at 7pm. And, if youre interested in going to PAS, the rumor is it is only in Indianapolis, IN now. So check this out in new york at NYU:

Hitting the Studio with Taye

Recording an album at electroluxe studio in brooklyn this weekend, looking forward to recording these new set of Tayes, the studio maple series kit has been sounding great. haven't heard resonance like this since the Ayotte early line. will have some tracks to post soon, so all can check out the results. if you have any drum samples of your studio session send them our way!

Now Who are You? ..I'm Zach Starkey, Mr. Moon gave me my first drumset

nice performance, Zach makes you feel the spirit of Keith Moon. thank you for keeping the band alive~

Vinnie knows how to play..& "smoke"

did he just "light up the drums" and a stogie in one sitting? if he was in new york he might be escorted out, good thing he's in tokyo..

Who will pay the price for Dave Weckl Drums? with diamond lugs?

Are times tough for even the "most established" drummers?

FOR SALE: WECKL BY OWNER~
here is the EBAY news"DAVE WECKL's Yamaha Chick Corea Akoustic Band Drums!
This is Dave's personal kit played on the ALIVE DVD/CD!" Bidding Starts Now.
CLICK HERE FOR Ebay Ad

Now there is some discussion from drummers weckl's old yamahas vs. buying new sonor drums or some have started a discussion: Click here to read Sources say thats the 3rd Weckl drum kit put up on ebay. anybody know what the other ones were?
click here for this ebay link

got cymbals, hey what about rivets?

Just when you thought, where can i find me some brass bosphorus rivets or some light ones? and what about ordering some nice sounding cymbals online?
Looks like cymbalsonly.com has filled a void. Good site too --
They even include a separate sound file for each cymbal! remember the days of listening to the cymbal over the phone "before you buy" from someone? well, those days are passé with this cymbal shop. (funny that i even did a few times!)

Heres some news from the cymbalonly.com site:
"A bit about us and why we're here- ..Let me first say that I love playing drums. I love cymbals. It has been a lifelong search for me to obtain the perfect equipment. In a small town, it's difficult to audition cymbals - especially ones from specialty manufacturers. I became enamored with Istanbuls many years ago when I went to music college in Boston. These discs were amazing, but were still hard to find. I wanted to become a dealer so that I could increase my exposure, and try out as many as I liked. Picking and choosing as I bought and sold. Since I also enjoy sharing what I've learned with other drummers, I thought it would be a great idea to record sound examples as inventory came in."

think drummers will come back to this site often~
- kudos