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Friday, November 8, 2013

★PASIC 2014 - NOVEMBER Schedule Update

Its here again! "The Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) is the largest percussion event in the world featuring over 120 concerts, clinics, master classes, labs, workshops, panels and presentations."
Too many drummers in one place! Not a bad thing.
Theres many interesting world music clinics in store from our NYC drummers/percussionists.

Music from around the globe is being represented. See you there!




WED NOV 13 - 16th 2014
heres the link for the daily schedule:





Friday, May 31, 2013

★Today is bonzo day + John Henry Bonham 5/31

Today is bonzo day! + John Henry Bonham born May 31, 1948. Cool bonzo bash last night in NYC.  the classic teachers and educators in the house: Carmine Appice, Rod Morgenstein, Bobby Rondinelli, Joe Franco, and Jojo Mayer, Van Romaine.. how do they all stay young!
check out the custom bonham kit (by Natal).

★Drumbloggin' on NBC!

Balkan Stomp rocks opening scene on NBC this month. Check out the setup for NBC's Law & Order SVU. Yamaha Drums w/ Roland electronics, Ableton Live, Frame drums and doumbek.

Friday, March 29, 2013

Robert Zildjian Remembered: The Art of Sabian Cymbals


Condolences to RZ's family and to the Sabian family. You have brought much joy to the community & continuous support for educational events.

The Sabian legacy lives on!  GlobalDrumDay.com in nyc began with the brotherhood of Sabian artists. We brought together Arnie Morris Lang, Dafnis Prieto, Vin Scialla and Swiss Chris for the Day.  The next 2013 GlobalDrumDay event will pay Tribute to RZ of Sabian in NY. Stay tuned~

Links:

Sabian Cymbal guestbook:
http://www.sabian.com/en/rz/all

Article on RZ / Sabian:
http://www.mmrmagazine.com/7525/news/trade-regrets-bob-zildjian/


drummerworld discussion board - Sabian


Wash Post Article on Robert Zildjian

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Generations of the BEAT Fest in NYC


          check it out in east village 3/23-24!
       and Wed 2/20 in west village Snehasish & Sound of Mandolin  @55Bar.com 7-9pm
http://youtu.be/mcGcLa5JdJA

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Percussion Weekend - KOSA


GlobalDrumDay 2013 coming soon!

Drumblogs & Drumteacher are gearing up for GlobalDrumDay 2013.
This will be a holiday for drummers to celebrate rhythm & drumming. Why have we waited this long to have an official drum holiday? good question. We hope to connect with cities across the US to host this holiday in their hometown. email: info@drumteacher.com and find out how to get involved. we have interest in sponsors and media for this event -more details soon.