Category Archives: Drum/Music News

News items of note, present and past, about drummers and other musicians.

John Densmore: Random Thoughts on Drumming

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Scott K Fish

Day of the Drum by John Densmore / Founding member of The Doors – We drummers all know that our mother’s heartbeat was the first instrument we heard. As a race, we’ve all been trying to get back to that womb. … Continue reading →

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Ginger Baker on Passing of Jack Bruce

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Scott K Fish

Legendary drummer Ginger Baker pays tribute to ‘one-off’ Jack Bruce By Western Morning News  |  Posted: October 26, 2014  By Alex Diaz Speaking from a hotel in the Republic of Ireland, Baker, 75, said: “We go back a long way, … Continue reading →

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Technology Helps Aspiring Visually Impaired Musicians

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Scott K Fish

New program aids visually impaired drummer Hannah Sparling, hsparling@newarkadvocate.com NEWARK – Before, 13-year-old Josh Shady had to tote around binders full of large-print music. If a song fit on one page for his classmates, Josh, who is visually impaired, would … Continue reading →

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Drummer Mike Johnston Pioneers Online Drum Teaching

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Scott K Fish

Mike Johnston marches to his own drum in the online education industry October 10, 2014 by Kate Brosseau Mike Johnston brought the beat to Big Kansas City with a live demo of just how legit a drummer he is. Johnston … Continue reading →

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Darth Vader: Death Metal Drummer

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Scott K Fish

Kudos to the stop frame creator of this piece. Other than that, this makes me laugh. ‘Nuff said.

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