http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2012/01/gregg-potter-with-the-buddy-rich-big-band/

The Drummer Stand provides:

• Drum Students – comfortable, efficient tool to improve their practice routine.

• Drum Instructors – mechanism to upgrade their teaching studio environment.

• Studio Drummers – perfect way to view drum charts.

• Big Band Jazz Drummers – direct sightline to the conductor.

The Drummer Stand also attaches easily to other devices like microphone stands, providing the functionality of a full music stand while minimizing visual interference for the audience.

“I designed this stand out of necessity to help my students learn to read music. Little did I know how “cool” they would find it. It couldn’t work better.”

Andy Ziker – professional drummer, teacher, and author (Drum Aerobics and Daily Drum Warm-Ups)

Drumset book collaborations with Roy Burns:

1.  Solo Secrets Of The Left Hand And Bass Drum (February 2012)

Techniques of Roy and Buddy Rich explained.  Includes DVD of Roy’s last drumset clinic.

2.  Creative Drumset Workbook (April 2012)

Shows players how to create interesting drumset solos from written-out snare drum music.  12 snare dum solos, 18 drumset solos, plus warm-up studies.

3.  Relaxed Hand Technique (June 2012)

The most complete instructive book you will see to help you develop your optimal technique with speed, power, finesse, and total relaxation.

TRY Publishing proudly announces the release of Drumset for Preschoolers: A Guide for Teachers/Parents of 2 to 6 Year-Olds. This book has been specially designed by drummer/teacher/inventor Andy Ziker to extend the life of the mini-drumset through a unique, fun, and easy teaching method.

Drumset for Preschoolers is compatible with all brands of junior drumkits and will also work with the plastic drum peripheral that comes with the Rock Band video game. The book uses a color-coded notation system and is accompanied by a page of colored identification stickers. The book also includes valuable information on the following:

• Drumset assembly instructions
• How to quiet down the drums
• Protecting the hearing of your little one
• Picking out drumsticks
• How to hold the sticks and use the pedals

Drumset for Preschoolers involves these early childhood, music, and drumming skills and concepts (and many more…).

• The Alphabet
• Counting
• Soft to loud
• Slow to fast
• How to read music notation
• Simple Rock Beats

Free supplemental video content will soon be available at www.prodrumshop.com and www.andyziker.com. These short clip will provide key insight for teachers and parents without musical training.

Drumset for Preschoolers is an amazing deal at $16.95. For more information, contact TRY Publishing at 323-469-6285 or info@prodrumshop.com (or inquire at your local music store).

Drummer, Alicia Warrington, has joined Kelly Ogden and Luis Cabezas, in their Los Angeles-based Pop / Punk trio, The Dollyrots.

The band has released three full length albums (Eat My Heart Out, Because I’m Awesome and A Little Messed Up) and several singles and EPs through the Lookout, Blackheart, and Brando record labels. In addition, The Dollyrots’ music has earned them song placements, commercials, and acting stints in television shows including Hewlett-Packard, Kohls, CSI:NY, ABC Family’s Greek, Ugly Betty, Vampire Diaries, The Price is Right, Easy A, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, Reaper, and Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, among others.

Over the past 10 years, The Dollyrots have worked with a number of well-known producers including John Fields (Andrew WK, Pink), Chris Testa (Jimmy Eat World, Dixie Chicks), Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Faith No More), Sylvia Massy (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool), and Neal H. Pogue (Outkast, Travis Barker.)

For The Dollyrots, 2012 is gearing up to be their best year yet as they head back into the studio to record their fourth full length album independently and with John Fields, producer of “Eat My Heart Out” and “Because I’m Awesome.” The album is in large part being funded by fans through a Kickstarter crowdsourcing project that has thus far doubled initial fundraising expectations. Coming off a strong year of touring and recording the band is anxious to expand their horizons and build on what they’ve accomplished with a new album supported by their fans.

UPCOMING SHOWS:

12.01.11 Bar Pink – San Diego. CA

12.02.11 The Hut – Tucson. AZ

12.03.11 Club Red – Tempe. AZ

http://www.facebook.com/OfficialAliciaWarrington

http://www.dollyrots.com

Gabe Ford is drumming for the band “Little Feat” and is the newest member of the Aquarian family. Welcome aboard Gabe!!!

Toss Panos (Robben Ford, John Scofield)

Steve Di Stanislao (David Gilmour, Crosby & Nash)

Jimmy D’Anda (The Bullet Boys)

Sean Winchester (Everclear)

Alex Solca (amazing photographer) and Dusty Watson (Agent Orange Dick Dale)

Nat Scott

Michael Duffy

Nick Mason (PrimEvil Percussion) and Rob Hammersmith (Skid Row)

Roy Burns

Sinclair Lott and Peter Buck

Ben Graves (Murder Dolls, Pretty Boy Floyd)

Roy Burns, Jon Mattox and Stevie D

Roy Burns and Chris Moore (Dilana)

From left to right:

Mike Bennett, Michael Duffy, Nick Mason, Gabe Diaz, Stevie D,

Sean Winchester(seated), Chris Brady, Ron Marquez, Roy Burns,

Jamie Harris, Nat Scott and Toss Panos.

Steve Hatfield Drum Clinic

www.stevehatfield.com

Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7:00

Midwest Drum & Percussion

2228 East Douglas Avenue

Wichita KS 67214

316-265-3070

“The Century Project is the culmination of a journey begun a dozen years ago, when I started researching the evolution of the drums and the way we play them. Through my research, I came to a startling conclusion: if we understand more about the drum set, we can understand the origin of every style of popular music we play and listen to today: jazz, rock, blues, hip-hop, funk, reggae, etc. To learn more about my research, click here.

Over time, I took all this research and turned it into a clinic presentation. The clinic takes audiences on a 100-year thrill ride, from 1865 at the end of the Civil War right up to 1965 and the dawn of the British Invasion. It shows how drums and pop music evolved hand-in-hand, and how, by 1965, the drumming blueprint that we still follow to this day had been cemented.

In turning The Century Project into a DVD, my goal is to create a compelling, multi-media, interactive, lecture/performance that takes the typical (dare I say “boring”) conception of “history,” and turns it on its ear. As in my clinics, I aim to create a world that helps modern musicians realize just how much they have in common with their forebearers . . . a world that shows how the pioneers of the past “rocked” just as hard as rock stars of today”.

For the last two years, I’ve been actively working with DrumChannel.com to bring The Century Project to life. In order to make my vision a reality, however, I need to raise $12,000, just over half the funds necessary to produce the DVD. If I’m able to raise that amount here on Kickstarter, DrumChannel has agreed to kick in an additional $10,000, allowing us to start production in early 2012.

How you can help:

To support our Kickstarter campaign, and learn more about the amazing list of incentives we’re offering, just click the Green “Back the Project” Button to the right!

If you get a minute, please take a few minutes to spread the word through Facebook, Twitter, or with a quick e-mail to a few friends. Please include the following link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danielglass/the-century-project-100-years-of-music-evolution

If you have any questions about the project, about the incentives, about drums or music in general, please don’t hesitate to contact me via the “send message” link at the top of this page.

Thanks so much for your help in bringing The Century Project to life!

Daniel Glass