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This blog is intended to help beginning drummers with a logical and systematic method for finding their OWN IDEAL positioning for the components of their drum kit.  The emphasis is on comfort and easy playablity and NOT "cool" looks.      Lots of beginning drummers know where the  various components are usually located when the drums are set up.  If you DO need a quick familiarization of drum terms, then here a really GOOD one that Rob (Little Drummer Boy) has crea... Read More

Anyone who plays can be called a player. Not everyone who drums is a drummer. I have met players who play drums, and even some with great chops and technique, who just don’t play with their heart. Conversely, I have spent periods in my life without playing drums for months, or even years - but I will always be a drummer. The difference is very subtle, but very significant. There is always some kind of rhythym in my head. If my fingers aren’t taping on a desk, or my foot isn’t taping on the... Read More

The Evolution of a drum Kit, By David Blampied

Generally speaking, any incarnation of my drum set is based on one foundation: the four piece drum set, snare drum, bass drum a rack and a floor tom. Ride cymbal on the right and a couple of crash's on either side. Something as close to Buddy Rich's or Gene Krupa's (Two of my earliest idols) set up as I could get. The reasons for this are simple; this was the way I was taught to set up my drums by a teacher at the age of 7 or 8, and this is... Read More

For Immediate, Rhythmic Release

Neil Peart's Progressive Percussion Proves Itself Again; Nominated “Drummer Of The Year” For A Second Time in DRUM! Magazine's Drummies 2008; Selected “Best Live Performer” As Well

San Jose, Calif – He's done it again: Neil Peart has been selected “Drummer Of The Year” in DRUM! Magazine's Drummies 2008, a prestigious reader survey contest comprised of 42 categories, conducted by Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip/drum per... Read More

I talked to Nashville session drummer, Craig Kampf at Fork’s a few days ago.  Although, like me, he is a “senior” now , he is still rocking…..still writing…..still producing….and still playing drums.  He had just played a show with the famous L. A. studio greats, the “Wrecking Crew” the week before.  He was excited because Hal Blaine had asked him to join in and play percussion with them at the show.  Craig considered it a very special honor!   Now some o... Read More

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