tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72854523655048482152012-01-15T22:53:40.185+01:00A weblog about drumming. Here you can find pictures, videos and reviews concerning drums and music.Shuffle Groovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08952770067429912226noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285452365504848215.post-45398656753924964732009-04-26T16:19:00.003+02:002009-04-26T16:31:28.226+02:00

It was quite a long time since I had noticed that black, half-wrecked snare drum on the floor of the reharsal room, but it was just few months ago when the owner announced he was going to live in Australia that I asked him if I could take the thing home and try to restore it.I knew before starting that it was going to be a desperate try becouse the snare, a Tamburo stave shell, had been treated

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Welcome to the second part of my "Weird drums from the past" section.In the previous part I've been talking about North Drums and here I'll take care of another great brand of the past:TRIXON DRUMSKarl Weimer, founder of Trixon, started his own business in 1956 in Hamburg, Germany.His company lived through the next two decades and achieved good popularity both in europe and the USA.Trixon

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PART ONE (Hand Technique)For guys like me, who don't have the time or money or what else to take regular drum lessons with a teacher, educational videos are a great tool to get some vital information about how to play the instrument.Many great drummers have made one or more educationals, focusing on different issues, but of course being a great drummer doesn't necessarily mean being a great

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In about a century of modern drum making many skilled craftsmen have dedicated their lives to the developing of the technical aspects of the instrument we play.Until now, only minor changes (like double pedals and tom suspension systems to name a few) have been accepted by the drummers community and the drumsets have retained their usual basic structure.During the past fifty years, some people

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It often happens to drummers who play with a band to have the need of a secondary drumset that they can leave in the reharsal room to avoid taking all the stuff back and forth from home every time.When it happened to me, I bought an old used set with a front bassdrum head saying: "Broadway", that in the end revealed to be an old Sonor Action drumset.It didn't sound so good, the ply finish was a

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A couple of years ago I bought an 18" Avedis Zildjian ride on italian ebay.It sounded very nice but unfortunately wasn't the ride cymbal I wanted in that moment.So I sadly decided to sell it to rise some money and buy another one but before giving it away I took some nice pictures of the surface and Zildjian logo that now I'd like to share.Click on the thumbnail to enlarge.The Zildjian desktop

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The first post on this new blog of mine must be about Jeff's half time shuffle groove.As you may have guessed from the choice of this video, I am the kind of person who really values music and taste in a drummer, much more than technique and rudiments.In my opinion, Jeff Porcaro was a great musician before being a great drummer and if you don't agree.. try watching the video and listen to the

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