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Army Coffee Cup Drummer

Nick — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:56:59 +0000

A soldier entertains himself and other playing beats on coffee cups and metal thermos with pencils.

from Break.com

US Army Soldier Attempting to Break Drumming Guinness Record from Kuwait, 4/28/09

Nick — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:53:40 +0000

Everyone is drumming for a good cause these days! Troy Yocum of the 100th Battalion/442 Infantry will attempt to break a Guinness World Record. The event will be streamed on UStream.tv starting around 6am Pacific Time/9am Eastern. Yocum will play for 125 hours with 5 minute breaks every hour! Part of Yocum goal is to raise awareness and money for Kentucky Cancer Research Foundation. Our sister company, Sabian Cymbals, is one of the sponsors. You can follow Tory on Twitter @funkymonkeytroy.

Thinkgeek drum kit t-shirt plays drum sounds

Nick — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:51:44 +0000

Looking for a unique, inexpensive holiday gift for your drummer friends and family? Check out this electronic t-shirt from Thinkgeek. When you touch the drums on the shirt, it plays a sound! It has 7 differnt drums sounds and a built-in speaker.

Mogwai Drummer Rushed to the Hospital

Nick — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:46:35 +0000

It has been a bad week for drummers. The Guardian reports that Martin Bulloch was rushed to a New Your hospital due to complications with his pacemaker after his performance at All Tomorrow’s Parties. Mogwai has canceled the rest of their North American tour.

Travis Barker and DJ AM’s Plane Crashes

Nick — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:05:36 +0000

You probably already know that drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM were involved in a plane crash late in the evening on September 19th after a performance in South Carolina. While the two survived with bad burns, 4 other people, including Barker’s business partner and assistant, Chris Baker were killed. Perry Farrell and Gavin DeGraw were at first rumored to be on the plane as well, but this turned out to not be true. Our thoughts go out to the victims of the crash and their families.

More coverage by fellow drum bloggers Robonzo, Drumtom, Karma Drums, and BigDrumthump.

6-Year-Old Drummer in Poland

Nick — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:39:51 +0000

Check out Igor Falecki, the 6-year-old drummer from Poland. He was 5 years ond when this video was taken.

Anyone Can Play Drums Better Than This Guy

Nick — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:49:26 +0000

From the NBC TV show America’s Got Talent.

This guy it pretty funny. If you or your band’s drummer can play better than him, you have a shot a winning the Dixon Outlaw Kit, along with the trip to Hollywood to play for A & R executives and be on the A&R Channel (which is watched by many musicians and labels). Just video yourself or your drummer playing at a Dixon dealer, upload it to YouTube, and add it to our group.

A Kid Learns to Play Drums with Rock Band Video Game, Gets a Gig at His Church

Nick — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:52:42 +0000

Check out this post in the Rock Band forums about the moral dilemma of a kid who learned to play drums on the game, got a gig playing drums at his church, and now feels compelled to tell the church how he learned. For what it’s worth Bakkster (his username on the forum), it does not matter how you discovered your natural talent for rhythm, but rather that you did discover it and are willing to share it. (Unconnected-to-the-story Flickr photo by user nutmeg.

Dwight from “The Office” Drums Naked in “The Rocker”

Nick — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:55:43 +0000

Big Drum Thump reports that Rainn Wilson, who plays Dwight in The US version of NBC’s The Office will be playing a washed-up drummer who joins his nephew’s band, A.D.D.

The movie is full of semi-accurate technology, internet, and musician geek cultural references. Check out this 9 minute promo where Matt (the nephew) sets up Mac laptops with Apple iSight webcams for the band so that they can jam remotely over the internet. Rainn’s character Robert ‘Fish’ Fishman thinks the cameras are only microphones, so he does not bother to wear clothes. Matt’s sister find the live stream over the local network because the virtual jam session is using up most of the home network’s bandwidth, she captures the video in order to humiliate Fish, she uploads it to YouTube, it goes viral, and hilarity ensues. The film also features guitarist/singer/songwriter Teddy Geiger as the band’s guitarist and singer, Josh Gad as the keyboard player, and Emma Stone as the bassist, and Christina Applegate as the love interest. Maybe you should just watch the first couple minutes because these things then to spoil too much of the movie, and it looks pretty good.

Check out the movie’s official site ionlydrumnaked.com which links to the film’s YouTube user page with even more videos. The gallery shows some are also some good NAMM and Guitar Hero/RockBand references in the film.

Rainn watched heavy metal music videos on YouTube to observe drummers in preparation of the role of Fish, and channeld the spirit of The Who’s drummer Keith Moon. Rainn took lessons form drummer Stuart Johnson, who has made several appearances and co-written the soundtrack for several films, including the drummer of the all-star band Ming Tea in the Austin Power’s movies. You might remember the silly tracks BBC or Daddy Wasn’t There.

“The Rocker” is out in theaters on August 20th.

Sgt. Pepper Bass Drum Head Auctioned at Christie’s of London

Nick — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:44:06 +0000

The Bass drum head made and photographed for the cover of the Beatle’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album has been auctioned at Christie’s of London for just over 1 million US Dollars (or exactly £541,250).