We are proud to announce The Grand Prize Winner for our Dixon Drums “Drum Your Way to Hollywood” video contest. And…. the winner is……. (drumroll!)

Lou Mars playing at Herreid Music!

Congratulations Lou!

Lou will be flying to Hollywood, California later this month for an opportunity to play with a live band at world famous Westlake Studios in front of an A&R panel. Check out the panel:

Matt Messina: Composer for film and television, original symphonies and an active drummer. Recent composing credits include composer on movie “Juno” and new television show “the ex list.”

Mike Frondelli: is one of the leading lights of the industry’s quest toward high-resolution digital sound and a seasoned engineer/producer in his own right, he is a creative force in the music making world. Michael has recently worked on “The Plácido Domingo 40th Anniversary Gala”, mixed FarmAid and has been the audio producer for the 13 show, HDNet series On Stage at The World Cafe Live for HD Broadcast and DVD release, which includes artists, Living Color, The Rhett Miller Band, The Knack and Rita Coolidge. Additionally, Michael has recently recorded concerts for Chicago & Earth, Wind & Fire (Platinum), The Gram Parsons Tribute and Marianna Faithfull also for HD Broadcast and DVD release.

Bobby Owsinski: longtime veteran of the music industry, Bobby Owsinski has produced and composed for records, DVDs, motion pictures, and television shows. One of the first to delve into surround-sound music mixing, Bobby has worked on more than 200 surround projects and DVD productions for such diverse acts as Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, The Ramones, and Chicago, among many, many others.

Mike Burns: Grammy nominated music producer, songwriter and owner of A&R Select - the leading Artist Development firm in Los Angeles.

Mark Bistany aka Moke: Formerly drummer Puddle of Mud, Hed PE, (he’s also willing to do a little drum session)…

Jim Stanek: Product Manager for Dixon Drums!

Nikki Nearing: Communications and Media Director of Kaman Music

This will be filmed and aired on the A&R Channel as a half hour special. He will also be receiving a Dixon Demon drumset!

Runners up, will each be receiving a snare drum and mad props for sounding so great!

Buffdood

Ukelalebomber

mattrobertson101

doughboystud09

jrmdrum15

Thank you to everyone that participated! We logged over 25,000 views in just a few short weeks for the contest. Way to go!

Best,

Jim Stanek
Product Manager

We are only a couple of hours away from the closing of the Drum Your Way to Hollywood contest video submissions to the Dixon Drums YouTube group. That also means there are only a couple more hours for the videos to receive votes. We have received a lot of submission in the last 24 hours, so, check out the videos and vote for the best drummer using the star rating buttons seen below each video. The higher rated videos will get a better chance at being picked as one of the 6 finalists by our judges. See the Official Rules and the Terms and Conditions. Good luck to everyone!

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.

We currently have 9 submissions in the running to win the Dixon Outlaw Kit, the trip to Hollywood to play for A & R reps and appear on the A&R Channel. All you need to do is record a video of yourself playing the kit at a Dixon dealer, upload it to YouTube, and add it to our group.

There is also a bonus to Dixon Drums dealers who’s location is used for the winning submission. The dealer will be featured and/or mentioned on the A&R Channel when the program about the contest is aired. So dealers, get your drummers in your store and start shooting them playing their 2-minute solos on the Dixon Demon Kits!

See the Offical Rules and the Terms and Conditions.

Hello again from Dixon Drums! Check out this video, it explains how the “Drum Your Way To Hollywood Contest” works!