The Worlds Best Drummer List

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

FIrstly, a huge thankyou to everyone who contributed by commenting on my last post where I asked the Question “Who is the best drummer in the world?”
Obviously this is a really tough choice to make, as there are so many great players who we all look up to as drummers and percussionists. Many of you [...]

Who is the best drummer in the world?

Monday, July 7th, 2008

OK - I know I’m opening up a whole can of worms here when I ask this question!
There are so many great and amazing drummers around these days, that its really hard to know if perhaps we’ve missed out on hearing about someone who might be amazing, whom we just haven’t encountered because we may [...]

Conga and Bongo - Whats the difference?

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

This is part of the Percussion Fundamental Series of Posts - Its intended as basic information for general music teachers - Its not trying to put a point of view or an indepth look!
“Bongo Drums” are the term that are often given to any drum that is played by the hands, however in the strictest [...]

Build your own drum kit

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Did you know that custom built drums are not as hard as they seem to make?
If you are good with your hands, and can work a few tools they might well be within your grasp!
A few years ago I bought some custom shells from a drum maker and refinished them and put all new hardware [...]

Help me find the Top 10 Drumming Blogs…

Friday, March 21st, 2008

OK Drummers - what’s wrong with you?
I’ve been searching all day because I want to put together a list of the top 10 Blogs related to Drums and Drumming on the internet… and I thought it would be a really easy task!
I actually found that if drummers are doing blogs - I can’t find them! [...]