The 24th annual Guitar Center Drum Off has a grand champion – Juan Carlos Mendoza. A classically trained multi-instrumentalist, Mendoza received his B.A. in Music Education in 2004 and is currently pursuing his M.A in Music Education while serving as the Band Director for William C. McGinnis Middle School in his hometown of Perth Amboy, [...]
Here’s another stunning video piece by Akira Jimbo. Just listen and get in the shed.
In honor of Akira Jimbo’s birthday, here is a clip from his 1997 video, “Independence”. This performance beautifully demonstrates Akira’s uncanny drumming abilities and musicality. Through the use of triggers and electronic pads, he is able to sound like a full band without the use of sequencers or backing tracks. Every sound is executed live [...]
Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Born June 24, 1961 in Waukegan (Illinois). “It was a very natural inclination for me to play drums,” says Marvin “Smitty” Smith. A glance at his early life validates that truth. Born the son of a drummer, Marvin, Sr., was always surrounded by music in the house. At six months old, he [...]
Dave Abbruzzese was born on May 17, 1968. Dave grew up in Texas banging on his dad’s tackle boxes in the early days. He dropped out of high school at an early age and began to focus on playing more than ever. Along the way he formed a band with his buddies called Dr. Tongue. [...]
Drumpost would like to remember Marvin McQuitty an incredibly gifted drummer who passed away on Sept. 11, 2012. He was one the drummers I followed as I learned to play and hoped to immolate someday. We will miss your skill and heart.
Part 1 of Dennis Chambers’ performance @ Guitar Center’s 2011 Drum Off Grand Finals on January 14th, 2012 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles featuring Graffiti with Haakon Graf on keys, U-Nam on guitar, and Gary Grainger on bass.
Drummers working to develop their Neil Peart mojo will be happy to hear that there’s a new instructional DVD from the famed Rush drummer due for release on Oct. 14. The DVD will be called ‘Taking Center Stage: A Lifetime Of Live Performance.’ and the cover art features Peart throwing a drum stick up in [...]
Wheezer’s Drummer Pat Wilson … GREAT backstage insight, CATCH IT!
Born in Pativilca, Peru, 100 miles north of Lima, Alex Acuña was born into a musical family that inspired him and helped shape him as a musician. His father and five brothers were all musicians. Alex taught himself how to play the drums from the age of four. By the time Alex turned ten, he [...]
Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Born June 24, 1961 in Waukegan (Illinois). “It was a very natural inclination for me to play drums,” says Marvin “Smitty” Smith. A glance at his early life validates that truth. Born the son of a drummer, Marvin, Sr., was always surrounded by music in the house. At six months old, he [...]
Dave Abbruzzese was born on May 17, 1968. Dave grew up in Texas banging on his dad’s tackle boxes in the early days. He dropped out of high school at an early age and began to focus on playing more than ever. Along the way he formed a band with his buddies called Dr. Tongue. [...]
Drumpost would like to remember Marvin McQuitty an incredibly gifted drummer who passed away on Sept. 11, 2012. He was one the drummers I followed as I learned to play and hoped to immolate someday. We will miss your skill and heart.
Christopher R. Coleman has been playing drums since the ripe old age of 2, sitting on his uncle’s knee in church. He traveled with his father and uncles who performed together in a gospel ensemble. In his youth he practiced relentlessly with the aim of making it big as a drummer. In Junior high school [...]
Teddy Campbell began developing his road reputation early on. Immediately after finishing high school in Chicago, he started touring with a string of gospel-inspired stage shows. Before long, he was serving as musical director, a position rarely filled by drummers. “I don’t play keyboards,” says Campbell, “but I can spell out melodies, chords, and arrangements [...]
Jeff Porcaro was born on April 1, 1954, in Hartford, Connecticut and first got interested in drumming due to the influence of his father. He began playing seriously at age seven though he is sure “I was playing even earlier than that. Only my father would actually know when I got started.” Formal lessons initially [...]
Louisiana-born, Brian Blade grew up in Shreveport, then New Orleans, where he distilled the unique drumming styles and musical heritage of the nation’s spiritual underbelly into a powerfully swinging percussive trademark. Nurtured under the watchful eyes of Ellis Marsalis and New Orleans Dixie-drum masters Johnny Vidacovich and Herlin Riley, Blade learned to find his ‘knit [...]
I had the pleasure seeing Dom in person in Florida a few years ago and he the fastest feet I’ve ever seen on anyone young or old. He demonstrated thundering power and incredible sensitivity on the kit. Here is some information on Dom Famularo. Enjoy! He has presented masterclasses and clinics around the globe in [...]
Joe Morello passed away in the hospital on March 12, 2011. He was 82 and had been having heart trouble.
Vincent Colaiuta is a highly regarded drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Brownsville, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14. After attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston for a year, Colaiuta relocated to Los Angeles and [...]
Born in Medford, Massachusetts in 1965, Terri developed a reputation as a child prodigy, jamming with jazz veterans Dizzy Gillespie, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Oscar Peterson, Joe Williams, and many more. At 7, she was given her first set of drums, which had belonged to her grandfather, Matt Carrington, who had played with Fats Waller and [...]
