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It's time for some news about KickStrap and friends of KickStrap. Vicky O' Neon and her all female kick arse pop rock band Kings Daughters are re...

Does KickStrap work? Check out this review of Kickstrap for drummers. Drum sliding problems? Hi hat sliding? Auxiliary pedal or double bass pedal sliding? Stop the creep with KickStrap from drums. Check out this review of KickStrap.

Sometime maybe you can explain how Rush – and, by extension, all popular musicians – adjusted to the changes in marketing music. It wasn’t so hard when the end product was a vinyl LP. The record company produces X, sells Y, and Z is the amount of return LPs.

This is a video demonstrating the use of KickStrap. How to use the KickStrap to stop drum slide, hi hat slide or slave pedal slide. KickStrap is an invention for drummers. Fits in a drummers stick bag so you don't have to carry a carpet. KickStrap is a solution to stop all drums and drum pedals from sliding.

I've been a semi pro drummer for over 30 years now. How time flies! I've played bars, clubs, weddings, parties, coffee houses, medium to large stages and everything in between. I've been to places where I could barely fit my drum set and other stages where I could fit a Neil Peart size kit. In my early days of drumming, playing 4 to 5 gigs per week in Los Angeles, being 20 something years old, I learned that out of all the stuff I had to pack 9 times out of 10 I'd forget my carpet. I had a dedicated carpet for my drums which wasn't too terribly large but I'd still inevitably forget it. I'd get the gig and either find a door mat or chefs mat to use. If I couldn't find something to use I'd end up yelling at my bass player to hold my bass drum with his foot.

When playing ukulele as a beginner we recommend you start off with 3 basic chords. Once you learn the chord progressions switching between those you can add the fourth later. The 3 super simple basic chords are Am, C, F, and these three chords make up hundreds of popular ukulele songs.

Researchers believe this study will provide a deeper understanding into how marijuana may act as a gateway to instruments like bongos and cow

Daisy Rock guitar packages by Benson Music Shop are the perfect gift for your daughter.

Nashville pro drummer Jeff Randall's 10 Things to Have in Your Stick Bag

 

As a bandleader and drummer, Blakey always played in the most musical way. He always served the song. Wynton Marsalis said, "On the 8th day, God created Art Blakey."

When I was five years old my uncle would rehearse his band in the living room of our house. My uncle was a guitar player but when the band would come over the drums were my focus! The bass drum would just hit me right in the heart. I can still remember the “thump” it would create in my chest.

It's good to know your history. As an artist you want to push "the boundaries" but how can you push boundaries if you don't know what and who defined them previously? Every generation pushes and hopefully expands and adds to what came before. Following is a list and timeline of Swing, Be Bop and Jazz drummers.