Zildjian Expands K Light Series
January 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
A 22″ ride and a couple pairs of hi-hats (including some 16″ whoppers) join Zildjian’s K Lights. Click on the images below to get to audio files of the new cymbals.
New Roland V-Drums
January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Sweet! Roland has introduced a new series, the TD-9, to fill out its venerable line of V-Drums. Those of you lucky enough to be attending NAMM (our badges, alas, appear to be lost in the mail) will be able to try a kit out. No word on pricing yet, but the series is mid-level. $2,000?
Play Even More Drums on a Wii
January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Forget what we said about the double kicks. This guy’s source code might offer some hope. Post a clip if you have any success.
Play Drums on a Wii
January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Got some programming skillz along with your beat-making abilities? If so, check out this guy’s source code for turning the Wii into a virtual drum kit. Can’t see this working too well for double kick riffs, but it’s got to be a hell of a lot more fun than playing Fishing Master.
[via Digg]
Who Was the Best Beatles Drummer?
January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Ringo is pretty goddamn sure it was himself. The other three lads liked to take a whack at the kit, particularly Paul, who played the drum part on “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” but Ringo ain’t backing down:
…[Paul’s] an incredible bass player, but he’s not a great drummer. George Harrison had his own way of playing drums, John Lennon had his own way of playing them, too. They’d hit them about a bit but they couldn’t really play.
Nick Barker’s New Gigs
January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Blabbermouth has a short interview with ex-Cradle of Filth drummer Nick Barker about his decision to join two bands: Atrocity and Leaves’ Eyes.
Ambitious, you say? Nah. When you got as many double kicks as Barker does, there’s plenty to go around.
Sabian’s New OverRide
January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Jimmy DeGrasso got Sabian to make him one big-ass ride cymbal, a 23″ monster with an 8″ bell. A Sabian product specialist says about the new OverRide:
This cymbal is designed to be loud….
You think?
This Music Sequencer Has Balls
January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Lots and lots of them. Beats are programmed by putting the balls in receptor cups that represent different parts of a drum kit—kick, snare, hats, and (yes!) cowbell. It was designed by Peter Bennett, who’s working on his PhD thesis tentatively titled “Interaction-Design Techniques for Multimodal Musical Interfaces.” What any of this will mean for drum-machine design we have no idea. But maybe future drum techs will have to add “ball polishing” to their list of duties. Damn.
Full Kit Mod for Rock Band
January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Well, that didn’t take long. Only a week ago, one dude modded a real kick pedal for Rock Band, and now some super dude has done it for a real kit. Looks like you still have to play hi-hat patterns on one of the drums, but this is definitely an improvement over the game’s standard drum controllers.
[via Digg]
KT Tunstall Marrying Her Drummer
January 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tunstall’s drummer and boyfriend, Luke Bullen, is trading in that second title for “husband.” He even popped the question on Christmas morning.
Very romantical. And an easy anniversary to remember.
Smart, Bullen, very smart.
