Latin Percussion Trio

        It's not every day when you have three of the greatest percussionist in the world be together in one place, let alone in the same band. In Carlos Santana's song "Jingo" there is a lot of percussion happening throughout the the whole thing and by a lot I mean A LOT! Now if you think that the selection having a lot of percussive instrumentation was cool, what if you were informed that Raul Rekow, Karl Perazzo, and Dennis Chambers were the ones playing those percussion parts. I'll give you a few seconds to process this........you done?......ISN'T THAT FREAKING AWESOME!!!
 
       What you are about to watch is the "Jingo" Live at Montreux and also "Oye Como Va" Live at Montreux. Yes I know I was taking about Jingo but I mean come on don't forget that it's still Santana and it ain't Santana with out Oye Como Va. I hope you enjoy the videos you are about to watch and I also hope you are moving and grooving to the sweet sound of Santana and the amazing latin percussion trio. Enjoy! :)

The Tech Life #2

Here's another behind the scenes look at another great drummer's drum tech. Chris Warren, drum tech for the awesome Chad Smith from Red Hot Chilli Peppers. He gives you a tour of Chad's kit and how teching for him can be awesome, insane, and straight up hilarious!

Lickety Split!

      This is for all you marching people and rudiment junkies. This is called the "Lickety Split" and it is instructed by Emmanuel Deleon. Enjoy!!!

The Tech Life

Behind every great drummer, there is always a great drum tech. What some people don't realize is that a lot of drummers have drum techs and for those who don't really know what drum techs are, let me break it down for you. A drum tech is a person that pretty much takes care of the drummer and by that I mean they are there before a show or a performance and they set up the kit, clean it, tune it, change heads, take it back down, and etc., but the main thing why the drum tech is there is so that the drummer can feel comfortable. That is the main purpose of why drummers hire drum techs. It's so that the drummer doesn't have to worry about showing up before the show or performance and spend a decent amount of time setting up and doing maintenance on the kit because come on lets face it most drummers don't have the patience to do that and we kinda just want to play and not worry about all that stuff.

There are also some benefits to being a drum tech as well. They get to travel to different places and if you get a good on gig the money is actually pretty good, but that doesn't mean who ever wants to be a drum tech will get the top notch gig right away. Every tech has to start from the very bottom to work there way up and yes most like a high percentage of the techs that work for all these famous drummers all started from the shity low payed (probably not even payed) gigs. A good example of that is Sean Bates a.k.a. the tech for Jose Pasillas from the band Incubus and he talks about his experience on what he does and the life as drum tech.

Gibraltar Hardware #1

Don't you hate it when you are looking for new drum hardware or accessories but you can't really seem to find them for a reasonable price. Well thanks to Gibraltar Hardware you can get new sturdy hardware and accessories that will not only work well but that will also make your life as a drummer a whole lot easier. If you are looking for reliable hardware and accessories that will not hurt your wallet then I highly recommend Gibraltar.

One thing that Gibraltar likes to show is there products with you so that way you can have idea on what you want before buying any of there products. In this video Brent Barnett will be showing the different types of clams that Gibraltar has to offer and who knows, maybe after this video you might consider getting some clamps on your set-up. Enjoy!

Taking It Back

Sometimes you just have to take it back and let the masters show you what's up!

Everyone, The Great Buddy Rich! :)

Back and Ready!

My apologies for not posting anything for several weeks. I decided to take a little break from posting, but now I am back and will be posting more frequently. So to show my apologies please enjoy this video of this video of Chad Smith's performance at the Buddy Rich Memorial Concert. :)