Also, be sure to check out Music Radar’s interview with JP Gaster.

Music Radar has collected up-close and personal pics of 40+ pro drummer’s rigs, complete with gear descriptions and brands. Includes greats such as Travis Barker, Neil Peart, Benny Greb, and more!

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On today’s episode, we take a look (listen) to some of the other drumming podcasts out in cyberspace.

In the news, we remember Max Roach, discuss 15 things new percussion majors should know, look at the world’s largest drumset, wonder what keeps Ratt going, bring you the latest update in the Bill Ward/Ozzy feud, and talk about a new contest from Modern Drummer! Show notes after the break!

Show Notes

• Derp.. THIS is show 190. Last week was #189.

• We’d love to hear from you for our upcoming 200th episode! Send us your thoughts via Youtube, Dropbox, or call us at 206-350-0107!

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News from the Pinboard

• Remembering Max Roach this Week

• DrumChattr: So You’re Going to be a Percussion Major…

• World’s Largest Drum Set – 813 drums, cymbals, and bells!

• Bobby Blotzer says Ratt Keeps Going Round and Round

• Modern Drummer “Young Classics” Custom Drum & Cymbal Giveaway Contest

• Ozzy Osbourne Calls Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward Too ‘Overweight’ to Play

Topic – Wait… there are *other* drumming podcasts?

• Brief podcasting history – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast

  • Early adopters were tech geeks.

  • Before iTunes, downloading a podcast involved a “podcatching” app that was sometimes less than intuitive.

  • iTunes adopts podcasting in 2005, things blow up!

  • Content creators started pushing video podcasts. This seemed to be on the rise, but Youtube took off and has since supplanted broader video delivery.

  • Podcasting remains the domain of “talk radio.”

• Active Podcasts

  • Give the Drummer Some! – Hosted by Chris Troy. http://gtdspod.wordpress.com

  • The Throne – General drumming podcast.  http://thethronepodcast.com

  • I’d Hit That Podcast – mostly interviews.  Some language. http://idhitthatpodcast.podomatic.com

  • Drum Tuning Guru – http://thedrumtuningguru.com

  • Drummer Cafe TV – New drum video channel hosted by Bart Elliott.  We’ll be doing a full interview with Bart coming up! http://www.drummercafe.com/drummer-percussionist-drum-percussion-tv-channel.html

• Defunct, but listed podcasts.

  • “Early” in the days of podcasting, manufacturers produced podcasts as a means to promote products and artists.  Most manufacturers have active Youtbue channels instead.

  • Vic Firth – 3 different podcasts: drumset, marching, concert. http://www.vicfirth.com/podcasts/

  • Yamaha – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yamaha-drums-percussion-instrument/id250519708?mt=2

  • Free Drum Lessons -

  • Alfred Music Drum Podcast -

• Do you want to get into podcasting?

  • http://www.drummagazine.com/plugged-in/post/electronic-workshop-how-to-podcast/

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Modern Drummer is gathering the list of the 50 greatest drummers of all time and they want your $.02! They’re letting you vote for your personal top 10 drummer choices. The top 50 names will make up the list.

Ahhh.. democracy. You can bet we’ll cover the list when it’s released early next year.

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Show is canceled “due to the local promoters’ failure to ‘meet contractual obligations.’”

From Blabbermouth.net

“I’m disappointed we weren’t able to play for our fans in China. However, the circumstances were beyond our control,” stated AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer. “I sincerely hope AEROSMITH will get another opportunity to come back to Shanghai and Taiwan to play for our many fans there.”

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It’s hard to believe it’s been 6 years since Max left us. We covered his death with an in-depth Max Roach retrospective back in 2007. Check it out.

I love what the guys over at DrumChattr have going on, and they’ve posted up a great article for upcoming percussion majors.

Perhaps it was a bit of nostalgia that inspired this post, but I wanted to make a list of fifteen things I’d want a brand new freshmen percussion major to know and hear as they prepare to start school.  Some of these are things that I did, and I am thankful for, and others are things that I never thought of, and I’m hoping that you can learn from my mistakes.a

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Get out your hairspray and shred some denim, Ratt is still going strong!

From the Quad-Cities Times:

“There was some bad blood from the past, but we overcame that,” the 54-year-old Blotzer said in a telephone interview from his home in Los Angeles. The band now fields four-fifths of the members from its 1980s heyday.

“The audience is really gravitating towards it, and the vibe onstage is amazing. It’s really coming across,” Blotzer said.

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From Loudwire.com

I would love to get back in the rehearsal studio with the guys and resurrect the original passion and unconventional writing style and make a record that stands up to the first three. Of course before that could happen I would love to just sit down with guys and talk about our humble beginnings and really put things in perspective.

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You can also view it over at livefrommycymbal.com.

Modern Drummer is holding a drawing for some pretty great gear totaling up to $15,000 from RBH Drum Co., TRX Cymbals Gibraltar, Audix and more!  But you better hurry, the contest ends Aug 31!

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We’re honoring Carolina Crown as 2013 DCI Champs today!

The drama continues between Bill Ward and Black Sabbath.  This time, Ozzy lashes out and calls the drummer too overweight to hang with the metal band.

Click here to read more from Rolling Stone…

Join us as we sit and talk with rhythm guru, Efrain Toro on today’s super-sized show! P.S. It really is show #189. Pay no attention when Dave says it’s #190!

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• Drum Channel Video – http://www.drumchannel.com/store/products/77

• Efrains Cajon – http://www.amazon.com/Gon-Bops-Toro-Cajon-Free/dp/B007X9XWLK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369340754&sr=8-2&keywords=el+toro+cajon

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You know we love lists!  Here’s Music Radar’s list of Do’s and Don’ts of endorsements.

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