This play along song is taken from Derek Roddy's book book "The Evolution of Blast Beats". The cymbals here are Meinl's new Sound Caster Fusions and sound GREAT!!!! Mics are Shure Beta52 in kicks, 57 on snare, sm98 on toms and sm 81 for overheads. Drums are Sonor S Classix birch. Derek Roddy is currently endorsed by, Sonor, Meinl, Vater, Shure, Axis, Remo, and Hudson Music. -Click on a manufacturer to go to their website.   Check out Derek Roddy at Winter ... read more...

  David's career really took off around 1997 when he started to land some of the more high profile sessions and live gigs both in and outside of the Nashville scene. His long and versatile list of playing and recording credits includes work with Legendary Rock Guitarist Les Dudek, John Waite, The James Brown Horns, Shane Theriot. Country Artists Joe Diffie, Doug Stone, Tanya Tucker, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Lila McCann, Jo Dee Messina, Jo-El Sonnier and Jam Ba... read more...

  A two part clinic on proper drum mic techniques. This clinic will be conducted by Shure Rep Mike Love and product expert Andrew Yost. Using all Shure mics they will cover microphone choice, gain structure and mix, mic placement and eq settings. The clinic will be followed by a Q & A section with Andrew and Mike. Address: Sam Ash Music Store 5700 Mayfield Road  Lyndhurst, OH 44124   For more information please visit:  htt... read more...

A two part clinic on proper drum mic techniques. This clinic will be conducted by Shure Rep Mike Love and product expert Andrew Yost. Using all Shure mics they will cover microphone choice, gain structure and mix, mic placement and eq settings. The clinic will be followed by a Q & A section with Andrew and Mike.   For more information please visit:  http://www.samashmusic.com/events

Here's a really cool invention from Shure, the X2U is an adapter to basically make any XLR microphone plug into a computer via USB cable. A great invention for your home studio! ... read more...

Drummer Connection's Keith Thomas doing a solo during sound & video checks at drumfreaks' studio. ... read more...

Here's Eric & Keith grooving. 10/22/2008 - drumfreak's studio. ... read more...

Here's Eric (drumfreak) and Keith (ThatDrummerKid) jamming out to a bass loop. ... read more...

Here's drumfreak / Eric and Keith trading some fills "Pat Boone, Peggy Boone" style. ... read more...

Here's Drummer Connection's Keith Thomas doing a solo for sound and video checks at drumfreaks' studio. ... read more...