Local musicians go "Drumming for Josh" until sunrise
KXII-TV - May 19, 2012
Josh has muscular dystrophy, confining him in a wheelchair, which kept him from getting on the field to play his snare drum. His instructor, John Apodaca, started up the campaign "Help Josh Brown March 2012," to help raise $57000 to help build a
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Boom Times for a Seller of Drums
New York Times - May 19, 2012
A three-floor elevator ride above the dissonant grind of the theater district, Steve Maxwell Vintage and Custom Drums sits as calm and orderly as a library. The main showroom is a percussive playground: bass drums, tom-toms and snares neatly stacked
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Drum fest brings together players with wide variety of styles
Las Vegas Review - Journal - May 19, 2012
The featured players run the wide umbrella of drumming styles, from the snare-drum minimalism of Scott Johnson to the electronics of Johnny Rabb and prog-rock virtuosity of Marco Minnemann. A trio of Blue Man Group drummers kicks off the fest,
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NHS students perform well at Solo and Ensemble
Brazil Times - May 19, 2012
Students receiving Gold medals included: Jami Warner (Trumpet), Zene Colson (Tenos Sax), Derek Pleake (Bass Clarinet), Josh Wise (Snare Drum), Dan Reberger (Snare Drum and Marimba), Natascha Bowles (Baritone), Brandon Rost (Alto Sax), Ringo (Clarinet),
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Spanish Town Mardi Gras parade rolls
The Advocate - May 19, 2012
Best Best Best Friends, a small brass band from Austin, Texas, danced its way around the streets with two trumpets, a trombone, a sousaphone, a saxophone, a bass drum and a snare drum. None of the musicians were wearing rain jackets.
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Planet Gear: Pulled Apart By Horses on making Tough Love
Drowned In Sound - May 19, 2012
Lee uses Tama drumkits, he's currently playing a Superstar, which consists of 22" Bass drum, 13" and 16" toms and a 14" snare. He uses Paiste cymbals, Iron Cobra pedals and Pro Mark Japanese Oak 5A sticks, which he's recently started wrapping with Vic
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Hagar, Mickey Hart Join Jazz Trio for Impromptu Jam at Sweetwater
Patch.com - May 19, 2012
By Jim Welte Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, at right, joined the Bellboyz Jazz Trio onstage at Sweetwater Music Hall on Valentine's Day, using a guitar case and a snare drum as his percussion instruments of choice.
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'Wrecking Crew' review: Entertaining tales of rock'n'roll's can-do 'Crew'
OregonLive.com - May 19, 2012
(Blaine hit a snare drum at the bottom of an elevator shaft to create the explosive break on the chorus of "The Boxer": "lie-la-lie" BASH "lie-la-lie" BASH. That's him.) Portland writer Kent Hartman's "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and
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Band to play traditional O'odham music at rodeo grounds
TriValley Central - May 19, 2012
Before electricity, acoustic fiddle bands — fiddles, guitars, bass guitar, snare drum and bass drum — played for social dances, outdoors, at night under hanging kerosene lamps. During the big band era, O'odham musicians added button accordions and
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Tour Diary: Canasta in Mongolia - Day 5 - Drums
Gapers Block - May 19, 2012
Still, I remained calm and assumed that as per our original arrangement, there would be "drums" provided throughout the tour. These drums were supposed to include a snare, rack tom, floor tom, kick drum, hi-hats, a crash cymbal, and a ride cymbal,
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