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Archive | Drums and Percussion
Interview with Michael Outlaw of Outlaw Drums [4OnTheFloor]
Michael Outlaw’s love affair with reclaimed wood began in 2006, when he salvaged timber from a plantation house that had recently been torn down. This wood was vwell over 300 years old when Michael gave it a second life as Outlaw Drums.
Tobacco Barns and Plantation Homes Reborn as Outlaw Drums
Michael Outlaw of Outlaw Drums builds custom snare drums from wood reclaimed from tobacco barns and plantation homes built before 1900.
Learn more and enter to win a free Outlaw snare drum!
Bridge Over Troubled Water: Music and Peacebuilding
Guest blogger Ali Mabardi of Critical Peace examines the relationship between music and peacebuilding.
GearPipe Exclusive Giveaway! Win a Rare Fender Guitars Baseball
Enter to win a rare, limited-edition Fender baseball. Only about a thousand of these were made, and were used as a Fender promotional product about six years ago.
Score $20 off your next Guitar Center order, this weekend only!
Guitar Center has just announced a new sale that you might want to take advantage of. Through March 28, 2011, you can take $20 off your next order of $99 or more.
Drum Set Giveaway! Win a ddrum D2MB Acoustic Drum Set
Here’s one of our ultra-rare drum giveaways!
Vancouver music store Future Shop is giving away a Ddrum D2MB acoustic drum set. I don’t see any rules about location, but if you’re in the Vancouver area, you’ll also score five free drum lessons!
Roger Linn Wins 2011 Grammy Award for Technical Merit
Last year I told you about electronic music pioneer Roger Linn’s Battle with Amazon over materials for a new instrument. It looks like he’s still hoping for a positive outcome for that situation, but he definitely landed on his feet a few weeks ago when he was presented with a 2011 Grammy Award for Technical Merit.
Sowing the Seeds of Music: Podcast Interview with TakeLessons CEO Steven Cox
In this podcast episode, I speak with Steven Cox, CEO and Founder of TakeLessons, about the state of music education, the strict guidelines TakeLessons private instructor applicants are judged on, and even the role Guitar Hero and American Idol have had on music lesson enrollment.
Rock Prophecies: Podcast Interview with Rock Photographer Robert Knight
If you’ve ever been jealous of a friend who saw The Rolling Stones or Jimi Hendrix back in the day, Robert Knight will make you green with envy. For over forty years, Knight has been what Rock Prophecies producer Tim Kaiser calls “the Forrest Gump of rock ‘n roll. He just had this knack for being right in the middle of history in the making.”