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Human drummers have nothing to fear. Yet. Maybe. Check out CyberOne.

December 11, 2022December 11, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments CyberOne, Drum Machines, Drummer, Drummers, Linn, Roland, Xiaomi

When the first programmable drum machines started appearing at the dawn of the 80s (think the TR series by Roland

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Ongoing History Daily: The ultimate tiered offering with an album

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Drummer, Josh Freese, Streaming, Tiered Offerings

When streaming started to take off, there were all kinds of schemes to help preserve CD sales. Drummer Josh Freese

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Drumming 12 hours to beat Parkinson’s

August 21, 2021August 21, 2021 Amber Healy 1 Comment Drummer, fundraiser, Grale, Kevin Farmer, Mountain Head, Music, Parkinson Canada SuperWalk, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease

Kevin Farmer knows the importance of holding a steady beat. As the drummer for Mountain Head and Grale, he’s used

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WTF? 

This funeral for a Toronto drummer got real weird, real fast

April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 Alan Cross 5 Comments Bonny Brent, Drummer, Funeral, Toronto

Bonny Brent died recently at the age of 73. Given his life-long love of music and playing the drums, family

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This drummer is AMAZING. And he’s FOUR YEARS OLD.

January 28, 2019January 27, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drummer

Meet Justin Wilson II. He’s four. Watch him kill it as part of a demonstration at this week’s NAMM event

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WTF? 

I’m not sure what’s happening with this drummer, but…

October 2, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drummer, Japan

…keep in mind that this video is from Japan, the closest one can come to Mars without leaving the planet.

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Behold the world’s first bionic/cybernetic drummer

April 19, 2018April 18, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drummer, Drums

Even though this dude lost his arm in an accident with an electrical transformer, but that didn’t slow down his

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Music News 

Now THIS is Metal: Drummer Pukes in the Middle of a Song But Doesn’t Miss a Beat (And Yes, There’s Video)

October 31, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drummer, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Metal

Fleshgod Apocalypse, an Italian symphonic metal band on the Nuclear Blast label, found themselves in a bit of a bind

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Fun: Drummer Caught Cheating Jamming with Cover Band (NSFW Language)

July 6, 2017July 5, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cheating, Cover Band, Drummer

What happens when the drummer you thought was faithful to your band is discovered playing with a cover band on

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Check Out these Cool Photos Featuring Drummer Carmine Appice

June 3, 2017June 2, 2017 Nerhys 0 Comments Carmine Appice, Drum Art, Drummer, Photography, SceneFour

By combining LED lights, cutting edge photography, and powerful drumming, innovative Los Angeles art company SceneFour collaborated with legendary drummer

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Music News 

If a Cop Responds to a Noise Complaint About Music, You Want This Guy

May 23, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cop, Drummer, Mississauga, Noise Complaint, Party

There was a pretty good party in Mississauga, Ontario, Saturday night. Neighbours weren’t crazy about the noise coming from a

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