By bandweblogs on Jan 17, 2009 in Press Releases, Videos | Tags: Carson Daly, Competitions, Drummers, Drums, Guitar Center, Jerome Flood II | 0 Comments

On Wednesday, January 14, 2009, Guitar Center’s Drum-Off ‘08 champion Jerome Flood II made his television debut with a performance on Last Call with Carson Daly.
This past Saturday the 22-year-old resident of Atlanta was crowned winner of Guitar Center’s Drum-Off ‘08, the world’s largest drum competition …
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By bandweblogs on Aug 1, 2008 in Music, Press Releases | Tags: Competitions, Drummers, Guitar Center, Music | 0 Comments

Guitar Center announces launch of world’s largest drum competition – Guitar Center Drum-Off ‘08 – celebrates 20th anniversary offering Grand Prize worth over $45,000 …
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By Jenny May on Feb 19, 2008 in Albums, Bands, Interviews, Music, New Releases | Tags: Aristazabal Hawkes, Drummers, Fyfe Dangerfield, Greig Stewart, Guillemots, MC Lord Magrao, Music, Musicians, Red | 0 Comments

Guillemots (pictured: Aristazabal Hawkes, Fyfe Dangerfield, Greig Stewart and MC Lord Magrao) return with their second studio album, ‘Red’, released March 24, 2008. Read the interview! …
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By Jenny May on Dec 6, 2007 in Albums, Bands, Music, New Releases, Reviews and Commentary, Videos | Tags: Alice In Chains, Books, Boston, Cds, Drummers, DVDs, Godsmack, Led Zeppelin, Massachusetts, Metallica, Milek Jakubiec, Music, Musicians, New Hampshire, Red Sox, Shannon Larkin, Singers, Soundtracks, Sully Erna, Track Listings, Video Games, youtube | 1 Comment

For years, I had heard of the band Godsmack, but never really knew much about them. A friend of mine here in England recently read Godsmack frontman/founder Sully Erna’s autobiography, The Paths We Choose – and it was funny to find out that Sully comes from Massachusetts and now lives in New Hampshire – my old state…
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By Guest Blogger on Nov 23, 2007 in Bands, Music, New Releases | Tags: Biographies, Bios, Canada, Drummers, Inward Eye, Music, Musicians, Myspace, Punk, Rock, Winnipeg | 1 Comment

Age 0 – Winnipeg, Canada, the coldest major city in the world. I’m born in the dead of winter 1987. My birth completes the band lineup of Dave 4, and Kyle 2. Age 5 – Because there’s not much else to do when it’s -40C, my brothers and I become obsessed with our Dad’s old vinyls in the basement. The Rolling Stone’s “Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out” is our introduction to rock n’ roll …
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By Guest Blogger on Nov 5, 2007 in Music, Press Releases | Tags: Digital, Drum Digital, Drummers, Hip Hop, iDigital Editions, Magazines, Music, Musicians, Phil Hood, R&B, Resources, The Roots, Traps Magazine | 0 Comments

Enter Music Publishing, publishers of worldwide, hip percussion magazines including DRUM! and TRAPS Magazines, today announced the launch of DRUM! Digital (drumdigital.com). DRUM! Digital is a free, online multimedia version of the magazine that is available to drummers internationally in an on-screen, flip-page format …
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By Jenny May on Mar 19, 2007 in Bands, Interviews, Music | Tags: Drummers, Drums, Festivals, Fyfe Dangerfield, Greig Stewart, Guillemots, Ludwig, Music, Premier, Scottish, Through the Window Pane, Top of the Pops, V Festival, Zildjian | 1 Comment
Guillemots have made an impressive debut here in England since forming in 2004. Band members are Fyfe Dangerfield, Greig Stewart, MC Lord Magrao, and Aristazabal Hawkes and their first album, Through the Window Pane includes gems of songs like “Trains To Brazil”, “We’re Here”, “Made-Up Lovesong #43″ and “Annie, Let’s Not Wait”.
It’s all been quite [...]
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