The Drum Buzz

We all have at least one drummer we can credit for being our inspiration to want to play the drums for the first time.  Over time your list of favorite drummers may change, but you never forget your first.  The drummer that I credit as my inspiration is Frank Edwin Wright III – or as most people know him, Tre Cool drummer for Green Day.

Say what you want about the band or even Tre; he has always been an inspiration in not only musicianship and ability, but also showmanship.  You can spin around up in the air on a drum riser all you want and that’s cool, but Tre knows how to shock, entertain, and captivate a crowd with little more then his drum set, sticks, and wit (sometimes a flame and some lighter fluid help too ala Woodstock).

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Stewart Copeland is not only known for being an amazing drummer.  He is also known for his documentation of his time with the world renowned band – The Police.  In 2006 Copeland released a DVD documentary filled with years of behind the scenes police footage with his Super 8 titled Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out.

On September 29th 2009 the hardback edition of Stewart Copeland’s new book “Strange Things Happen: A Life with The Police, Polo, and Pygmies” will be released.  If you are a fan of Stewart’s or the police, the book looks like it will be pretty interesting.

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Photo By maryelle st. clare on Flickr

Edit: I just noticed this was announced in Feb., but it looks like most of the offers still stand.

If you’ve been playing drums for any amount of time, you’ve had to of heard the name Josh Freese.  He’s played with everyone from Katy Perry, To Guns and Roses, To The Vandals, and Nine inch Nails.

Recently Josh has released his new CD – “From 1972″ and with this release has come a whole new way to sell CD’s.  Josh has setup a tiered pricing system that gets you everything from a digital download to

“Take shrooms and cruise Hollywood in Danny from TOOL’s Lamborgini OR we play ‘quarters’ and then hop on the Ouija board for a while.”

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When I learned Moeller Whip I didn’t have the honor of learning if directly from the great Jim Chapin, but the person that taught me did.

Aside from his incredible talent and knack for teaching, Jim was a great role model to me in the sense that he didn’t really start playing drums until he was 18.

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