Yamaha DTX540K

Source: Music Radar

Textured Cellular Silicone pads are used for all the DTX540K's drums; cymbals are chokeable three-zone pads with edge, bow and bell tones. The last time a Yamaha DTX set-up graced these pages it was the mid-range DTX700 that was makin ...
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Guest Post: How to Use Compressors

Source: Audio Geek Zine

One of the most common tools that will be found in music production studios is an audio compressor. I will initially make distinction between dynamic range compressors and for example an MP3 compressor, here we ...
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Solo act Deadstring Brother makes Sacramento Music Fest debut

Source: Sacramento Bee

A blues harp, a resonator guitar and some drums. These are all the instruments that Kurt Marschke needs in his incarnation as the one-man act Deadstring Brother (a solo version of his band Deadstring Brothers). His music is best des ...
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Killer Robot & Teknotribe presents JOSEPH CAPRIATI (DRUMCODE) at Fiction

Source: My City By Night

Killer Robot in collaboration with Teknotribe presents *** JOSEPH CAPRIATI *** With the familiar house driven sound everywhere these days, its refreshing to find an artist that speaks the primal language of ...
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I got blitzed

Source: On Milwaukee

One of the Victory Garden Blitz Week teams. Go, team! Starting the building-of-the-raised-bed process. Power tool time. Dirt. More dirt. Done with the dirt. And now for the fun part: planting! Ta-da! The finish ...
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How a happy-go-lucky drummer saved Primus from reunion limbo

Source: Nashville Scene

Green Naugahyde , the latest album from Primus — and their first since 1999 — probably wouldn't exist but for a significant improvement in the San Francisco trio's morale. After two rounds of reunion touring in 2003-04 and 2006 — both featuring the class ...
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Man sentenced in drug case

Source: Hattiesburg American

A man implicated in a major drug investigation that began in 2005 was ordered to serve five years in federal prison Wednesday. Michael Martinez, of San Antonio, Texas, must also pay $10,000 in fines and complete 10 yea ...
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Tomas Barfod talks about moving to LA, redefining himself, and what every drummer should know

Source: Beatportal

23 May, 2012 | 8.00AM The “Broken Glass” video is really beautifully shot and directed. Did you have much involvement in conceiving of it? What did you want to achieve with the video? What are the most important tracks to you per ...
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Kotomon review

Source: Edge Magazine

Fledgling developer Monstars Inc. possesses some enviable talent; its creative team alone boasts several Q Entertainment alumni, with the likes of Rez, Lumines and Child Of Eden on their CVs. The studio’s iOS debut therefore arrives with a heightened sen ...
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