We happened to pass Zildjian’s 2012 NAMM booth as Peter Erskine and Steve Smith traded jazz ride patterns on the company's newest ride cymbals.
It took about two-and-a-quarter nanoseconds for a huge crowd to gather at Trick’s NAMM booth as soon as Chip Ritter began to put on a show.
The YouTube drumming sensation, Cobus Potgieter, dropped by our NAMM booth to sign autographs for the teeming crowds. Inbetween signatures, we managed to eke a brief interview from the South African teenager about his sudden international fame.
We ran into Jason Bittner at the Pearl booth, and had a few questions for the metal titan.
The Sabian Party at The Anaheim Sheraton featured Mark Guiliana jamming with JoJo Mayer, as well as Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meat Bats. And we thought last year's Sabian party with Steve Ferrone was off the hook!
Parties are part of the NAMM experience. Supernatural put on one of Friday night's best, featuring a spate of artists and bands.
It’s always a transcendental experience to interview Chad Smith.
It was thirty years ago that a studio drummer in New York named Richard Taninbaum struck gold, not with a recording, but with a tambourine. His innovation, the crescent-shaped Rhythm Tech tambourine was an ergonomic slice of musical art that successfully launched a company. Today, the company has sold more than a million of that original model which has found its way on to hit records and into the permanent industrial design collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. And, Rhythm Tech has become a leading supplier of percussion accessories and innovative instruments, such as its recent Stickball.
Evans unveiled a host of new items at NAMM but none as splashy as their Inked By Evans signature drumheads and custom drumhead service. Marketing manager Mike Robinson gives us the lowdown on what Evans has been up to.
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