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9 unusual facts about Drum


Drum-Believable

It was released in 2005 by Shakti Records, and features special guests including Máiréad Nesbitt on fiddle, Ustad Sultan Khan on vocals and sarangi, Sonia Panesar and Bee2 on vocals, and Transglobal Underground as producers.

DRUM! Magazine

It was the first magazine to feature artists such as Tré Cool (Green Day), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Travis Barker (Blink-182) and others on its covers.

Prior to starting DRUM!, Andy Doerschuk was the founding editor of Drums & Drumming Magazine, a short-lived publication that was part of GPI/Miller Freeman, the publishers of Guitar Player, Bass Player and other magazines in the late '80s and early '90s.

Gamelan joged bumbung

A typical ensemble will have 4 to 6 grantangs and are accompanied by Suling (flutes), Kendang (Drum), Ceng-ceng (cymbals), and a beat keeping instrument made out of bamboo or bronze.

Randy Carr

DRUM! Magazine wrote in its August 1996 issue, "16 Tons explodes with furious energy, propelled by Carr's powerhouse drumming."

Reede-drum

The drum itself did not gain wide recognition until the Kyrgyzstan traditional music resurgence in the 1950s in which it became known through the work of The Clancy Brothers and others.

New England Conservatory, Northwestern University, Florida State University and California State University have featured the reede-drum as the primary instrument of percussion majors.

Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song

The text was adapted from Whitman's Leaves of Grass (the Drum-Taps section), and Swayne (2011) describes it as the last of Schuman's pieces as, "a self-styled occasional progressive".

The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack

"The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack" is the second single for the Drum's Not Dead LP by Liars.


Akai MPC60

In 1979, Roger Linn produced the world's first drum machine to use digital audio samples as the sound source, the Linn LM-1.

Anne Palles

She had also been at the Witches' Sabbath on Hesnæs with the other accused women; Hans Stang from Hasselø played the drum while Abigael Nielsdatter, by Stan called ”Biegell” danced in the middle; Abigael was also able to travel on a staff to Trondhjem in Norway.

Aquiles Priester

Aquiles endorses: Paiste, Mapex, Evans, Pro-Mark, Audio-Technica, DW Pedals, Gibraltar Hardware, Zoom, Staff Drum, Santo Angelo, Urban Boards, Ciclotron, Shred Cases, AeroRic Custom Drums, Tander Tattoo Studio and Lady Snake Rock Wear.

Armed helicopter

The CH-47 was used most often to assist in the clearing of bunkers, using an improvised bomb made from 55-gallon drums of bulk CS powder, designated Bomb, Fuze, and Burster, CS in 55-gallon Drum, XM920.

Baiju Dharmajan

Baiju also co-created “Sacred Science” for the popular TV Series The Dewarists with percussionist cum composer Karsh Kale and edakka drum teacher Harigovindan.

Beat the Drum

Premiering at the 2003 Mill Valley Film Festival, Beat The Drum won 30 international film festival awards, including the prestigious Montreal Zenith D'Or and the Monaco International Film Festival Angel Award, the festival's top honor.

Bone Symphony

The group consisted of Scott Wilk on lead vocals and synthesizer, Marc Levinthal (guitar, bass synthesizer and sequencer, drum machine, 808 programming) and keyboard artist Jacob Magnusson (Iceland).

Born to Mack

This album features sexually explicit lyrics over strong Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 synthesizer bass lines and Roland TR-808 drum programming.

Broxton Rocks

The near-threatened* Bachman's Sparrow, the endangered* Red-cockaded Woodpecker and the Pileated Woodpecker, whose drum-like peck can be heard over long distances, all nest here.

Calling the Wild

Jimmy Harry - guitars, bass, keyboards, programming, drum programming, producer, engineer, mixing

Casey Claw

It was originally developed by Mark Casey in 1993, a former marching member and drum sergeant of the The Cavaliers of Rosemont, Illinois.

Ceefax

The first system employed a modified Muirhead drum facsimile transmitter, and hard-copy printer using pressure-sensitive "till-roll" paper passing over a drum with a raised helix of steel wire.

Christ Embassy

The Christ Embassy and Pastor Chris Oyakhilome were featured on The Times in South Africa, Twitaholic, Politics Web a South African website, and The Drum South African website.

Dolly Rathebe

During a photo-shoot for Drum magazine at a mine dump, Dolly and the white photographer, Jürgen Schadeberg were arrested under the Immorality Act, which forbade interracial relationships.

Drum screen

It is a transparent acoustic panel or system of panels that are used around drums, percussion instruments, and possibly other loud musical instruments in order to acoustically separate unusually loud instruments from other musical instruments and vocalists that may be in close proximity.

Elements of Life: Remixed

Note: The Carpe Noctum remix is officially known as (Fire Element Mix), it earlier had been named (War Drum Mix) when it was released in the Copenhagen: Elements of Life World Tour DVD and recently mentioned as (Fire Intro Drums Mix) in Tiësto's Club Life, on Podcast 59.

End Hits

In addition, the band used electronic drums, synthesizers and the practice of drum-layering for the first time, which is most evident on the track "Closed Captioned." Brendan Canty explained to Tape Op Magazine in 1999 "When "Closed Captioned" was recorded, the basic tracks to it are all a drum machine and then I overdubbed two different drum sets on top of it, which I love doing, it gives distance to a song."

Everything You See

The Loch Ness concert, entitled Beat the Drum after the chorus to the song "Pride of the Summer", was released on DVD and CD as Year of the Flood in 2008.

Experimental luthier

In 2006 Yuri Landman built his Moodswinger for the band Liars and afterwards made a large serie of alternate string instruments like the Moonlander for Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, the Springtime for Blood Red Shoes and the Tafelberg drum guitar for The Dodos and others.

Explorations in afro-cuban dance and drum

"Since 1996 local music teacher/musician Howie Kaufman has led Explorations in Afro-Cuban Dance and Drum, a workshop series at HSU that brings teachers and students from far and wide. Passion for the clave rhythm led some seriously dedicated Humboldters to find ways around the U.S. blockade (United States embargo against Cuba) of the Caribbean island and bring Cuban music and musicians here."—Doran (2011).

G.I. Orange

G.I. Orange was a British New Wave and pop band, formed in the mid 1980s by the brothers Karl Whitworth (lead vocals and guitar), Simon Whitworth (bass guitar and vocals), and Mark Whitworth (keyboard and vocals), plus Gary Holt (drum and vocals).

Graham Haynes

After the release of yet another hybridized album - 1996's Tones For The 21st Century - Haynes discovered drum 'n' bass and began working with some of the genres finest DJs and producers in London and the U.S. This manifested in the release of 2000s BPM, a fusion of drum n' bass beats with the classical music of Richard Wagner.

Gypsy horse

All of the North American Gypsy Horse and Drum Horse registries employ the Animal Genetics Research Laboratory of the University of Kentucky to perform DNA analysis and maintain a database of registered horses' DNA markers.

All American registries, including the International Drum Horse Association below, employ the Animal Genetics Research Laboratory of the University of Kentucky as the repository of their registered horses' DNA markers.

Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn

Since the 1980s Fairbairn has performed alongside or with Paul Buckley, Chris Newman, Nick Strutt, Roger Knowles, Michael Chapman, Tony Wilson, Brian Golbey, Alistair Russell, Gordon Tyrall, Hot Pot Belly Band, Witches Bane, Four Horseman, Ray Band, Boxcar Willie, Sons of the Freemen, Scarlet Heights and Aiken's Drum.

Interstate 781

In April 2009, project engineers discovered that Indiana bats—an endangered species of bat—live in the area in and surrounding the proposed right-of-way of the Fort Drum Connector (I-781).

Jah No Partial

It also contains a drum sample from James Brown's live cover of the Archie Bell & the Drells song "Tighten Up".

Judy Peiser

Peiser has produced numerous documentary films including Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer, Gravel Springs Fife and Drum, and Ray Lum: Mule Trader, available on the Folkstreams project's website.

Königsberger Paukenhund

The tradition dates from the 1866 Battle of Königgrätz, where troops of the Prussian 43rd Infantry Regiment ("Duke Karl of Mecklenburg-Strelitz") overran the drum wagon of the Austrian 77th Infantry Regiment ("Karl Salvator of Tuscany"), whose dog, a Saint Bernard named "Sultan", had been shot.

Korg PadKontrol

The PadKontrol is commonly used for controlling virtual drum instruments in a MIDI sequencer (such as ezdrummer or BFD).

Lodge Farm

A children's home used to lie on Stroud Avenue (Drum and Bass star Goldie being one of its ex-residents).

Magnetic Drum Digital Differential Analyzer

The Magnetic Drum Digital Differential Analyzer (MADDIDA) was a computer built by Northrop Aircraft Corporation in 1950.

Matt Letley

On the picture to the right, he can be seen performing the drum solo, 'The Killer', that has frequently been included in the song "Gerdundula" since he joined the band.

Matthew Sweet discography

In 2007, Sweet contributed the song "Come to California" for the film, Nancy Drew, and a cover of the Stone Poneys' "Different Drum" for the film, The Heartbreak Kid.

Necrophagist

Eventually, a new edition with drum samples recorded by Hannes Grossmann was created.

Pir Mangho Urs

Some Afro-Arab style festivals and dances like Gowaati, Lewa, Dhamaal, beating Omani style shindo, jabwah, and jasser drums are still popular in Manghopirs Lyari locale.

Screamadelica

"Loaded", in E-flat major, features lines spoken by Peter Fonda's character in the 1966 movie The Wild Angels, as well as a drum loop from an Italian bootleg mix of Edie Brickell's "What I Am", and The Emotions' "I Don't Want to Lose Your Love".

Second Layer

Second Layer was a post-punk musical act formed in 1979 by Adrian Borland (vocals, guitar) and Graham Bailey (keyboards, bass guitar, drum programming), both of The Sound.

Shawn Drover

As opposed to many drummers, who cross over their sticks to play the hi-hat with their right hand and snare with their left hand, Shawn instead keeps time with his left hand, keeps a ride cymbal on the left side of his set, and relegates his right hand for snare drum hits (similar to Gene Hoglan and Steven Sweet).

SilverFast

SilverFast Ai Studio supports prepress drum scanners made by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Linotype - Hell) on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7, as well as Mac OS X 10.3-10.5 operating systems.

Tambuco

Tambuco has a repertoire ranging from structuralist percussion music to a wide range of ethnic drum music and avant garde.

The Queen of Drum

The Queen of Drum is a narrative poem by C.S. Lewis published by J.M. Dent in 1969, post-humously by Lewis' trustee and literary adviser Walter Hooper.

The Yummy Fur

After leaving the band in 1997, Lawrence Worthington would drum for both The Male Nurse and The Fall-influenced art punk band The Country Teasers.

Thun'da

The screen rights for the character were bought by Columbia Pictures, who brought Thun'da to the screen in the serial King of the Congo (1952), featuring Buster Crabbe as Roger Drum, the officer who becomes Thunda.

Too Short

In the early 1980s, Shaw produced custom songs (called "special requests") for people with his high school friend, Freddy B. In 1983, Too Short had his first release, Don't Stop Rappin' which, along with the following three releases, featured raw, simple drum beats from a LinnDrum drum machine.

Vector Burn

Along with fellow Phoenix producer Castor, he formed a politically charged drum and bass group called The Riot in 2005, with releases on Bad Habit Recordings, Barcode recordings, and Force Recordings.

Xtra Bass

2007 is the fifth year of the tour and features appearances by well established drum and bass djs such as Bailey, L Double, Fabio & Grooverider and Crissy Criss among others.


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