National Drummer Day!
Today is National Drummer Day for 2024! It is a day to honor those great drummers out there. Everyone has a favorite! I am a hobbyist drummer. I am sharing my favorite 10 drummers of all time for this year. . .
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Snare drum courtesy of Openverse
Top 10, Counting Down:
- Number 10: Buddy Rich ((I met him personally while walking up to the concert at the terrace section of Oakbrook Center after hours in the early 1980’s)
Bands: Tommy Dorsey, The Buddy Rich Band, SOLO & Multiple artists - Number 9: Billy Cobham (I met him personally twice: at Guitar Center in the mid-1980’s & at PASIC)
Bands: SOLO & Multiple artists
- Number 8: Omar Hakim (I met him personally at PASIC)
Bands: Weather Report (band), SOLO & Multiple artists
- Number 7: Steve Smith (I met him personally at Guitar Center)
Bands: Journey, Montrose, SOLO & Multiple artists - Number 6: Bill Bruford (I met him personally at a Chicago northern suburban record store for an autograph session with Adrian Belew during the King Crimson “Three of a Perfect Pair” tour)
Bands: King Crimson, Genesis, SOLO & Multiple artists - Number 5: Kenny Aronoff (I met him personally at Guitar Center)
Bands: John Mellencamp (Cougar & Cougar-Mellencamp), SOLO & Multiple artists
- Number 4: Terry Bozzio (I met him personally at PASIC)
Bands: Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, SOLO & Multiple artists - Number 3: Chester Thompson (I met him personally at PASIC)
Bands: Genesis (Live), Phil Collins, Santana, SOLO & Multiple artists - Number 2: Phil Collins
Bands: Genesis & SOLO - Number 1: Neil Peart (who else played the timing to include 17/16th notes? Let me know in the comments if you have seen it!)
Band: Rush
Note: Every above band I have seen in concert personally at least one time!
Image courtesy of Openverse
A Few Facts:
I am sharing some important, and not so trivial info on drums and percussion. . .
Types of Drums & Percussion:
- Snare drum
- Bass drum
- Tom drum
- Cymbals
- Conga
- Drum Kit
- Bongos
- Tabla
- Djembe
- Hi-hat
- Timpani
- Ride cymbal
- Bodhrán
- Tambourine
- Talking drum
- Frame drums
- Cajón
- Crash cymbal
- Darbuka
- Electronic drum
- Timbales
- Mridangam
- Floor tom
- Hand drum
- More . . .
Photo by Matthijs Smit on Unsplash
Major Brands of Drums & Percussion:
- Adams Musical Instruments
- Alesis
- American Drum Manufacturing Company
- Avedis Zildjian Company (Zildjian)
- Axis Percussion
- Ayotte Drums
- Brady Drum Company
- Camco Drum Company
- Conn-Selmer
- Corder Drum Company
- Cumbus
- D’Addario
- Ddrum
- Dixon Drums
- Drum Workshop (DW)
- E-MU Systems
- Evans
- Fibes Drums
- Gibraltar Hardware
- Gretsch Drums
- Harmony Company
- Hayman drum
- Hohner
- Istanbul Agop
- John Grey & Sons
- Jupiter Band Instruments
- Gregg Keplinger
- KHS Musical Instruments
- King Conga
- Latin Percussion
- Leedy Manufacturing Company
- Ludwig Drums
- Majestic Percussion
- Mapex Drums
- Meinl Percussion
- Natal Drums
- Noble & Cooley
- North Drums
- Orange County Drum and Percussion
- Pacific Drums and Percussion
- Paiste
- Pearl Drums
- Peavey Electronics
- Pork Pie Percussion
- Premier Percussion
- Pro-Mark
- Remo
- Rogers Drums
- Roland Corporation
- Sabian
- Simmons
- Slingerland Drum Company
- Sonor
- Soultone Cymbals
- Tama Drums
- Trixon Drums
- UFIP
- Vater Percussion
- Vic Firth
- Yamaha Drum
- More . . .
The Present:
People still love the set of drums. . .the rhythm, the sound, the playing and the players!
The Future:
The future definitely needs young recruits to take the stages all across the world. . .
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National Drummer Day
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