31st October 2009
Congratulations to one of my pupils - Josh Thornton who passed his drum audition to obtain a place at the Bristol Institute of Modern Music. A great achievement. Well done Josh
22nd September 2009
Couple of Music Events to tell you about:-
Jobeky Custom Drum Festival - 31st October 2009. Jobeky are proud to announce that they are hosting the inaugural Jobeky UK Custom Drum Festival on the 31st October. The event is designed to showcase some of the best and most innovative drum companies in the UK, alongside presenting a truly unique drum clinic and performance enviroment with a never before seen line up! The event will take place at the Staffordshire Pavillion - at the County Showground in Stafford, between 10:00am and 17:00pm on saturday the 31st October. Tickets will be £10 each (plus booking fee), and are now available now - www.jobekydrums.co.uk
Music Live is taking place at the Birmingham NEC early in November - check out full details at www.musiclive.co.uk
13th July 2009.
WE BROKE THE WORLD RECORD _ YEAH!!!!!!!
I will set up a section on the website for photos of the World Record and Drumfest shortly but in the meantime you can view photos of the World Record on my Facebook page. Just search for Rose Drum School or Duncan Rose on Facebook and you should find me. We had an amazing day - playing in an arena with 600 peoploe was just amazing and we broke the World Record and took it off the Americans!!!
3rd July 2009.
I will be taking part in the drumming world record attempt a week on Monday - 13th July - I will hopefully take some videos and photos of the day and post them on the website. It is for charity so I am now looking for any sponsors - If you do want to sponsor me just e-mail me your details and the amount and I will include you on the sponsorship form. Thanks.
It is also Drumfest the day before - 12th July with a great line up of famous drummers - both events are held at the Birmingham NIA - full details can be found at www.drumfest.net. Hope to see you there.
30th March - Drumming World Record Attempt.
Be part of the UK's first attempt at breaking a World Records by bringing together 600 drummers under one roof in aid of Mutliplpe Scleroris. This is being held on Monday 13th July atthe Birmingham NEC. Go to www.stickittoms.com for full details. I am planning to go and take part!!!
30th March 2009 - Drumfest 2009
Another date for your diary - Drumfest is on 12th July 2009. This is usually held at the Birmingham NEC and has performances from numerous famous drummers as well as lots of bargain drum stuff to buy. Lineup not yet announced but keep watching these pages for more news as it is released. Visit www.drumfest.net for further info.
29th March 2009 - Drummer Live 2009 Lineup Announced
Always a highlight in the drumming calender is Drummer Live which is held in London between 11th and 14th June 2009. Drummer Live is now in its sixth year and is part of the London International Music Show (LIMS). Click on the link below to go to the Drummer Live pages of the LIMS.
http://www.londoninternationalmusicshow.com/news/news-blog/drummer-live-line-up-announced/
14 February 2009 - Louie Bellson - 1924 - 2009
Sad news in the drumming world with the announcement of the death of drumming legend Louie Belson - click on the links below to read more and see him in action.
http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Louie_Bellson.html