How to Prepare for the V-Drums World Championship This is an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at U.S. National Champion Pat Kennedy preparing for the V-Drums World Championship 2. He’ll be representing the U.S. during the V-Drums World Championship in Frankfurt, Germany on Thursday, April 11, 2013. And Roland is giving everyone around the world a front [...]
On Saturday, September 29, our good friend, Brendan Buckley took a break from his very busy touring schedule with Shakira and Taiwanese super star Leehom Wang to judge the V-Drum semi final contest at Sam Ash in Torrance California. Sandwiched between tour dates in Italy and China Brendan had just one week in the United States before jet setting over seas. Besides the judging criteria, [...]
Michael Schack demos the Roland SPD-30 Octopad. Michael is currently the drummer for Drum and Bass producer Netsky (Boris Daenen). I asked him to show off the electronic sounds and capabilities of the Octapad. Check out what he came up with.
In this video Omar Tavarez, both drummer and musical director for Pitbull, discusses how he uses Roland’s SPD-SX sampling pad. He explains how he has customized his SPD-SX for Pitbull’s show and where it falls in place with his acoustic drum kit. More of Omar: Omar’s Instagram: drummer_305 Omar on facebook Related Articles: Pick Your Poison – SPD-SX versus SPD-30 Aaron [...]
Aaron Rossi, drummer for Ministry tells us what it takes to land a gig like his in the ever changing and competitive music industry. This is practical advise given by a world class drummer, according to Rossi the key is consistency. Rossi’s current set up includes Roland’s SPD-SX to trigger samples during sets. Related links and articles: What are [...]
