{"id":1643,"date":"2012-10-09T10:23:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T17:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2014-06-25T14:15:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T21:15:45","slug":"brendan-buckley-judges-v-drum-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/09\/brendan-buckley-judges-v-drum-semi-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Buckley Judges V-Drum Semi Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ajpSN2Ecj8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, September 29, our good friend,\u00a0<a title=\"Brendan Buckley Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrendanDrums\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Buckley<\/a>\u00a0took a break from his very busy touring schedule with\u00a0<a title=\"Shakira Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shakira\" target=\"_blank\">Shakira<\/a>\u00a0and Taiwanese super star\u00a0<a title=\"Leehom Wang\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wangleehomfans\" target=\"_blank\">Leehom Wang<\/a>\u00a0to judge the\u00a0<a title=\"V-Drums contest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/go\/v-drums_contest\/\" target=\"_blank\">V-Drum semi final contest<\/a>\u00a0at Sam Ash in Torrance California.\u00a0Sandwiched\u00a0between tour dates in Italy and China Brendan had just one week in the United States before jet setting over seas. 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