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Hello folks, today we're jigging up a less-common, yet still fantastic fish, the freshwater sheepshead. We're drifting along ...
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Denver-based drummer Ari Rubenstein prefers the Evans EMAD. “My bass drum is 20 inches and made of oak,” he says. “Oak drums are loud and lack some warmth in favor of attack.
"I adore the artsy, quirky, laid back people I meet, so I wanted the sound of my song to match that freeing vibe" ...
Martyn Dekkers, a Dutch producer and DJ now living in Washington, D.C., notes, “You have techno DJs playing at 170, you have bass-music people playing at 170” — drum and bass’s median tempo.
Big Bertha II, the drum custom-built for the Longhorn Band, measures just over 9.5 feet in diameter and 55 inches in width. It also plays the lowest note ever on a bass drum, according to a ...
Purdue's iconic Big Bass Drum has been seen and heard at football games for the past 100 years, but it will be conspicuously absent for Saturday's game against Notre Dame.
It’s the first time the Big Bass Drum will miss the performance since 1979. The drum has been a part of the marching band for 100 years and its history was chronicled in the latest Purdue ...
UT band unveils new bass drum during football game against Iowa State University Named "Big Bertha II," the new bass drum comes after 100 years of service from the original "Big Bertha." ...
In 1921, Paul ‘Spotts’ Emrick decided that the “All-American” Marching Band needed something to set them apart from other bands. Emrick’s idea called for a bass drum larger than any other. The idea ...