The forums are more active than ever as we approach our 400th member. Great discussions as well as noteworthy news stories get added throughout each day. For those that can’t keep up here are just a few: Steve Gadd will be doing an East Coast Clinic Tour for Zildjian in June. Discussion on that here. […]

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There’s a new promotional video over at Chick Corea.com showing the making of his upcoming CD entitled “The Ultimate Adventure”. The video shows Chick in the studio working with Steve Gadd, Vinnie Colaiuta, Tom Brechtline, and others. Also newly released is the DVD Chick Corea Elektric Band: Live at Montreux 2004 which has over 2 […]

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We lost some news from the Database but thanks to WebArchive.org we can get most of it back. 2002 news will be removed from the front page and the ALL NEWS link will be sorted out shortly. New forums are coming soon, hosted on the HOD server (no more Hostboard). There will be an announcement […]

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Hot off the press; There will be a new Elektric band cd coming in Spring of 2004, recording starts in September at Chicks new Mad Hatter studios. The video from the Rendezvous In New York shows is being edited and will soon be released. All this according to Chick Corea’s web site so stay tuned!

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The new Faith Hill DVD “When the Lights Go Down” hits stores today, this is from the show that aired on CBS last November. Lots of Vinnie on camera. Also in stores today, Niacin(Chambers, Novello, Sheehan) “Blood Sweat and Beers”. originally only on DVD as an import now becomes available in audio cd and is […]

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There has been a discussion going on in the forums about Zappa charts with Vinnie. Marc Atkinson was kind enough to send over a PDF of Keep It Greasy from Joe’s Garage. Marc will be releasing a book on Vinnie transcriptions this summer thru Warner Brothers. CHART. Enjoy, Thanks again Marc…………

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JING CHI LIVE…………. Blue Man Group “The Complex” (great drumming stuff) Tower of Power release a new studio cd “The Oakland Zone”, the first with Garibaldi back in the drum chair. Marcus Miller releases “The Ozell Tapes”, a 2 cd set featuring Poogie Bell on drums. This disc was orginally only available from Marcus direct […]

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Chick Corea has just released a 2 cd set compiled from the Birthday bash at the Blue Note NY from last year, it features a few tracks from each of the bands that performed including 2 tracks from the Acoustic Band and 1 from the Quartets band featuring Gadd. The cd is called Rendezvous In […]

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Since Randy still isn’t ready to post news yet (J/K Randy) I’ll tell you guys about the Steve Jordan DVD Hal Leanord is putting out. Some forum posters already saying good things about it.BTW I recently saw the 3rd Weckl tape from the Carl Fischer series about getting a good drum sound. VERY educational. I […]

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Looks like Karizma’s Dave Garfield has a New CD on the way. The CD titled “Giving Back” has an impressive group of musicians, with Simon Phillips and Vinnie Colaiuta sharing the drum chair.Also looks like Thomas Lang will have a DVD out this summer along with a Marco Minneman and Johnny Rabb colabrotive DVD as […]

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