According to the official web site, Brian Blade will be in place of Vinnie Colaiuta on several dates of this tour. I imagine these may change as the tour progresses. While Brian Blade is an excellent drummer, those looking forward to seeing Vinnie specifically may find this news disastrous numbing we’re going to off ourselves […]

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Thanks to Julián Fernández for letting us know that part one of a two-part audio interview with Vinnie is available here on the Australian Podcast “Len Davis Presents Fusion and Electric Jazz”. Part 2 is here. “I knowwww your rhythmssss!” Discussion here on the forums.

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Thanks to Bomb Freschke for letting us know here on the forums that a four-disc set of the Beck shows with Vinnie and Tal Wilkenfield at Ronnie Scott’s this past November are available here for download. The quality is superb and the playing speaks for itself. Online Pharmacy is an appetite suppressants, not a panacea […]

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Thanks to Dave AKA “Got a Match Grip” on the forums for making a CD from some old cassette tapes of clinics, then sending it to Derek who made MP3’s of them who then sent them to me so I could upload them and give them to you. Here is the Vinnie clinic. This was […]

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This site is coming up on 10 years, and drumming has grown some since then. Houseofdrumming was started from inspiration from guys like Vinnie Colaiuta, and launched as a vehicle to share that inspiration with others. Recently some footage has surfaced that has served of a reminder to me of that inspiration. This footage is […]

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I hope everyone’s holidays were safe and enjoyable. News bits from the forum: Thanks to “Drum News Guy” for pointing us to this PDF listing the complete schedule of events for NAMM 2007. Discussion on who’s going and possible gatherings is happening right here. Some people are interpreting this news item on Sting’s site as […]

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Some videos have surfaced of recent shows of Vinnie with Jeff Beck here on YouTube. Forum discussion and more links appearing here.

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Despite canceling due to a hand injury, Vinnie still came out to introduce the band and explain his absence while also bragging about getting Dave to sub for him. Dave played with the power and fineness that he normally does, it was a great show. Here’s a couple pictures here and here. All changed from […]

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Sorry everyone. My hosting service is migrating to a new server so the forums are down temporarily. Hopefully they will be back up today. In the meantime I recently received an improved quality version of the first Vinnie clinic I put on the site, plus additional Q and A footage. This is one of my […]

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A little bird recently sent me some audio of a Vinnie clinic at Berklee during what I think is the late 80’s. Quality is good and the topics are informative. The clinic is split to two parts: Part 1 here, and part 2 is here. Enjoy.

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