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Welcome to BPDrums.com! Check it out... Let us know
what you think! Sign our Guestbook! Any questions or suggestions? Email them to Brant!
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DRUMCAMP 2007 pictures are now online! Check the Drum Camp page. (10.15.2007) |
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It's Back - the 5th annual Drum Camp 2007 - with lots of new things happening this year. Check it out!!! Apply on line or call to register 749-3616... Check out the Drum Camp page for details!! (06.07.2007) |
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Another incredible installment in the 'Understanding Your Drums' series is now available in the Drum Knowledge section on the Techniques page! (04.13.2007) |
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Some new TIPS from Brant are now available! Check the Techniques page for 'Brant's Tips #2' (04.13.2007) |
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The 2nd installment of my Hoops discussion is now available! Check the Techniques page, under the 'Drum Knowledge' for 'Understanding You Drums Pt.5'!!! (12.10.2006) |
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Montréal Drum Fest 2006 was a BLAST! New pics now available on the Gallery page!! (12.06.2006) |
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Brant is Instructing a New Drum Program, The Yamaha Popular Music Program. As part of this unique drumming
course, being the only one of its kind offered in Canada, students will have the opportunity to use Yamaha electronic & acoustic drums
as part of the overall learning experience & fun of playing drums. This Drum Program is great for beginning/intermediate drummers ages
11 to adults who are interested in playing popular music on the drum set. There are No registration fees or material fees. For a free
preview lesson or to register call Reid Music at 364-2233 or drop by to see their new store on 835 Topsail Road - Same building, same
great service, different store. For more information contact Brant by e-mail at brantparsons@hotmail.com |
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Brant & Jennifer once again made their annual trek to the
Montréal Drum Fest! on November 11 & 12!
They rubbed shoulders with such greats as;
Dom Famularo, Roy Haynes, Bill Bruford and many others!
Check the Gallery page for some great new pictures!!
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Choose a month to see who is celebrating a birthday!!
Check out drummers from past months! (Starting 09.2005)
>FEATURED ARTIST OF THE MONTH:
- JOE PORCARO
(April 29, 1930 - Hartford, Conneticut, USA)
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Joe Porcaro is originally from Hartford, Connecticut, and now resides in Los Angeles where he is one of the most recorded
percussionist/drummers on the music scene. His musical spectrum ranges from Jazz and Rock to Opera and Symphonic.
In the Jazz field, Joe has recorded with Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Freddie Hubbard, and Don Ellis. He has also made albums
with Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughn, Natalie Cole, TOTO, and Madonna.
In the Operatic and Symphonic area, Joe recorded with Luciano Pavarotti, Rise Stevens, Lily Pons, Andre Kostelanitz,
Pierre Boulez, and the L.A. Philharmonic and Hartford Symphony Orchestras.
Joe has also played on many Hollywood film scores with many top composers such as James Newton Howard, John Williams,
Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Danny Elfman, and Steve Porcaro.
Joe is currently co-director of drum studies at the LOS ANGELES MUSIC ACADEMY in Pasadena, and is one of the most highly
regarded drum and percussion teachers in the world.
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