DRUMS & PERCUSSION

Although reading my favourite artists page will suggest that my longest-running musical interests and influences are [folk] typically vocals, accompanied by minimum instrumentation, I have always been drawn into the very core of music viscerally, by the beat, the percussion, its heart.

What follows are a variety of links to pages created by others and ranging from drumset to orchestral percussion to solo percussionists, and from retail/wholesale sources to pages for/by individual percussionists. Hope you enjoy and benefit from them.

I apologize in advance for the broken links that I know are in here (May 1997, updated January 1999). I'm in the process of re-tracing my cyber-feet, and fixing them. In the meantime, please let me know drums@house-of-music.com if you know of the correct, new locations for any of these broken links - or of additional pages and sites!

Photos Copyright © 1995-1996 Carolyn Andre

• [left] Robbie Magruder (Mary Chapin Carpenter's band) - Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island: August 1995
• [right] Carol Steele (with Joan Baez) - the Park West, Chicago, IL: February 1996

Yahoo search results: Entertainment:Music:Instruments:Drums/Percussion

A Mixed Bag of Reference Sites, Online Magazines, FAQs

• Cyber Drum (online mag)
• Drumline Forum
• DRUMMER'S WEB
• The Music Review
• MUSICIAN'S WEB
• Percussion Sound Chart (Sabian)
• RootsWorld: Real Music Real Music
• Tinnitus FAQ

A Variety of Personal and Educational sites

• The Drums and Percussion FAQ
  • The Drums and Percussion Page (CSE/OGI)
  • Other Music-related Links (CSE/OGI)
  • Encyclopedia of Percussion (CSE/OGI)
  • Fan Pages (CSE/OGI)
• Adrums: the electronic newsletter for drummers
• Mary Mark's Home Page
  • Mary's Percussion Links
  • Mary Mark's Learning Middle Eastern Percussion
• NET_MUS_LINKS - a rather huge file of music links
• Alex Pertout's Education Corner
• Bill Powelson's Drum Lessons online drum lessons, drumset tricks, percussion hints ...
• Bill Powelson's School of Drums (drum lessons online)
• Drums and Percussion - The Chuck Silverman Web Site
• Percussion Education on the Drumset
• Quel Ta Music - featuring Steve Amedee of the subdudes
• She's Got the Beat - a site for women in music
• SheBoom women drummers
• Marc Zoutendijk Classical Percussion Home Page

Afro-Cuban and Latin Music Links

• Musique Afro-Caribéennes (in French)
• Afro-Carribean Music
• Steel Pan Drums:
  • Steel Pan Tuning - handbook for steel pan making and tuning.
  • Toucans - Seattle Steel Drum Band
  • About Steel Drums
• Latin Rhythms (Latin percussion charts)
• LatinoLink Home Page
  • LatinoLink: "Somos Boricuas: We Are Puerto Rican"
  • LatinoLink: Lo Mejor de Cesar Pedroso - Hits of Los Van Van

World Percussion

• African Percussion Home Page
• Bodhran Page
• Doumbeks and Djembes:
  • Doumbek - Kesslari's Introduction
  • DJIMBEFOLAND
  • Quick and Dirty Guide to the Doumbek
• Drumming Around the World Wide Web - The Drums' homepage
• Ethnic Drums Uncovered
• Rope Tension Drums (of 42nd Highlanders/Black Watch)
• Tablas:
  • Tzara's TABLA Home Page
  • The Tabla Site - an information source for the North Indian tabla

Not Exactly Drums

• Peter De Gersem's Marimba Page
• Peter De Gersem's Home Page
• Greg Latta's Marimba Page (includes a Marimba Links list)
• Marimba.org: information about marimbas, marimba players, and some concerts and recordings
• The Piano Page
• Theremins and Historic Percussion
• Theremin Home Page

Pages By or About Individual Drummers and Percussionists

• Robin Anders
  • Robin Anders' Net Links
• Bruford, Bill
• Chris DeRosa - NYC Professional Freelance Drummer (rock, jazz, reggae, latin, pop)
• The Official Evelyn Glennie Website
• Alice Gomez (composer, percussionist) - Relocated as of November 1
• Jim Norman - GRAFITE
• Susan Pascal - The Jazz Vibes Page
• Marilyn Rife (percussionist) - Relocated as of November 1
• Michael Shrieve
• Carol Steele
  • Carol Steele (with Joan Baez)
  • Carol Steele with Howard Jones/Live Acoustic in America (1996)
• Jerry Tachoir (jazz mallet artist)
• Dwight Thomas (Principal Percussionist: Omaha Symphony Orchestra)
  • Dwight A. Thomas
  • Basic Guide to Keyboard Percussion Instruments
  • Omaha Symphony Trio
  • Timpanist - Musician or Technician? (1966 article by C. Duff)
  • Timpani - Frequently Asked Questions
    • Professional Pages
    • Student Pages
    • Musician Pages
    • General Interest Pages

Software/Utilities for Sound - and MultiMedia Experiences

• Real Audio
• Harald O's Digital Drums on the Internet
• PrimalTribal Arts Council (participatory multi-media experience)
• Virtual Conga

Organizations

• Percussive Arts Society
• Web Association of Percussionists

Schools/Programs

• CalArts School of Music
• Oberlin Percussion Institute: Resources and Recordings
• UNT: College of Music
• UNT Percussion Page

Retail/Dealers

• Black Swamp Percussion
• ChopShop (entry page) - online educational and retail resource
• Interworld Music Associates ("worldwise" CDs, cassettes, etc.)
• Lark In The Morning
• Latin Percussion
• Lone Star Percussion Home Page
• Ludwig Drums
• Musser Mallet Instruments
• Percussion Construction (mallet mfg)
• Santa Fe Marketspace - All One Tribe Drum
• Santa Fe Marketspace - All One Tribe Drum
• Sonor Percussion
• Toca Percussion Online
• Woodwind and Brasswind
• zZounds - instruments from around the world, including drums and djembes. Workshops. Software.

Comments, suggestions, additions, etc. to drums@house-of-music.com

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