Many young percussionists have trouble executing a tambourine thumb or finger roll. While it is a relatively easy technique to master, students often ignore spending the time necessary to develop good technique. Here are a few tips to expedite the learning process: Keep the thumb…
Record Set @ CT Drum Show!
We just returned from our first appearance the Connecticut Drum Show and we couldn’t be more excited! Attendance was strong, the mood was upbeat, and sales were brisk! This was our first “outing” of the dynamic, new, Grover Custom drums – the response can only…
Grover Custom Featured in DRUM! Magazine
We are featured in the “Meet Your Maker” segment in the May 2013 issue of DRUM! Magazine:
Catch Us In Connecticut!
We’ll be on hand exhibiting a gorgeous array of our new custom drums from our GroverCustom.com shop. Sunday, Sunday, Sunday…. at the Connecticut Vintage & Custom Drum Show! In addition to getting a chance to play on our new custom drums, clinics will be presented…
Robert McCormick Featured on TampaClassical.com
Back in 1931 the term “Ionization” wasn’t a common household term. It was, however, the title of a pioneering piece of music by Edgar Varese that helped launch the realm of Percussion Ensemble music as a genre in its own right. “Ionization has been recognized…
Grover Pro Welcomes Sue Hadjopoulos
Sue established herself in the field of contemporary rock and pop music when she teamed up with Joe Jackson on the classic platinum-selling CD “Night & Day” and accompanying world tour. As a direct result of her work on “Night & Day”, she garnered laudatory…
Announcing the SilverFox Ridiculous Stick Tricks Contest!
Percussion Playing: Body and Soul by Dan Moore
My percussion program here at the University of Iowa has a tradition of beginning each semester with our own little “convocation,” that sets the tone for the semester. We use it to formalize our goals and get everyone on the same page for how we…
Plan For Success by Jim Dallas
Knowing that many of you may hope to enter the arena as a freelance player sometime in the near future, I have a few suggestions which I hope will improve your chances for success. Although the highest playing levels are necessary to be in a…
Do Yourself A Favor by John Parks
One of the biggest lessons I learned out of school was that subbing in professional orchestras did not mean playing snare drum, xylophone, or bells–or timpani. It meant being really, really good at the stuff I never played in lessons (other than for audition preparation)–triangle,…
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