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NEWS Yamaha picks up Rogers Drum (11/22) Yamaha Corporation of America announced that it has acquired the intellectual property rights to the legendary Rogers Drum Company at auction. The move followed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of Brook Mays Music Company on July 11.Yamaha executives with Rogers drum kit. L to R: Tom Sumner, vice president/general manager, Yamaha Pro Audio & Combo Division; Yoshi Doi, president, Yamaha Corporation of America; Terry Lewis, senior vice president, Music Marketing Group, Yamaha Corporation of America. Rogers, founded in 1849, boasts a rich heritage of manufacturing excellence and holds a reputation as one of the most innovative lines of drums ever sold. The Dyna-Sonic snare drum, the company's c Yamaha Drums supplied six drum kits for best Jazz Students (10/25) Yamaha Drums supplied six drum kits to young artists who appeared at the 2nd Annual Next Generation Festival, a showcase for some of the best jazz students in the country.Festival participant grooves on an Absolute Maple set with blue sparkle finish. "Yamaha has long supported educational efforts and the Next Generation Festival provides a great forum for young players to strut their stuff," said David Jewell, marketing manager, Yamaha Drums. "It's important to nurture the upcoming generation of players to ensure that jazz has a vital future."Participants in the April festival attend middle schools, high schools and colleges across the country. Winners of the various competitions earned a sp Yamaha Drums Presents Groove All Stars (01/20) On Saturday, January 21, Yamaha Drums will reinvent NAMM’s most anticipated drum event by presenting “Groove All Stars,” an evening of unparalleled entertainment provided by the country’s foremost musicians. The special concert will take place at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center in Cerritos, Calif. and feature more than 20 world-class drummers backed by an all-star band playing Yamaha guitars, basses, keyboards, percussion, and horns. Top-notch vocalists will also perform. The show begins at 8:30 pm, with doors opening at 8 pm after a special pre-show invitation-only Yamaha dealer dinner at 6 pm.After taking a break in 2005, Yamaha’s former “Groove Night,” held from 2000-2004, set the sta Apple GarageBand new Jam Pack 3: Songwriter Rhythm Section Rock, Alternative, Country (10/22) Apple introduced two new Jam Packs for its GarageBand music creation software, giving musicians and aspiring musicians alike all of the loops and software instruments they need to create music in the genre of their choice. Jam Pack 2: Remix Tools makes it easy to produce compelling dance, hip-hop and electronica tracks; and Jam Pack 3: Rhythm Section offers songwriters a complete backing band to help build a professional sounding foundation for their rock, alternative and country music. “GarageBand and the original Jam Pack made it possible for anyone, regardless of their musical background, to easily create great sounding music on their Mac,” said Rob Schoeben, Apple’s vice president of App Steve Smith Drumset Technique/History of the U.S. Beat 2 set DVD (10/05) Steve Smith “Drumset Technique/History of the U.S. Beat” is a brilliant, entertaining and educational resource by one of the world’s most respected and influential drum artists. The double DVD is a virtual encyclopedia of drumming techniques and concepts— featuring state-of-the-art audio and video as well as special features, including a camera switching option, alternate takes, listening and reading lists and commentary tracks by “professor” Smith, himself. On Disc One: Drumset Technique (2 Hours 35 Min), Steve breaks down his legendary hand and foot technique in unprecedented detail and gets to the core of what drummers want to know about improving their technique and feel. Chapters inclu

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