Today we were visited by top percussionists Carl "Butch" Small and Marcus Hunter, who were both in town performing with the legendary Motown artists the "Four Tops" and "The Temptations".
These two dynamic musicians have years of experience recording and backing top artists like Whitney Houston, Dr. Dre, Mariah Carey, Eminem, Chris Brown and Michael Jackson just to name a few!
While here they picked up triangles, SilverFox sticks and a new G2 Custom Snare Drum.
Eric Shin, the new Principal Percussionist of the National Symphony in Washington D.C. has just joined the impressive roster of Grover Pro endorsing artists! Previously, Erik was acting principal percussionist of the Detroit Symphony and principal percussionist of the Honolulu Symphony. He has also performed with the Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Ojai Music Festival, amongst many others. A recipient of The Cloyd Duff Scholarship, Mr. Shin received a bachelors degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Richard Weiner and Paul Yancich. Upon graduation, Mr. Shin was awarded the Bruce Collie Award for percussion excellence at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He went on to pursue...
Referring to one's brain, we have been told there is a direct correlation between mathematics and music. I would like to expand this finding to the similarities between that of a percussionist and personnel manager. I can hear the sighs now … but wait, educator and drummer Jay Burak once said “learning to drum can assist geometrical and mathematical thinking, as well as organizational skills”. Not only do I think this may be true, I am a firm believer, it is the truth. In the percussion section setting up individual players stations can be based on any number of factors. Choreography and space limitations are just two major considerations to bear in mind. Careful organization of players, assignment of parts...
Grover artist LineUponLine Percussion Trio was recently hailed by the Austin Chronicle as being first-in-class. Here's what the Chronicle's critic had to say: Best Drum Circle, Line, Triangle, Rhombus, and Moebius Strip: line upon line percussion (Critics Picks, Arts & Culture) Austinites with a yen to drum tend to form a ring, but here are three guys who dare to think outside the circle – and outside the drum, too. As line upon line percussion, Adam Bedell, Cullen Faulk, and Matthew Teodori have demonstrated over the past three years a remarkable commitment to banging on drums, cymbals, gongs, wood blocks, hubcaps, trash cans, triangles, bells, glasses, pipes, and anything else they can get an interesting sound out of. They're explorers...
Hurricane Sandy not withstanding, we will be exhibiting for the 30th consecutive year at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Austin Nov. 1st-3rd. Come visit us in booths 335 - 337, where we will have a huge display of our new custom snare drums, tambourines, triangles, woodblocks, log drums, mallets, temple blocks, triangle beaters and accessories for the serious percussionist. We will be featuring our new Pro-Concert Castanets, which have already created quite a stir in professional circles!
Here is a partial list of Grover Pro Artists who will appear at the show:
