Author & Contributor

Owner / Founder / Contributor
Bart Elliott

A degreed professional musician with a Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance, and Master of Music post-graduate work, Bart Elliott has worked for 40+ years in the music and entertainment industry with over 100 album recordings to his credit. His decades of experience exhaustive understanding of contemporary and classical music makes him a complete and skilled master musician.

Bart continues to work as an active drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, music arranger, director, comedian, MC, educator, writer and visual artist. He is the owner and creator of DrummerCafe.com, which he founded in December of 1996.

www.bartelliott.com

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BIOGRAPHY Tommy Wells , born June 18, 1951 in Marion, Indiana, was a fixture on Nashville’s music scene for more than 35 years. Like many young drummers, Tommy started out banging on pots and pans — t...
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Lightyear Entertainment and Lobitos Creek Ranch, in association with Scabeba Entertainment and the Buddy Rich Estate, have released the live album The Lost Tapes featuring Buddy Rich and his Big Band...
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Brian Spaun, President and CEO of Spaun Drums and Scymtek Cymbals has introduced their new Designer Series drum kits and snare drums. Key features of the new series allows the customer to choose from...
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“Bob Holz's CDs keep getting better n' better!...this one is just great!” - Randy Brecker Jazz-fusion composer and drummer Bob Holz will be releasing his third album VISIONS: Coast to Coast Connection...
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The Gretsch family is celebrating a very special milestone in 2018: 135 years of manufacturing the world’s finest drums. Those 135 years also represent a family legacy unlike any other in the percussi...
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Hit Like A Girl Co-Founder And Executive Director To Take A Leave Of Absence The Hit Like A Girl contest has announced that drum industry veteran, former Drum! magazine publisher and Hit Like A Girl c...
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Evening of Performances from UK’s Top Percussionists and Online Fundraising Auction Sponsored by Latin Percussion and GEWA Music Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to Giovanni being back...
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Two Digital Albums, a Vinyl Album, and Two Digital Concert Films to be Released
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New measurement microphone with MEMS technology provides dramatically increased precision achieving a breakthrough in accuracy for room correction The first system of its kind, ARC System works by mea...
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Considered one of the most influential bands of the alternative rock scene, Pearl Jam has sold nearly 32 million records in the U.S. and garnered critical acclaim throughout their career, including a...
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Acts include award-winning sister duo Command Sisters; Americana artists Southern Sirens; singer-songwriter, Julia Jordan Kamanda; and singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Laura Clapp Davidson...
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Peter Magadini's Polyrhythms - A Musician's Guide is acclaimed the world over and has been hailed by Modern Drummer magazine as "by far the best book on the subject" and "a very important contribution...
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SlapKlatz is no new name on the drum accessory scene. This Danish brand of drum dampers, have been around for several years. In fact, SlapKlatz was the first company to offer invisible (clear) dampers...
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Aquarian® Drumheads is proud to announce the latest addition to their well received line of Specialty Snare Drum Heads. The NEW Aquarian Texture Coated Reflector Snare Drum Batter (TCREF) is born from...
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Mark Duda is an artist and musician from New York City’s East Village who sings, plays guitar, and writes great original rock and punk songs. Over his storied career, he has worked with a who’s who of...
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A clear step by step approach to learning authentic Cuban rhythms Cuban Rhythms for Percussion & Drumset , by Aldo Mazza, is a condensed study of the most popular rhythms and dances of Cuba. From basi...
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Available in a selection of Crashes, Crash-Rides and Hi-Hats as well as Thunder™ Crashes and Splashes and two sizes of Storm™ Hi-Hats, the new CLS™ Series from TRX® Cymbals combines a dark, warm, clas...
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The TRX® Cymbal Co. has announced the release of its NDK™ Series cymbals . The NDK (which stands for New DRK) line is based on TRX’s popular DRK™ series. While both series are available in the same we...
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A rock/pop/R&B mainstream hit album... includes the HITS “Some Kind of Wonderful” and “Bad Time” Grand Funk Railroad fans rejoice! Marshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity has released Grand Funk's hit alb...
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Ronn Dunnett , President and CEO at Dunnett Classic Drums , is the recent recipient of the International Titanium Association’s (ITA) 2016 Application Development Award.
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Pierre van der Linden , the drummer in legendary Dutch band Focus , has released his first solo album entitled Drum Poetry for fans and students of his varied drumming styles and techniques. Pierre’s...
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Texas Tech University’s Goin’ Band from Raiderland , located in Lubbock, Texas, is the latest All-Yamaha college marching band. The university’s new Yamaha fleet of marching percussion instruments, wh...
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Play Like Keith Moon — Study the trademark songs, grooves, solos, and techniques of the madman drum god, Keith Moon . This comprehensive book and audio teaching method, by Andy Ziker , provides detail...
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Brian Spaun, President and CEO of Spaun Drums and Scymtek Cymbals has introduced their new 20th Anniversary 100% African Mahogany drum kits. The drum kit features a beautiful exotic face veneer of Ebo...
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First up is a mammoth worldwide tour, set to launch in Syracuse, NY on July 11th. For the US shows presented by Live Nation , Foreigner will be alongside Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Cheap Trick — who a...
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Limited Edition Hybrid SACD Includes a BONUS pair of 3-D Glasses! Marshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity will be releasing Grand Funk's widely popular classic rock album Shinin' On on limited edition hyb...
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Yamaha introduces the Free Floating Lug Bridge™ (FFLB™) Multi Tenor Mounting System from Randall May International (RMI) for use on marching multi toms. A remarkable innovation over previous drum spac...
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Legendary & award winning melodic drummer Terry Bozzio released worldwide what he calls a Life's Work project of Art & Music on the Japanese label Ward Records in September 2015. The set is now availa...
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Located in the heart of downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, the Rhythm! Discovery Center , a creative vision of the Percussive Arts Society, is a museum unlike any other museum in the world. That’s becaus...