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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Sam Berns was born on October 23, 1996. By the time he was 2, Sam was diagnosed with Progeria , an extremely rare genetic disorder in childhood characterized by dramatic, premature aging. Statistics s...
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Drew Shourd is just your normal forty-nine year old guy with a huge passion for life — a drummer, chef, writer, artist, world traveler and global free diver. While spending the last thirty-five years...
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Download Bart Elliott's transcription of the 48-bar drum solo, as played by Steve Gadd , on Chuck Mangione's live recording of The XIth Commandment ; PREMIUM RESOURCE subscription required.
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Inspired from the painting by Danish painter, Carl Bloch, and the passage from the Bible — Jesus giving The Sermon on the Mount as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew — now The Clinic on the Mount.
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Until now, drummers have been missing all of the music that was trapped inside their drumsticks. The StickPort lets all of those sounds, lost for millennia, out of your sticks!
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Following the 2009 Summer NAMM show in Nashville, Tennessee, Bart Elliott and Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (drummer for "Weird Al" Yankovic) set out to search (and hopefully find) some good deals on used cy...
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In October 2008, former Beatles drummer, Ringo Starr , posted a video blog on his website stating that he will no longer be signing autographs after October 20, 2008. He stated that he was too busy an...
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CYMBAL is a parody, public service announcement created by Drummer Cafe founder, Bart Elliott ; based on the 1960 thriller by Alfred Hitchcock, Psycho . Originally aired on Drummer Cafe TV back in Apr...
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DCTV Education • Entertainment • Excellence Drummer Cafe TV features unique drum/percussion related content, created by Nashville drummer and percussionist, Bart Elliott. It's education and entertainm...
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ABOUT The Drummer Café™ is an independent, grassroots establishment which is owned, operated and funded by drummer and percussionist, Bart Elliott . As chef de cuisine , Bart handles all of the Drumme...
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I Want to Be a Drummer! , written by Mark Powres and illustrated by Maria Montag, is a board book for young children. The story is about a little boy named Daniel who doesn't have a drum set, but that...
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Bart Elliott reviews Alfred Music Publisher's new International Drum Rudiments Playing Cards — designed to familiarize and teach the 40 International Drum Rudiments plus twelve popular hybrid rudiment...
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Bart Elliott reviews a new book by Mark Powers, Slammin' Simon's "Guide to Mastering Your First Rock & Roll Drum Beats! " , written young aspiring drummers.
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Bart Elliott reviews a book by drummer/percussionist/educator, Mac Santiago , called Beyond the Metronome . The book/CD package is designed to assist all musicians , not just drummers and percussionis...
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Bart Elliott reviews a new play-along book/CD for melodic instruments by Richie Cannata and Sean J. Kennedy , Improvising and Soloing In The Pocket . "Here is a great new play-along book featuring ori...
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Bart Elliott reviews Mel Bay's
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Drumset for Beginners is an exciting and innovative approach to teaching and learning how to play drums. Even while acquiring the basics, students are given room to ‘express’ themselves through the ap...
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Alfred Music Publishing, the home to the world’s largest percussion print catalog, releases Essential Drum Lessons with the Greats Book & 2 CD method, a compilation of critical lessons on the techniqu...
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Bart Elliott reviews Ari Hoenig 's new book, SYSTEMS ~ Book 1: Drumming Technique and Melodic Jazz Independence . This "must have" book delves into the world of triplets and triple-note figures. All d...
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For former drummers who miss jamming on the kit, its time to dust off the old sticks and revisit those good times with I Used to Play Drums: An Innovative Method for Adults Returning to Play . This bo...
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New Book by Try Publishing Transforms Junior Drumkits into a Valuable Learning Tool TRY Publishing proudly announces the release of Drumset for Preschoolers: A Guide for Teachers/Parents of 2 to 6 Yea...
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Bart Elliott reviews a new book by Pete Sweeney, The Couch Potato Drum Workout: Technique-Building Exercises You Can Do While Watching TV!
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Bart Elliott reviews Hal Leonard Harmony & Theory – Part 1 • Diatonic , a book designed to provide the same type of information one would expect to receive in their first semester of college freshman...
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Bart Elliott reviews a new book by certified mental health and substance abuse counselor (retired), and drummer, Bernie Schallehn . Mind Matters is a practical guide to help drummers and percussionist...
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Bart Elliott reviews Todd Sucherman's Methods and Mechanics Companion Book/CD , based on Sucherman's first award-winning DVD, Methods and Mechnics for Useful Musical Drumming , released by Hudson Musi...
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Bart Elliott reviews Play a Song of Christmas — Thirty-five Songs and Carols in Easy Arrangements a new collection of Christmas songs and carols for variable mixed ensembles or soloist with accompanim...
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Bart Elliott reviews Daily Drum Warm-Ups , by Andy Ziker , designed to provide an organized short warm-up routine each day over the course of a 52-week time frame. This book/CD package is designed to...
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Alfred Music Publishing , the leader in educational music publishing since 1922, is excited release a brand-new drum method, The Total Funk Drummer . The Total Funk Drummer is a unique and exciting jo...
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Bart Elliott reviews a new coffee table book by David Phillips, A Drummer’s Perspective . An original collection of over 200 photographs celebrating the world of drumming, as seen and experienced duri...
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Bart Elliott reviews a new educational resource by Rotterdam Philharmonic timpanist, Randy Max, entitled Orchestral Excerpts for Timpani . This significant, wonderfully annotated and researched book,...