Here at DrummingMad, we always love to hear the story behind the drummer. To discover what inspired us all to engage in this newfound passion and the different ways in which we proceeded in pursuing its development. Needless to say, every drummers’ journey is different. Some started young, some started later on in life, some […]
Read more →SLOT take out the Champion of Champions Drumming and “Monty Supreme” for the 12th time! The Pipe Band World Championships (WPBC) are over for another year and Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band (FMM) are the Grade 1 World Pipe Band Champions! With Inveraray & District second and St Laurence O’Toole (SLOT) third in the two day event. FMM Pipe Major […]
Read more →‘Something Old, Something New” is the only drum score book in the world where the scores have been written to three different difficulty levels. Not only are there three different level scores for each tune, these scores can also all be played simultaneously! The scores have been cleverly crafted to suit each level of player from […]
Read more →On Tuesday the 14th of June, 25 boys and 5 tutors from Brisbane Boys’ College, Queensland, Australia, travelled to Scotland. This was the start of a two-week tour leading up to the European Pipe Band Championships in Forres. During the Scotland tour During the Scotland tour, we had lots of fun activities all around Scotland. This included […]
Read more →Any time we play, whether in performance, rehearsal or drum practise, it is always best to aim for a position that supports good posture and will not create unnecessary tension. This ensures that all angles and movements have the best chance of being reproduced in performance, making it much faster to establish a strong, consistent […]
Read more →With the launch of our new website, we also have a brand new blog. With our brand new blog, we also have brand new DrummingMad Bloggers! Through our DrummingMad blog and and DrummingMad Bloggers, we aim to provide informative, relevant and entertaining tips, tricks, resources and general information all around the topic of pipe band snare drumming, […]
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