MIlano Music
Milano Music
One of America's Oldest & Largest family owned music stores now has one of the best drum shops in the Southwest!
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One of the most sought after drummers today, Keith Carlock will be hitting the road on a 13-city US clinic tour in April and May of 2012. Keith has been the driving force behind artists such as Steely Dan, James Taylor, Sting, John Mayer, The Blues Brothers, Wayne Krantz, and many others. His distinctive sound and unique approach have set him apart from other players of his generation. Since arriving on the music scene in the late 90s, Keith has topped several reader’s polls including #1 Pop, #1 Fusion and #1 All-Around in the 2009 Modern Drummer Readers’ Polls. Other career highlights include appearances at the 2008 Zildjian Drummers Achievement Award Tribute to Ginger Baker in London and the 2011 Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC).
The 13-city tour commences on April 17th in Los Angeles, CA and finishes May 3rd in Boston, MA. As with other Zildjian clinic tours, each dealer will host a Zildjian Sales Event with special deals and pricing on Zildjian products specifically tailored to the clinic. In addition, Zildjian will run special promotions at the dealer locations as well as contests on Zildjian.com and Facebook. Drummers may win Keith’s new Vic Firth Signature Series Drumsticks, Zildjian Gear, or a ZIldjian Cymbal personally signed by the drummer.
According to John DeChristopher, Zildjian’s Vice President, Artist Relations & Event Marketing Worldwide, “We’re excited to bring Keith out on a US clinic tour. Judging by the positive response from our dealers and drummers, the clinics are sure to be a big success.
Watch John’s daily blog as he and Keith travel across the US.
While on tour, Keith will be playing the following Cymbal-Setup:
15" K Light HiHats
20" K Constantinople Med Thin Low Ride
22" K Constantinople Med Thin Low Ride
18" K Dark Crash Thin
19" K Dark Crash Thin
Confirmed Clinic dates are below. Please check with the Dealer for ticket info and Clinic start times:
Tuesday, April 17th - Pro Drum Shop – Hollywood, CA
Wednesday, April 18th - Bentley’s Drum Shop – Fresno, CA
Thursday, April 19th - Milano Music – Phoenix, AZ
Saturday, April 21st - Grandma’s Music – Albuquerque, NM
Monday, April 23rd - Explorer’s Percussion – Kansas City, MO
Tuesday, April 24th – Mozingo Music – St. Louis, MO
Wednesday, April 25th – Chicago Music Exchange – Chicago, IL
Thursday, April 26th – Cascio Music – Milwaukee, WI
Saturday, April 28th - Memphis Drum Shop – Memphis, TN
Monday, April 30th - All Pro – Tampa, FL
Tuesday, May 1st - Greenbriar – Fredericksburg, VA
Wednesday, May 2nd - Drum Center – Portsmouth, NH
Thursday, May 3rd – DiCenso’s Drum Shop – Weymouth, MA
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Gen16 AE Cymbals are in select stores now and those drummers who are getting to experience them are loving them. Milano Music in Mesa Arizona just received their first Shipment of 6 Boxsets and Tom, Eric, Joe and Rulon couldn't wait to open up a box and experience it for themselves, and their video is a great demo of how fast and easy it is to set up GEN16 AE cymbals for the very first time.
Unpacking a GEN16 AE BOXSET is like opening an awesome Christmas gift. Even the packaging is impressive. The owners manual is a contemporary work of art reminicent of a hi-end APPLE product and all components are individually packaged in internal boxes in GEN16 signature blue. Everything is included to get you up and running quickly.
BUT WAIT, there's more!
Anyone purchasing one of the GEN 16 AE Boxsets in stock, will receive a FREE set of Tone Module and Pickup cases ( $99.95 value).
For more information on how to purchase one of these in-stock sets of AE cymbals contact Tom at Milano Music.
For more information on applications, operation or anything else about GEN16 AE cymbals, click on the ASK THE REP ICON or Join our discussion group on our Percussion Partners facebook page
Now get ready to have fun!
( Thanks Rulon Leman for submitting that cool setup video)
Hurry...Limited Time Zildjian Opportunity!
Here at Percussion Partners we just received our first sample from the Zildjian 2011 Rarities Collection- the 19” K Dark Thin Ride and we couldn’t be more pleased. This years limited offerings should be part of every serious cymbal lovers collection.
The K Dark Thin models have a lot of flexibility and are rolled EXTRA THIN and extensively Hammered to give you that distinctive VINTAGE K sound. The pairing of the 19” and 22” K Dark Thin Ride models complement each other with both their Ride and Crash qualities and together they can serve as your right and left ride- you pick which goes where! The 14” K Dark thin hats feature a Paper Thin top and Thin Bottom to perfectly finish off the set.
These extremely limited 2011 models are fun to play and fit in easily when volume is an issue. The small bell retains stick definition with a clarity of stick sound and the wash doesn’t over power your performance. They let you “play” and dig in without overpowering the band.
The buffed finish adds a bit more cut to the sound while a bringing a unique stunning brilliant refined appearance to your kit. These cymbals are a class act and are only available at a few select dealers for the month of April and May.
We will be posting where you can see and hear these beauties. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to try these out.
Check out more Zildjian 2011 Models here.
Ziker’s Drum Aerobics Nominated for 2011 Drummies
Drum Aerobics (Hal Leonard) by Percussion Partner, Andy Ziker, is a 120-page book/2-CD pack, providing a 52-week, one-exercise-per-day workout program for developing, improving, and maintaining drumset technique. The book has been nominated for Drum! Magazine’s 2010 Drummies. (If you would like to vote for the book, please go to http://www.drummagazine.com/drummies/. Drum Aerobics can be found on page 6, category #15. You don’t have to be a magazine subscriber and voting runs until May 1.)
Drum Aerobicsis designed for players of all levels – beginner to advanced – to help them increase their speed, coordination, dexterity, accuracy and lick vocabulary. Two accompanying CDs contain all 365 workout licks, plus play-along grooves in styles including rock, blues, jazz, heavy metal, reggae, funk, calypso, bossa nova, march, mambo, New Orleans 2nd Line, and many more.
Ziker is also offering free content to accompany the book and 2 CDs:
• Video clips are available at http://andyziker.com/media/#videos.com or http://www.youtube.com/drumscapes. Ziker and Dan Tomlinson, long-time touring drummer for Lyle Lovett and Acoustic Alchemy, appear on the 25 drumless tracks. Viewing these clips give book purchasers a point of reference, seeing and hearing two professional drummers playing along with the tunes.
• Head charts for all play-alongs (PDFs) can be found at http://andyziker.com/media/#drumscores, detailing chords, melody, and important hits and fills, clarifying song structure. Educators, including school band directors and private instructors, will find the charts (along with the video clips) valuable in teaching chart reading. Other instrumentalists can also use the charts to play along with the drummer in a live setting.
• Indexes (PDFs) are also available at http://andyziker.com/media/#drumscores. These lists give short descriptions of individual exercises and where they are found in the book.
Drum Aerobicswas recently received a positive review in the Drummer Café website: http://www.drummercafe.com/reviews/books/andy-ziker-drum-aerobics.html. The book has also received many supportive customer reviews on amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Drum-Aerobics-Andy-Ziker/product-reviews/142347788X/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_summary?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending.
The book is available at many music stores across the US, many e-commerce sites (in addition to amazon.com), such as http://www.musicdispatch.com/product/viewproduct.do?itemid=6620137& http://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.do?itemid=6620137&subsiteid=2, and Ziker’s own website: http://andyziker.com/products-page/books.
In the following acoount, Ziker tells the story of how Drum Aerobics was conceived.
When the Hal Leonard Corporation asked me to write the book, making it the second book in the “aerobics” series–the first being their top-selling book, Guitar Aerobics (http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Aerobics-One-lick-day-Maintaining/dp/1423414357)–I was honored by the opportunity and excited about the challenge.
When I first observed the inside pages of Guitar Aerobics, I realized right away that the layout (based on the days of the week) would be unique to any drum book out on the market. From my past experience as a public school elementary and junior high teacher, I knew that a structured approach motivates learning.
My first job was to decide on what content to place inside the “boxes”. I asked myself, “Why do people hire drummers? What does the drumset add to the music?
I came up with the following list:
- Time
- Feel
- Drum Beats
- Fills/Solo Ideas
- Sound/Texture
- Dynamics
- Provide/Outline Song Structure
- Big Ending Explosiveness
I then put that list through the following filter: “How do these aspects of drumming fit into an exercise/workout theme?” I came up with the following categories for the book, related to the days of the week:
- MON: Coordination
- TUE: Grooves
- WED: Solos and Fills
- THU: Grooves
- FRI: Solos and Fills
- SAT: Grooves
- SUN: Drumnastics (big endings, attention-getting licks, etc.)
While beginning the arduous task of writing 365 sets of exercises (dumset notation and descriptive text), I also started planning for the play-along CD. I decided on 25 drumless tracks from a variety of genres. Each song would have an instrumental melody line, would include opportunities to set up “hits” and have room for solos and fills, and would be recorded by real musicians (not programmed), making for a unique educational playground.
We are happy to welcome Andy Ziker as our latest Percussion Partner. Andy is an educator,author and professional drummer in the Phoenix area and we are intrigued by his creative, fresh approach to working with students. Read more on how Andy captures young students interest and makes learning how to play drums fun!
From GAMER to DRUMMER by Andy Ziker
A few years ago, one of students showed sudden, remarkable improvement in playing
rock grooves and executing single stroke rolls. I investigated further and found out that
she had been playing a video game called Rock Band for many hours each day. Being a
non-gamer, I had no idea what she was talking about, but as I delved deeper into this (and
with the help of my student) an idea began to formulate: find a way to use Rock Band as
a learning tool.
The beginnings of my discovery are documented in an article that I wrote for Modern
Drummer Magazine in their August 2008 issue called “ Rock Band: Making Millions of
New Drummers” (http://andyziker.com/media/#articles).
Recently I wrote twin articles: one for the drumming community called “ Making Millions
of Drummers: Part Deux” (Drummer Café) and another one for the gamer world that
was featured on the Destructoid blog called “ How Rock Band Can Teach You to Play
Real Drums” (both articles can be found on the same link as shown above). These
articles detail how a concept transformed into a product. Four color-coded drum charts
each at four difficulty levels are now available for download on my website, http://
andyziker.com/products-page/, for $0.99 each.
This method is working wonders with my drum students who play Rock Band. The
potential of using this tool with young students, students with learning disabilities, and
the elderly is also becoming apparent.
I hope that this new approach will encourage gamers to take up the drums or other real
instruments or give drum teachers a fun resource to use with their students. Until Rock
Band adds this as a menu option or another video game company seizes an opportunity
(By the way, I’ m available as a consultant), these drum charts might be the best way to
proceed.
MILANO HAS A PASSION for GREAT SOUNDING DRUMS!
Hand built with 'PASSION" by Tom Schultz of Mesa,AZ, TJS drums are built to order and are tailored to give you the look, sound and feel that that says "This is who am I and this is what I love to do: PLAY MY DRUMS." You have to experience these drums- UNBELIEVABLE!
JUST IN- This Turquoise Glass Glitter beauty is a one of a kind: punchy 10"x24" Maple Kick Drum outfitted with rail mount and side mounted cymbal arm, 8"x10" tom with isolated mounting,12"x14" Floor Tom and an unbelievably responsive 6"x13" snare drum. This kit has a small footprint with a big,controlled sound. Great for use in any office, studio, teaching room, church or small club and it's fun to play too!
Call Milano Music to set up an appointment so you can get the "fit" that you have been waiting for or visit TJSCUSTOMDRUMS.COM
Thanks to Rulon Leman for the great pictures!
Biggest Drum Sale of the Year!
New, Gently Used, Rare and "Buried Treasures". Special Packaged Offers
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Don't Miss it!
There is no better ambassador for the drumming community than Steve Gadd.
Loved everywhere. Respected by all. Steve’s unmistakeable signature sound and feel has influenced so many of us who love drumming. Nobody has a groove or a “pocket” that is deeper. And nobody is as gracious with his fans as is Dr. Steve Gadd.
Milano Music has had the honor of hosting two events with Steve in the last few years. One , A” Mission from Gadd” clinic that proved to be one of the Valley’s most memorable drum clinics ever; another, a meet and greet event for “Zidjian on Tour” that was also attended by Zildjian family members , Debbie and Andy Zildjian and Zildjian factory personal.
Fresh off a tour to Japan, by way of New York City, Steve came back to Mesa and spent time with every ZOT attendee: first answering question to the crowd, and then posing in pictures with practically EVERYONE who attended! Now that is an artist who appreciates his fans. Thanks Steve! From everyone at Milano...You are the best!
Fans Line Up to meet Steve.
He will NEVER wash that shirt!
Steve is happy that the fans are happy.
If you attended the event, check out this link to find a picture of you with Steve.
Crafted to the same extraordinarily high standards as Zildjian cymbals, Zildjian drumsticks simply feel great. Manufactured with state-of-the-art consistency, they are 100% guaranteed straight. Whatever your stick preference or playing style, you'll find the perfect stick among Zildjian's vast selection of sizes, lengths and tip styles. All of Zildjian sticks are crafted from the highest quality U.S. Hickory or Maple woods.
The size and shape of the stick, and even more importantly, the shape of the tip can change both the performance and sound of your cymbal.
Using various models of sticks on your ride cymbal is like having another cymbal with a different personality in your stick bag!
Check out the John Riley and Hal Blaine Models for great clarity and articulation at low volumes. Try the Maple mini ball and acorn tips for warmth and control; Travis Barker,Tre Cool or Zildjian Rock for power and full sound.. Zildjian has a model for EVERY style and playing preference.
Check out the Stick Anatomy Chart for more information and descriptions of the the parts that make up a stick. Consider purchasing sticks of the same size, but with different tips types to add subtle changes in the sound and the feel of your ride cymbal. Take more control in your sound and performance.
