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Matt Cameron leaves Pearl Jam

Matt Cameron leaves Pearl Jam

Matt Cameron parts ways with Pearl Jam after 27 years! Two statements were posted on the band and the drummer's social media today, one from Pearl Jam and one from Matt. Matt Cameron's statement: "After 27 fantastic years, I have taken my final steps down the drum...

Latin Percussion Praise Tambourines and Cajons

Latin Percussion Praise Tambourines and Cajons

Latin Percussion introduce the new collection of LP Praise Tambourines and Cajons for worship and Christian music. The new LP Praise Tambourines have a mahogany shell, stainless steel jingles, synthetic heads, and are available in a natural or white finish. The eight...

New Zildjian FX Stacks

New Zildjian FX Stacks

Zildjian are reintroducing the FX Stacks. The concept has been reimagined and the cymbals themselves revamped. This time around, each stack consists of three cymbals, not two, as it was before (see HERE for our test of the old version). The stacks consist of two...

TESTS AND REVIEWS

Millenium MPS-450 Electronic Drum Kit | BeatIt Test

Millenium MPS-450 Electronic Drum Kit | BeatIt Test

We are testing a Millenium MPS-450 electronic drum kit What we have here is a drum kit that is priced at the entry level. However, the manufacturer has taken care of several things that make this product more attractive. Let's get down to the specifics: 1. The test We...

BeatIt test: Gewa G3 electronic drum kit

BeatIt test: Gewa G3 electronic drum kit

In the drumming community, the name GEWA is associated primarily with the leading European distributor of such manufacturers as: DW Drums, Gretsch, Paiste, Gibraltar, Latin Percussion or Remo. Many of us also associate it with high-quality drum bags manufactured under...

BeatIt test: Gewa G5 electronic drum kit

BeatIt test: Gewa G5 electronic drum kit

We have already had the opportunity to thoroughly test a Gewa G3 electronic drum kit (see HERE). This instrument received the highest marks from our editorial team and we were very curious whether the other models of this German manufacturer would be up to standard....

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