Author: Steve Weiss Music
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Black Friday Deals
We’ve created a place on our website to track Black Friday 2010 Deals. We’ve worked out some great deals with most manufacturers for this year. As Black Friday approaches, we’ll be posting some early black friday deals as we get them into stock. Please check back often.
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Vic Firth Marching Products New For 2010
Vic Firth has recently introduced some new products, and we thought it would be a good time to feature some of the new Corpsmaster® sticks. Scott Johnson recently parted ways with Vic Firth and his popular signature models, SSJ Snare Drumsticks, SSJ2 Indoor Snare Drumsticks (Scooters), SSJ3 Practice Sticks, SSJTS Vega Tenor Sticks, and SSJTSW…
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Marching Bass Drum Head Comparison
With marching season fast approaching, we thought it would be a good opportunity to create a comparison chart of the current marching bass drum heads from Evans and Remo. Experimenting with different thicknesses, dampening systems, and coatings will help you achieve your desired marching bass drum sound. When you increase the thickness of the head,…
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OffWorld Percussion Invader V3 Practice Pad
The OffWorld Percussion Invader V3 Practice Pad has been taking the percussion world by storm since its introduction. The OffWorld Invader V3 features the most realistic feel to a marching snare on any pad that we’ve tried. The Darkmatter™ playing surface and realistic rim make this pad a must-have. The OffWorld Invader is the only…
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New Marching Percussion Resource Center
Gearing up for marching band season? Nothing is better than getting an early start on building your chops, writing your drums books, and finding new, innovative ways to teach your drum line and front ensemble/pit. We have compiled our best marching percussion resources to help get you started! From snare drum, tenor, and bass drum…
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Philadelphia Flyers Custom Made Gong
One of our employees, Bill, had this Philadelphia Flyers Custom Gong made. Looks and sounds great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wODNTjayubA
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Pearl E-Pro Live at NAMM 2010
Pearl E-Pro Live is a revolutionary electronic drumset that looks, feels and sounds like real drums. Never before has today’s drummer been offered the limitless sonic capability and realistic feel of electronic drums on a drumset built with real drum shells, real brass cymbals, and real drumset hardware, all from the percussion industry’s leader, Pearl.
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A Better Mousetrap? The Mallet Minder Actually Delivers!
Anyone who has teaching experience or has played in a Marching Bass Drum section has come across the seemingly lifelong issue of…..why do I have to keep spending money on replacement Bass Drum Mallet Holders that keep breaking? The less-than-sturdy plastic clips on most Mallet Holders break easily caused by anything from the weather to…
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Concert Keyboard Mallet Re-Organization
We recently spent a lot of time re-organizing the concert keyboard mallet category on our website (over 900 mallets) to make it easier to find the mallets you are shopping for. We’ve now broken the category up by instrument. Please checkout the new categories, and let us know what you think or if you have…
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Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba – Volume 2 and 2-CD set now available!
Volume 2 of Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba is now in stock and available for purchase. Volume 2 features 12 more fantastic works for solo marimba written by a wonderful collection of composers including Dutch minimalist Louis Andriessen, Pat Metheny Group pianist Lyle Mays, and many more. The 2-CD set of Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba contains…
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Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba at PASIC 2009
Attending PASIC this year? Be sure to check out the Keyboard Clinic/Performance on Friday, November 13th at 2:00 PM. This special clinic, sponsored by Steve Weiss Music (and others), will feature a very special new publication called Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba. Commissioned by the Zeltsman Marimba Festival and ZMF New Music, this new set of…