The 2009 Drum Road Trip Events

ZORO Clinic:
Zoro is also one of the top educators in the world and was voted #1 R&B Drummer & Clinician in the Modern Drummer Magazine reader's poll for several years consecutively, and has received Best Funk Drummer honors in Drum! and Rhythm Magazine of the U.K. His book and DVD, The Commandments of R&B Drumming were all awarded with the prestigious #1 Best Educational Products title in the Modern Drummer Magazine reader's poll. Zoro's most recent and riveting drum performance can be seen on the DVD entitled, Modern Drummer Festival 2005 (Hudson Music).

Johnny Rabb Clinic:
Johnny Rabb is an active live and studio drummer living in Nashville, TN.  He stays busy drumming and composing music with partner Clay Parnell in the innovative group BioDiesel.  As an author, Johnny continues his passion for education.  He has just released The Official Freehand Technique Book/CD with Hudson Limited.  Johnny was also voted #1 Best Educational Author by Modern Drummer’s Readers Poll for his book Jungle Drum ‘N’ Bass for the Acoustic Drum Set. He has performed with a wide range of artists such as Maynard Ferguson, Alain Caron, Frank Gambale, Larry Tagg, Tanya Tucker, DJ Hype,  Hank Williams III, SheDaisy, Deana Carter and Mindy McCready. He has traveled worldwide conducting clinics and master classes including the Montreal Drumfest, PASIC, Musik Messe, Meinl Drum Festival 2005 & 2008.

Rod Morgenstein Clinic:
Rod's professional music career began as a founding member of the groundbreaking group the Dixie Dregs when, as a student at the University of Miami in Florida, he met Steve Morse, Andy West and Allen Sloan. The university was a hotbed of musical activity during this period, playing host to brilliant future talents like Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Danny Gottlieb, T Lavitz and Bruce Hornsby. Playing under the official Studio Music and Jazz curriculum title of Rock Ensemble II, the Dregs honed their fusionesque chops. It was here that the band recorded its classic Great Spectacular album now available on CD.

Rick Van Horn Clinic:
Rick Van Horn has had a long and fruitful career as a drummer and educator as well as being formerly associated with Modern Drummer Magazine for several decades as an editor, writer and product reviewer. His long tenure as a professional player makes him uniquely qualified to present his clinc on drum set ergonomics and a logical holistic approach to the instrument.

The 2nd Annual Snare Drum Shoot-out:
Put your favorite snare drum In a head to head sudden death elimination contest to see who has the best sounding drum! Medals are awarded in the following categories:

*Vintage
*Stock
*Custom
*Best of Show

Last year this was one of the highlights of DRT 2008, and this year it will be bigger and better!

NEW FOR THIS YEAR: The Rochester Ride Cymbal Rumble
Sure, you love your ride cymbal, but can you pick it out of a crowd while blindfolded? That's exactly what you'll be trying to do when you enter your cymbal in the First Annual Ride Cymbal Rumble!
The grand prize winner will win a prize package including a ZEN Silken Select Cymbal. Medals are awarded to the three folks that can best identify their OWN cymbal in double blind listening comparisons! This should be a very interesting event!

NEW FOR THIS YEAR: The Worlds Most Accurate Drummer Contest
How's your tempo? In this truly cruel contest you will play a snare drum in perfect time, or you'll be out! Put your tempo to the test and see how the Beat Bug Tempometer measures your accuracy! The grand prize winner walks away with a great prize package including a Beat Bug Tempomoter and much more. Medals will be awarded to the three most accurate players.

NEW FOR THIS YEAR: The FIRST annual Debris Drum Challenge.
Here's your chance to make something from nothing. In this contest, builders from all over the globe will be making snare drums out of post-consumer junk. The nest sounding drum wins! For details on this crazy competition, click here.

NEW FOR THIS YEAR: Drum Trivia Contest
How much do you know about the history of your instrument? This contest is going to be a blast! In a series of elimination rounds teams of drummers will be put to the test to see who knows the most about drum company history, drummers and general drum-related music knowledge. In the final round the top team will battle it out amongst themselves to see who is the most knowledgable. The winner walks away with fantastic prize package and there will medals for the entire top team.

There's a lot more coming! We'll have casual clinics about tuning, Micing the drum kit, Groove and Attitude and many more. You can take a 1 on 1 drum lesson with an L.A. Session Player plus there will be a snare drum solo competition, a gigantic drum jam and much much more!