SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: I’ll be posting lightly for the better part of this week, A) because I’m doing my taxes, B) because a huge new shipment of cymbals just came in, and I’ll be making videos […]
Category: news
Robyn Flans fundraiser
Scott Fish has shared a fundraiser for fellow former Modern Drummer writer Robyn Flans— her name was all over MD in the 80s, and she’s a major contributor to the literature of drumming. Please read […]
Fundraiser time
UPDATE: Bumping this to the top of the blog, scroll down for new posts. You may have noticed I’ve added a Patreon account, for those who prefer to support the site that way. Well, we’ve […]
Bill Bachman news
The drummer, clinician, and technique expert Bill Bachman has just shared on the Drummerworld forum that he had a stroke recently, which took out his ability to use his right hand. For a drummer, that’s […]
Year end Cymbal & Gong sale BASH BLOWOUT
Hey, let’s see if I can blow out some of my remaining stock of cymbals before the end of the year. Remember, you can deduct December purchases on your looming 2018 taxes. It would be […]
Back from tour
school hang in Dresden I’m back from Germany and am deep in the throes of jet lag and a bad cold, and will resume normal posting soon. I had a really great time meeting, hanging […]
CYMBALISTIC is on line
OK, it’s time to go public with this sucker: CYMBALISTIC, my new site retailing Cymbal & Gong cymbals is now on line. In case you hadn’t heard, Cymbal & Gong is a Portland company which […]
LA session wrap-up
That’s me, Geoff Keezer, Kirk Ross, and Larry Steen. Last week’s LA recording session was interesting, fun, and unusual. The artist was my old friend, band mate, room mate, and compatriot, the songwriter Kirk Ross. […]
Continued light posting
Looking at a fairly busy week here, so you’ll likely see very little of me: heading to LA this morning, to make a record with songwriter Kirk Ross, my old friend, along with pianist Geoffrey […]
Lots of other business to tend to
New CD, out now! My apologies for the lack of blogging. I haven’t forgotten about you. We’re in the middle of the big publicity push for my new CD, Travelogue, and have been busy the […]
Now offering: Skype lessons!
OK, it’s formal announcement time: I, your blogger, Todd Bishop, am now offering live online lessons, via Skype. I’ll be happy to work with you on single lessons— say, if you’d like help with something […]
Site update!
Normally I try to make big site changes at the beginning of the year, but, the heck with it, I was getting tired of looking at the old design. The big template change is self-evident, […]