4th Annual Drummer’s Reality Camp Returns June 27-30
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Don Lombardi, Gil Sharone and Michael Packer at DRC 2012.
4th Annual Drummer’s Reality Camp Returns June 27-30
LAMA College for Music Professionals, DrumChannel.com Welcome Terry Bozzio, Peter Erskine, Dave Elitch, Alex Acuna, Ziggy Modeliste, Ralph Humphrey, Joe Porcaro, Uli Frost and More
Pasadena, CA – LAMA College for Music Professionals (LAMA) today announced the star-studded lineup of top drummers for its fourth annual Drummer’s Reality Camp. The one-of-a-kind camp spans four days, June 27-30, at LAMA College for Music Professionals and includes clinics, concerts, lectures, performance ensembles, private lessons, as well as a factory tour of DW Drums and a taping at DrumChannel.com studios in Oxnard, California. The camp is $699; campers can access a 10% off promo code by visiting the school’s Facebook page.
“Drummer’s Reality Camp is a wonderful opportunity for drummers of all ages and skill levels to interact with and learn from the best drummers of our time,” says Mike Packer, vice president and drum instructor at LAMA. “The intimate environment of LAMA allows campers to make new friends and acquaintances from the drumming world and get up close and personal with some of the most respected names in drumming.”
“We’re excited to join Drummer’s Reality Camp in partnership with LAMA again this year,” says Don Lombardi, founder of DrumChannel.com. “We’ve jam-packed the schedule with informative clinics, lessons and ensembles so participants get real world experience and a broad understanding of different backgrounds, genres and styles.”
Participating drummers include Terry Bozzio (Missing Persons, Frank Zappa), Dave Elitch (The Mars Volta), Peter Erskine (Steely Dan, Weather Report; USC Thornton School of Music), Alex Acuña (Paul McCartney, Chick Corea) and Ziggy Modeliste (The Meters, Keith Richards). Drum recording specialist Uli Frost, as well as LAMA’s Drum Department Co-Chairs Ralph Humphrey and Joe Porcaro, rock drums instructor Dave Beyer and jazz drums instructor Tony Inzalaco round out this year’s lineup.
A complete schedule is available here: http://www.lama.edu/images/documents/DRC-schedule-2013.pdf
For more information, please visit http://www.lama.edu, call 626-568-8850 or e-mail info@lama.edu. LAMA is located at 370 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105.
About LAMA College for Music Professionals
LAMA is regarded as one of the premiere music schools in the world, for students who desire an intimate and friendly, yet serious and rigorous contemporary music education. Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and located in Pasadena, a suburb of Los Angeles, CA, LAMA offers A.A. degrees and diplomas in music production (music producer and composing for visual media) and music performance (drums, bass, guitar or vocals). Founded in 1996, LAMA has provided a solid musical foundation for more than 1,500 international and domestic students. The Academy offers a significant number of real world playing situations with professional musicians, not just peers, setting the school apart from other prestigious music institutions. LAMA gives its students the skills necessary to apply their learning in a wide variety of professional situations in the music industry.
About DrumChannel.com
Drum Channel is the world’s leading, award-winning educational drumming website, featuring hundreds of live and on-demand lessons, shows and master classes. Drum Channel instructors include Terry Bozzio, Chad Smith, Neil Peart, Tony Royster, Jr., Gregg Bissonette, Peter Erskine, Cobus Potgeiter and many more.
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More photos from 2012:
Marco Minnemann solos to click off his clinic
Gil Sharone demonstrating for attendees
Photo collage of prior camps
-LAMA Staff
Swag Alert! Vic Firth Stick Bags for New LAMA Drum Students
Legendary drum stick manufacturer Vic Firth, always very supportive of music education, presented these wonderful gifts — brand new stick bags — to the new drum students at LAMA. All the drummers were absolutely psyched to get this swag to help kick off their school year. Thanks again Vic Firth!
-LAMA Staff
LAMA Alumni Ryan Lacey’s Band Gaelic Storm LIVE Today
Gaelic Storm
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from all at LAMA!
LAMA alumni Ryan Lacey (pictured; second from left) and his band Gaelic Storm (they have a Billboard #1 World Album) take the stage today for a 100% LIVE, jig-inducing St. Patrick’s Day performance on Mark Cuban’s AXS TV channel at 5pm (PT)/8pm (ET). Check your local listings!
-LAMA Staff
Video Quick Tip – Recording Drums
LAMA Instructor Andrew Murdoch discusses ways to record drums to achieve your ideal sound. In this video, he specifically takes on snare drums and some older Pearl toms (where they’ve added Naugahyde under the heads). Interesting stuff!
-LAMA Staff
LAMA Grad Pete Korpela Performing with Josh Groban
Pete Korpela is an accomplished musician in orchestral, latin, jazz, world, rock, and pop music. He is also a percussion graduate from LAMA and is currently on tour with Josh Groban. He sent us photos and a fantastic update regarding all his TV appearances with Josh over the last week or so which also includes today and tomorrow with Ellen and Jimmy Kimmel. Peter also mentioned that last week they played a show from Lincoln Center which was broadcast across the US in over 500 different movie theaters. This show was taped as a PBS special and will be aired some time this spring. Peter will be performing with Josh in Australia and New Zealand in April as follows:
AUCKLAND: Saturday April 13, Vector Arena
PERTH: Tuesday April 16, Kings Park
ADELAIDE: Thursday April 18, Festival Theatre
MELBOURNE: Saturday April 20, Palais Theatre
SYDNEY: Tuesday April 23, Sydney Opera House
BRISBANE: Friday April 26, Qpac Concert Hall
Here are some photos from his current trip:
On Conan
Pete’s Kit at Lincoln Center
Good Morning America
At rehearsal…
-LAMA Staff
Get Up to 30% Off LAMA’s Summer Camp & Drummer’s Reality Camp
Doesn’t it seem like just a short time ago we were talking about last years Summer Camp and Drummer’s Reality Camp? Time does fly when you are having fun and believe it or not we already have details on the 2013 camps. We’re also offering 20% off both camps – but hurry, the deadline is Dec. 31, 2012.
Want an additional 10% off your camp price? LAMA Facebook followers get access to our special promo codes found at the top of our Facebook page. Click either the Summer Camp tab or Drummer Camp tab to get your promo code before signing up.
SUMMER CAMP 2013
Photos from the 2012 Summer Camp!
Summer Camp 2013 promises to be our best yet! Students will write an original song, play in Ensemble Workshops, record, see their instructors performing daily, and much more. As with all programs at the Academy, our small, friendly environment and personal attention combined with daily playing/singing gives the student the most focused style-specific musical training possible in one week. If you have questions about the program, please contact admissionsrep@lama.edu!
DRUMMERS REALITY CAMP 2013
2012 DRC Photo Collage
Hosted by LAMA College for Music Professionals and Drum Channel, the 4th annual Drummer’s Reality Camp will be held June 27th-30th, 2013! This one-of-a-kind, annual event brings a diverse community of drummers and an all-star lineup together in the intimate environment of LAMA. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to get up close and personal at a renowned music school with some of the most respected names in drums. The current lineup includes stellar drummers such as Alex Acuna, Peter Erskine,Terry Bozzio, Ralph Humphrey, Joe Porcaro, and recording engineer Uli Frost, and more! Sign up now to reserve your spot and receive the $550 Early Bird Special ($699 after 12/31/12)!
-LAMA Staff
Hearing Your Instructor On YouTube!
Today we had an interesting experience. Like you and many other folks, we do a lot of our music listening on YouTube. We were in the mood for some Frank Zappa and a track in particular called “Camarillo Brillo” off the 1973 LP Over-Nite Sensation. After listening to the studio version several times we moved on to a live one. We found one from May 8th 1974. After several times playing it we went back and read through the comments and discovered that the drummer on this tour and version was none other than LAMA’s own Ralph Humphrey! Ralph is the Drum Departmant chair and a wonderful instructor. Next time we see Ralph in the hall, we’re going to corner him and get some stories about his time playing with Frank!
-LAMA Staff
Drummer Chaun Horton Talks Preparation, Studying, Performing
Chaun Horton at LA Music Academy College of Music
LA Music Academy alumni have gone on to play with some of the biggest names in the music industry. LAMA drum grad Chaun Horton is one of them. He just wrapped this video where he talks about growing up and playing in the church, what to expect from the LA Music Academy drum program and playing with pop/R&B stars Macy Gray and Natasha Bedingfield:
Best of luck Chaun — the video turned out great!
-LAMA Staff
LAMA’s Gary Ferguson Records w/ members of Pennywise & Suicidal Tendencies
One of our drum instructors Gary Ferguson is recording with Phenagen featuring members of Suicidal Tendencies and Pennywise. The video below was posted on YouTube and is a great video of the band in the studio w/producer Darian Rundall during a February 2012 Los Angeles session. For more info on Phenagen visit their official website here.
Get Your Summer Music Learning On!
Warm weather, trips to the beach, hiking outdoors… While summer is a the time for all those things, it’s a great opportunity to polish your musical chops. Prestigious music schools and colleges often offer summer music programs and camps that are open to musicians of all ages and skill levels. Music schools also have more advanced programs for experienced musicians. For the beginner it can be a great way to mingle with music royalty — while at the same time, you’ll get a taste of what day to day life is like at a music college. For the experienced student, a Summer music program can keep you fresh! Nothing would be worse than forgetting what you learned because of too much fun in the sun!
At LA Music Academy’s Summer Program, students write an original song, play in Ensemble Workshops, record, see their instructors performing daily, and much more. As with all programs at the Academy, the small, friendly environment and personal attention combined with daily playing/singing gives the student the most focused style-specific musical training possible in one week. LAMA is currently taking admission submissions now so what are you waiting for? Sign up here .
Guitarists and bassists must possess basic tablature reading skills. Placement evaluations will be held after orientation on the first day. Most students are teens and adults, but children as young as 9 are welcome.
Look for the info about summer music camps on music college websites, like LA Music Academy’s Third Annual Drummers Reality Camp. You may remember the DRC camp from the first two years, which featured some of the top drummers in the world. Taking place June 27th-30th, 2012 #DRC is brought to you by Drum Channel, Guitar Center, and LA Music Academy College of Music. Here you’ll have a chance to hang with and learn from the best drummers on the planet! The 2012 lineup includes Neil Peart, Doane Perry, Jim Keltner, Gil Sharone, Marco Minneman, Ralph Humphrey, Joe Porcaro, Tony Inzalaco, Gary Ferguson, and Uli Frost!
Just because admission requirements for the camp are open to more people doesn’t mean experienced musicians shouldn’t take part as well. In fact some of LAMA’s best students will be sitting front row – who wouldn’t want to hear awesome stories and insight from Rush’s Neil Peart?! For more info on DRC visit the official website. We’ll see you in June!
SO! Don’t fall prey to the summer slack off that some musicians do. You don’t have to ditch the beach and relaxation, but keep sharp and sign up for a summer music experience of some kind!
-LAMA Staff
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