We are now going to pay for people living north of Denny Way's 520 toll which starts Thursday, December 29th. You must show ID with an address and spend a minimum of $75.00. We are looking for addresses between HWY 104/NE 205th st.(in Mountlake Terrace) and E Denny Way on Capitol Hill in Seattle. For more information give us a call at (425) 747-6145. -Donn Bennett Drum Studios

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Here at Donn Bennett Drum Studio, we have acquired a lot of electronic drum sets. It's time to make some room and get them out of here! We have posted photos and prices on our facebook page located in this photo album. Come in and try them out!!


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A few awesome developments have unfolded here at the shop in preparation for the 2011 Holiday Season. Check it out!!

King5 Best of Western Washington Award
Donn Bennett Drum Studio was selected by the voters of Western Washington as #1 Music Retailer in this year's King5 Best of Western Washington Contest. We will be featured on their website as well as on a special episode to be broadcast in December. We are very thankful to have such a loyal and appreciate customer base and as a result we have a couple of great deals for all of you!

Five Star Drum Shop's Holiday Buyer's Guide
If you have not already seen, our 2011 Five Star Holiday Buyer's Guide is available and in full effect. There are some mind boggling dealers from all your favorite drum, cymbal, percussion and head companies so check it out and come on into the shop while it's all still available.

Small Business Saturday - November 26th - 11AM - 5PM
We are proud to be participating in this year's Small Business Saturday on November 26th. Take a day to appreciate local small businesses everywhere AND get awesome deals for one day only! We will be having some insane sales that day including but not limited to Mapex Tornado 5-piece Drum Set (List $679) for $295!! and a full Pearl Vision 5-piece Drum Set (List $999) for $449!!

Additionally, if you make a purchase of $25 or more with your American Express Credit Card at qualifying Small Business Saturday locations then you are eligible for a $25 credit on your next bill!

Woodstick Highlights & Videos
Just in case they slipped past you in your news feed, check out some of these Woodstick 2011 Videos. We have all the artist solos up and running as well as some great footage of the main event. Enjoy!

Come help us celebrate our King5 award and ring in the holiday's by taking advantage of these great opportunities. Thanks so much and we'll see you soon at the shop!

-Donn Bennett


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Donn Bennett was on New Day NW this morning to talk about WOODSTICK 2011 and do a little sneak preview of what's to come... Click HERE to watch!

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Dom Famularo and "Sticks n Skins" drum book author Jules Follet will join Donn Bennett as guests on KINGTV 5's New Day Show this Thursday. The show airs at 11:00 AM. They will be talking about the Woodstick Big Beat as well as Jules' awesome coffee table book about the world community of drummers. Check it out.If you'd like to be in the studio audience details are below.

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You never know who's going to walk through the door at Donn Bennett Drum Studio. Joe Pollard, the inventor of the SynDrum, Duraline drumheads and Duraline drumheads paid us a surprise visit this morning. He was in town for his son's graduation. SynDrums were the first electronic drums. They paved the way for all of the electronic drums that have followed. Syndrums caused a revolution in recorded music and were heard on literally thousands of records in the late 70s and early 80s. They were extremely popular in disco music and practically defined the disco sound. Joe had some great stories about working with drummers like Hal Blaine, Jim Keltner and Keith Moon. He got out of the drum business to pursue his other passion, old Checker taxi cabs. He owns over 200 old Checker cabs and leases to the film industry. Chances are if you see an old Checker cab in any movie it's one of Joe Pollard's fleet

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The Top Companies In The Drum Industry Are Looking For The Drummer of Tomorrow NASHVILLE, TN – JUNE, 2011 – Some of the biggest names in the drum business are proud to announce the search for the Drummer of Tomorrow. Beginning June 1st, drummers can film a solo or play-along performance, upload their video to DrummerofTomorrow.com, and be entered to win over $50,000 in prizes and drum gear.

Prizes include drum sets from Mapex Drums, cymbals from Zildjian, drumheads from Remo, drum sticks from Vic Firth and songbooks from Alfred Music Publishing. In addition, the top winner will win an Artist Endorsement Contract from Mapex Drums, and will appear on the company's official Artist Roster. "This is an amazing opportunity to find the next great drummer, organically," says Joe Hibbs, Product Marketing Manager for Mapex Drums. "It's the only worldwide drum competition, spanning over a dozen countries."

The Drummer of Tomorrow United States contest will be broken out into several elimination rounds, which run from June 1st, 2011 through 2012 at the Musik Messe show in Frankfurt, Germany. For the U.S. competition, entries will be accepted from June 1st through July 31st, 2011 on the U.S. contest site DrummerofTomorrow.com.

As winners advance through the contest, they will be flown to various locales to perform. Destinations include a studio in Nashville, Tennessee, the 2012 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, and the 2012 Musikmesse show in Germany. Entries will be judged by voters on the contest site, DrummerofTomorrow.com, as well as a panel of drum industry professionals and artists from the Mapex roster.

"This is the ultimate audition for any drummer out there – playing in front of a worldwide audience," says Hibbs. For more information, visit www.DrummerofTomorrow.com.

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People have been telling me for years that I need to start writing a blog. After years of procrastinating and a couple false starts welcome to my first entry. There always seems to be something interesting going on around here and I’ll try to keep you up on all the latest. I’ll keep them brief and resist the temptation to ramble on. Check it out. Please let me know what you think.

Cheers!!

Donn

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David Palmer, Rod Stewart’s drummer for over 20 years stopped into the shop yesterday. He picked up a really cool 60s Ludwig downbeat piccolo snare and left me with his tartan finish (custom Stewart family tartan wrap by Scott Rockenfield’s Rockenwraps) DW snare for our celebrity drum museum. Both he and Rod signed the drum. We’ll have it up and on display today. Check out the pics. We look like a couple of nut cases. Probably because we’re so geeked out about our new snares!!

David is an extremely enjoyable guy that I have had the pleasure of knowing for somewhere around 10 or 15 years. I met him via a mutual friend and have stayed in contact ever since. Whenever he comes to town we always make a point of hooking up. Before joining the Rod Stewart band David was the drummer in ABC (The Look Of Love, Shoot That Poison Arrow). He’s recently been working with Dianne Birch, touring with Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks and recording Rod’s next album.

I’ve been a huge fan of Rod Stewart since I was a kid . The first concert I ever saw was Rod Stewart and the Faces with Tower Of Power back in 1972 or 73 at the then Seattle Center Coliseum( that’s now the Key Arena).  Can anyone tell me the 2 legendary drummers in those 2 bands? I left that concert knowing that I wanted to be drummer and my dream at the time was to be the drummer in  the Faces. I guess owning this drum is going to be as close as I get to that dream but I have no regrets.  It’s really a cool drum and so many of my wildest dreams have come true that I cannot help but feel extremely fortunate, lucky and blessed.

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The Donn Bennett Drum Studio was proud to once again sponsor the Brotherhood of the Drum Concert at the 2011 Ballard Jazz Walk. This year the concert featured Michael Shrieve, Kobie Watkins, Gregg Keplinger and Evan Woodle. To view photos from the concert, visit the Ballard Jazz Festival website.

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During the month of May, buy any eligible Sabian AA, AAX, HH, HHX, Vault or Paragon Ride Cymbal, 20" or larger and get a FREE CRASH!


It's as easy as 1-2-3!

Here's how it works:
1) Purchase any SABIAN AA, AAX, HH, HHX, Vault or Paragon Ride Cymbal, 20” or larger.
2) Visit www.SABIANRebate.com to select from the list of qualifying FREE Crash Cymbals and submit the online rebate form
3) Write the transaction code from step 2 above on a copy of your receipt and mail it in.

It's that simple!

VISIT www.SabianRebate.com FOR A LIST OF QUALIFYING CRASH CYMBALS!

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Brand new from the 2011 NAMM Show is the Gretsch Renown 57' - Motor City Blue Drumset. Inspired by the great American car companies from the 1950's, the Renown57 incorporates timeless, iconic car design elements and applies them to drums.

The "hood ornament" is the Renown chevron, an aluminum triangular teardrop painted white with raised beveled chrome edges and embossed chrome Gretsch logo. Matching Gibraltar throne is included FREE for a limited time. Renown57 has standard Renown Maple specifications that produce punchy, full tones and rock solid performance.

Attached below is a video of our Gretsch Sales Representative, Rick Irvine, giving us a run through of the kit live from the 2011 NAMM show. You can expect this kit to be in our store in the coming months!


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Make sure you check the footage from our trip to the 2011 NAMM Show. Keep your eyes peeled for tons of cool new inventory at our shop in the next coming weeks. We will be posting these items on Facebook as they come in as well as featuring them on the website.

For now,  you can check out our videos from the NAMM show on our video page. You can also find these on our YouTube Channel.

Stay tuned for some awesome gear and do not hesitate to contact us with any questions. E-mail us at donndrum@bennettdrums.com or call us at (425) 747-6145.


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Available within the next couple of weeks are the BRAND NEW from the 2011 NAMM Show, Sabian AAX Omni Cymbals.

Designed with the astonishing Jojo Mayer, OMNI is a brand new kind of cymbal. Not a crash, not a ride, it is simply OMNI - and it's just the kind of innovation you've come to expect from the Artisans in the SABIAN VAULT.

METAL SABIAN B20 Bronze

WEIGHT Medium Center, Extra-Thin Edge

SIZE 18", 22"

Contact us at donndrum@bennettdrums.com or call (425) 747-6145 for more details.

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Please don't forget to find Donn Bennett Drum Studio on Facebook. We announce exclusive deals to our Facebook fans that you will not want to miss. During our shop expansion (currently in progress), we will be selling certain inventory items at foolishly low prices including but not limited to:
-Mapex Meridian Birch & Meridian Maple Drum Sets
-Sabian, Meinl, & Zildjian Cymbal Packs
-Gretsch Catalina Club Kits
-Parts & Accessories for just about any drum you can imagine

You can find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/donnbennettdrumstudio. Once you get there, click the 'Like' button to receive the most up to date information on our deals and specials. If you know any drummers in the greater Northwest area (or in the world for that matter) who are interested in being a part of the drumming community, we would love for them to tune in. We update very frequently and you never know what you're missing out on.

Hope to catch you online!

-DBDS


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Discover the heartbeat of music in this 560-page coffee table book illuminating the eclectic world of drumming over the past 70 years. Fotos By Folletts photographers traveled to over 53 cities and photographed over 500 drummers to be included in the pages of this captivating hardback.

Sticks ‘n’ Skins not only provides visual inspiration with its stunning photos but also preserves the legacy of the diverse and unique drumming community. Sure to become a music lover’s collector’s item, this extraordinary book offers an opportunity for fans young and old to see a new side of the biggest names in music history. 

-- "This book documents our drumming history, thus preserving our talents and our reasons for why we do what we do for future generations to feel. It is a compelling and moving glimpse into the drumming community" -Dom Famularo, Drumming's Global Ambassador.

We have copies available at Donn Bennett Drum Studio for $59.95. Come on in and grab one and indulge yourself in one of the best recounts of drumming history ever to hit the shelves.


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