Update! 2014 Nashville Drum Show and Snare Drum Olympics
Hello, all you drum geeks and geekesses! George Lawrence from Not So Modern Drummer here.
The Nashville Drum Show is just around the corner, September 20 & 21. Six weeks away! It’s not too late to rent an exhibitor booth or enter your snare drum into the Olympics. All the info is at http://www.nashvilledrumshow.com
Who’s exhibiting at the show? Look at the list at the bottom of this post. The show is triple the size it was in 2012! The hall is 2/3 full. We have 150 booths, new exhibitors are signing up daily, and there is always a last minute rush, so if you want a booth you need to act now. This isn’t a sales pitch, just a heads up. We ran out of corner booths already, so we created some new ones – and we also have outside “demo” booths . Anyone can rent a booth as long as it’s music related. Check out our updated booth map. http://www.nashvilledrumshow.com/details/
The Snare Drum Olympics contest entry deadline has been pushed back to September 15 to accommodate many drum builders and drum companies who needed a little more time to prepare. The drums will be displayed at the show for the public judging, and the official celebrity judging and video session will take place in October. This is a lot of great publicity at a cheap price for you independent drum builders. This goes viral on YouTube every year and is covered by all the major drum magazines. For information and registration go to www.nashvilledrumshow.com/olympics/.
Pre-show “Drum Showcase & Swap Meet” - free events in Knoxville, TN on Saturday, August 16 at the Whammy Bar from 12-6, and in Atlanta, GA on 8/17 at the Atlanta Drum Collective. Bring your used and vintage gear to sell and trade, or just bring your new or old drums to show off and play. Completely free, just show up and join the hang! We will be there to promote attendance to the Nashville Drum Show, the Snare Drum Olympics and Not So Modern Drummer magazine. We are looking to do two or three more of these events in cities around the Mid South - if you know of any businesses or venues that would be interested in hosting them, please let us know..
Raffle prizes; There are three raffles this year:
-The main door prize raffle. Anyone who buys a $20 ticket at the door or a $15 advance ticket online is entered in this raffle. Check out the great prizes at our site. Extra raffle tickets are $5.
-The advance ticket raffle. Buy a discounted $15 ticket online and you are entered in a second raffle to win a beautiful custom built drum set (builder to be disclosed at a later date) and a beautiful custom snare drum donated by Chicago Drum.
-The Ringo Raffle – will be held at the Vintage Drum Museum exhibit and is a separate $5 raffle ticket. This is for a limited edition print of “The World’s Most Famous Drum”, (his Ed Sullivan snare drum), put out by Ringo and Gary Astridge.
The Vintage Drum Museum exhibit is much bigger and better this year. Just added are Christopher Williams’ KISS drum sets, Joe Mekler’s World War II drums and drum sets with the rosewood lugs, Joe Ciucci’s beautifully restored Slingerland Radio King set, Brian Hill’s Civil and Revolutionary War rope drums, Gary Astridge’s Ringo Ludwig Kit, and we’ll be raffling off that Ringos’ “The World’s Most Famous Drum” limited edition posters.
Performers/Clinicians – the line up in our new 10,000 sq. ft. performance hall will be headlined by Bun E. Carlos on Saturday and Rich Redmond on Sunday. Also appearing will be Nashville drummers Pat MacDonald, of the Charlie Daniels Band, Touring and studio drummer Bob Harsen and his great fusion band, legendary studio great Craig Krampf and his band, and several other high profile Nashville drummers tba. The Nashville high school drum line battle takes place on Sunday.
There are some industry announcements and new products being debuted at the show:
-The makers of Liverpool drumsticks are bringing Brazilian RMV drums back to the states.
-Johnny Gatlin of new company www.drumkitaccessories.com will launch his new line of bass drum anchors and Solid Punch bass drum pillows.
-Gretsch Drums has a new _____. Joe Mazza says it’s still under wraps but that Gretsch has something very special to show. Also appearing at the Gretsch booth will be Director of Gretsch USA Drum Manufacturing Paul Cooper, Director of Product for Gretsch and Kaman John Palmer, Gretsch Product Manager Joe Mazza, and Fred Gretsch - well, he’s Fred Gretsch! -
All info about hotels, location, schedule, etc. can found on line at www.nashvilledrumshow.com
Any questions? Call me 330 338 6035 or email me [email]george@notsomoderndrummer.com[/email]
Exhibitor list
(a couple of these are still tentative and need to call us to finalize registration)
Allegra Drums
Amedia Cymbals
Ancient Tree Drums
Angel Drums
Artisan Drum Works
Baker Drums - Billy Baker
Beat Boogie Drums
Big Fat Snare Drum Mute
Bill Pace Vintage
Boomer's Music Retail
Box Kit Cajons
Brian Hill Rope Drums & Museum
Bum Wrap Drum Company
Bun E. Carlos, Drum Forum
Bop Works Drumsticks
Carolina Classics - Bob Saull Vintage
Carolina DrumWorks
Castle Drum company
Chicago Drum and Restoration
Classic Drummer Magazine
Consignments
Cowpaddy Triggers
CT Pro Percussion
CymClip
Cymgard
D’addario
David Lee Drums
DaVille Drumworks
Denny Dixon Vintage
Drugan's Drums Vintage
DRUM! magazine
Drum Pickers Vintage
Drum Supply House
Drum Tacs
Drum Workshop
DrumForum.org, Bun E. Carlos, Nashville Drummers
DTS Custom Snare Drums, BFSD Mute, Tru Tuner
Dynamicx Drums USA, Black Swamp
Eccentric Systems
Evans Drumheads
Famous Drum Company
Fork's Drum Closet
Gary Astridge RingosBeatleKits.com
Gary Bender's Drum Factory vintage
Goodman Drum Company
Gretsch Drums
Grover Percussion
Headhunters Drum Sticks
Holloman Custom Drums
Innovative Percussion
DrumKitAccessories.com
Ken Anderson Vintage
LiverPool Drum Sticks, RMV Drums
Liz Ficalora EZ Drum Chart
Ludwig Drums
Mapex Drums
Drum Room Marketing
Nashville Drummers Group
Not So Modern Drum Company
Outlaw Drums
Pearl Drums
Phil Wilson Vintage
Power Wrist Builders Drum sticks
ProMark Drum Sticks
PureSound Snare Wires
Rat Rod Drums
Rathkamp Drums
RBH Drums
RCD Drums Rudy Gonzales Vintage
Russell's Music World vintage & retail
Sabian Cymbals
Sleishman Drums, Mother Tone USA
Snare Drum Olympics
SPF Drums Steve Furcinitti
Stone Custom Drums
Swindoll Custom Drums
T&R Products - Booty Shakers
Taye Drums
Tru Tuner
WFL III Drums - Bill Ludwig
Yamaha Drums
Zion Cymbals
Zorro, author
Texas Vintage Drums
Hal Leonard Corporation