DCI Texas Tour

DCI SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP

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DCI THE EXSIGHTMENT OF SOUND 

Our percussion team ventured out to Houston and San Antonio this past weekend for the DCI performances. All the corps have been bringing their A game with each performance being more intense than the next. Some of the scores were within .100 of a point! Here are the results from the Houston show-

1. Blue Devils- 89.350

2. Carolina Crown- 81.600

3. Phantom Regiment- 85.450

4. The Cadets- 85.250

5. Santa Clara Vanguard-84.450

6. Bluecoats-83.200

7. The Cavaliers-80.400

8. Boston Crusaders-80.300

                                                   

Next stop was the Southwestern Championship at the Alamodome in San Antonio. This being one of the larger performances having 26 Corps perform. Hard to believe but the scores were even closer than  in the previous competition with ensembles being separated by .050 of a point.The scores of this show are as follows-

1. The blue Devils-90.400

2. Carolina Crown- 89.550

3. Phantom Regiment-87.750

4. The Cadets- 86.950

5. Santa Clara Vanguard- 85.850

6. Bluecoats- 84.850

7. Madison Scouts- 83.050

8. Boston Crusaders- 81.550

9. The Cavilers- 81.500

10. Spirit of Atlanta- 80.450

11. Blue Knights- 78.650

12. Blue Stars- 77.950

13. Crossmen-77.550

14. Glassmen- 75.200

15. The Academy- 74.600

16. Colts- 72.900

17. Troopers- 72.600

18. Pacific Crest- 72.350

19. Jersey Surf- 69.800

20. Mandarins- 66.950

21. Cascades- 65.100

22. Pioneer- 62.600

Open Class

1. Oregon Crusaders- 78.400

2. Genesis- 73.400

3. Forte- 66.450

4. Revolution- 63.150

 

Finally, on Sunday the 22nd  the World Class Individual & Ensemble Competition took place. Over 400 performers took to the stage with great passion and excitement.  Among the 400 competitors a few members of the D'Addario percussion family finished high in the ranking. Here are a few of our more notable individuals-

Keyboard

1^st – Monica England, The Blue Devils

Timpani

3^rd – Garrett Tyler, The Blue Devils

Tenors

1^st – Chris Drummer, The Blue Devils

2^nd – Onye Eme-Akwari, Bluecoats

Snare

1^st – Keelan Tobia, The Blue Devils

Percussion Ensemble

1^st - Keelan Tobia & Amir Oosman (Snare/Tenor Duet), The Blue Devils

3^rd – Boston Crusaders Percussion Ensemble

Cymbal Ensemble

3^rd – Pioneer Cymbal Ensemble (we don’t do cymbals…but they’re one of our groups, so I included them)

Balanced Set Drumhead System

Upon releasing our Evans G14 heads, we started experimenting with various combinations on the drum set. We started thinking about gearing each head on the kit to the size of the tom it was going on, and came up with the Evans Balanced Set. The idea would be a set of heads with graduated thickness to better suit the tonal qualities of different sized drums.  We can directly connect it with the Pearl Reference line of drums. Pearl Drum Company did research on what wood and ply combination works best with each size drum.  We applied the same principle to the drumheads and were presently surprised with our discoveries.

What is depicted in the picture above and below is a G1 on the 10” tom, a G Plus on the 12” tom and a G14 on the 16” floor tom. This is not an exact science, but more of a general concept. Being that drum sounds are very much based on personal preference, you may want to experiment with different combinations to suite your needs.

This idea came from trying to achieve what every drummer strives for; tone. Sometimes, depending on the physical dimensions of your drums, one head thickness won’t yield the optimal tone for each drum in a set. This concept focuses on maximizing the tonal quality of each drum on your kit.

For more information on any of our heads visit the product portion of the Evans website. http://evansdrumheads.com/EvDrumsetTomBatter.Page?ActiveID=3591.

 

Here is a sampling of some Inked by Evans drum heads for our artists. The quality of both the head and the image are incredible. For more information on how you can create your own Inked head go to http://www.inkedbyevans.com/.

 The Heads

 

Brann Dailor
Mastodon

Darren Leader
Steel Panther

Mikey Montgomery
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE

Joey Cassata
Z02

Brian Smith
Hemlock



Tomas Haake
Meshuggah

Martin Axenrot
Opeth

Matt Halpern
Periphery

Alex Preiss
Psychostick

Glenn Sobel
Alice Cooper

Tony Hajjar
At the Drive In
  

Kenneth Schalk
Fuel

JP Patterson
Manitoba



Jeff Fabb
James Durbin

Carmine Appice
Cactus

    Modern Drummer Poll 2012 Results

Congratulations to all of our winners this year. Some incredible work has been done both on the stage and in the studio. We are so happy that it did not go unnoticed. Here is a list of all the artist and how they did.

Neil Peart (ProMark)- http://www.neilpeart.net/

                Prog 1^st place, Educational DVD 1^st  place

Thomas Pridgen (Evans, ProMark)- https://www.facebook.com/ThomasPridgenFanPage

                Alternative 1^st  place

Steve Smith (PureSound)- http://www.vitalinformation.com/

Fusion 1^st  place

Chris Adler (ProMark)- http://chris-adler.com

Metal 1^st  place, Clinician/Educator 1^st  place.

Matt Halpern (Evans, ProMark)- https://www.facebook.com/matthalp#!/Matthalperndrummer

Metal 2^nd  Place

Brooks Wackerman- (Evans)- http://twitter.com/#!/brookswackerman

Alternative 2^nd place

Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez (Evans, ProMark)- http://www.elnegro.com/

                Fusion 2^nd place

Chad Cromwell (PureSound)- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chad-Cromwell/113518188658841

                Country 2^nd place, Studio 4^th place

Rich Redmond (ProMark, PureSound)- http://www.richredmond.com/

                Country 2^nd place

Billy Ward (Evans, ProMark)- http://www.billyward.com/

                Clinician/Educator 2^nd place

Elaine Bradley (Evans, ProMark, PureSound)- https://www.facebook.com/people/Elaine-Bradley/673249463

                Up and Coming 2^nd place

Charlie Benante (Evans)- http://www.charliebenante.com/

                Metal  3^rd place

Todd Sucherman (ProMark)- http://www.toddsucherman.com/

                Prog 3^rd place, Educational DVD 2^nd place

George “Spanky” McCurdy (Evans)- https://www.facebook.com/george.s.mccurdy

                R&B 3^RD place

Eric Slick (Evans)- http://ericslick.com/

                Up and Coming 3^rd place

Chris McHugh (Evans, PureSound)- http://www.chrismchugh.com/

                Country 4^th place

Jason Bonham (ProMark)- http://www.jasonbonham.net/

Mainstream Rock 4^th place

Glenn Kotche- (Evans, ProMark)- http://glennkotche.com/

                Alternative 4^th place.

Jeremy Spencer (Evans)- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jeremy-Spencer-fan-page-official/293852039291

                Metal 4^th place

Jonathan Schang (Evans, ProMark, PureSound)- http://district97.net/

                Up and Coming 4^th place

Richard Bravo (Evans)- http://solisbravo.com/bio/

                Percussion 4^th place

Ari Hoenig (Evans)- http://www.arihoenig.com/

                Educational Book 4^th place

Marco Minnemann (Evans, ProMark)- http://marcominnemann.com/home

                Prog 4^th place

Brann Dailor (Evans)- http://www.mastodonrocks.com/

                Metal 5^th place, Recorded Performance 4^th place

Carl Palmer (ProMark)- http://www.carlpalmer.com/

                Prog 5^th place

Jamire Williams (ProMark)- https://www.facebook.com/jamire.williams

                Jazz 5^th place

Mark Guilliana (Evans)- http://markguiliana.com/

                Fusion 5^th place

Jay Lane-(Pro-Mark)- http://jaylane.net/

                Alternative- 5^th Place

Ben Sesar (Evans, ProMark, PureSound)- http://bensesar.com/

                Country 5^th place

Florian Alexandru-Zorn (Evans)- http://www.besenspiel.de/News.html

                Educational Book 5^th place

Gil Sharone (ProMark)- http://www.gilondrums.com/

                Educational DVD 5^th place

               

    

        

          

       

               

           

               

       

     

          

               

WGI 2012 Recap

Another fantastic season of WGI is in the books! Congratulations to all of the competing groups.

Major congratulations Riverside Community College (ProMark artists) for taking 1st in Independent Marching World with a score of 97.088 and Music City Mystique (Evans artists) for taking 2nd in Independent Marching World. Congrats to South Hills High School (Evans artists), Victor J. Andrew High School (Evans artists), Franklin Central High School (Evans & ProMark artists) for taking the top three (respecitively) in Scholastic Marching Open.

Also, congrats to George Mason University (Evans artists) for taking first in Independent Marching Open with a score of 94.900. Woodbridge High School (Evans artists) took first in Scholastic Concert World with a score of 99.600. Chattanooga Independent (Evans artists) took second in Independent Marching A with a score of 91.725.

As always, we've got plenty of "In the Lot" videos for you from Championships in Dayton, OH. Please visit http://www.youtube.com/user/EvansPercussion and http://www.youtube.com/user/ProMarkdrumsticks for more!

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New PureSound Website

The PureSound website is officially received a facelift! In keeping with the rest of the D'Addario percussion brands, PureSoundPercussion.com now features a similar design to EvansDrumheads.com and ProMark.com. Keep an eye out for new product videos, interviews and sound samples coming in the near future!

http://www.puresoundpercussion.com/

In addition, PureSound is now on Facebook and Twitter:

https://www.facebook.com/PureSoundPercussion
https://twitter.com/#!/puresoundsnares

New Evans Website!

After many hours of creative brainstorming, design work, coding, and editing, we’re proud to announce the launch of our new website! The driving force behind the new site has been to make it as easy as possible for you to find the sound you’re looking for. We’ve also built a new video library, redesigned the artist pages, and revised the search capabilities. Here are some of the highlights:

Product Menu
The Product Menu appears when you place your mouse over the “PRODUCTS” heading in the navigation bar. From there, you can select products based on their application. From drumheads to drum keys, patches to practice pads; all are accessible from the Product Menu.

Product Selector
The new Evans Product Selector displays all products within a given category, arranged from darkest tone to brightest. You can read the descriptions of all products, see what artists use a given product, and even hear some audio samples before even clicking through to the product details page.

The refine menu at the top allows users to filter based on characteristics such as the number of plies, finish and size. Click a checkbox to filter down to products matching the selected criteria. Check multiple boxes to further refine your selection.

Artist Portal
The Artist Portal opens with 16 featured artists and tabs for new, drum set related, marching related, concert related and world related artists. Four featured artists are displayed at the top of each tab. Sort through artists alphabetically by first name or enter text to search by first or last name. An artist news feed is present on the left side of the page with endorsee updates.

Video Library
The Evans Video Library segments videos into tabs based on content. Featured and new videos are easy to find under their tabs, as are backstage interviews, lessons, how-to tutorials and the “How It’s Made” manufacturing series of videos. Related videos are shown on the right side of the page and related products below the video player.


Enjoy the new site!