With Summer NAMM in full swing, the news of new products keeps growing, even from those not at Summer NAMM. Back in April, I reviewed the Billy Blast Ballistech II Mesh Drum Head. That 12″ head was put through its paces and by the end of the month I was quite impressed with its performance [...]

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Summer NAMM is here and Alesis used the opportunity to show off their latest premium, six-piece electronic drumset, the DM10 X Kit. The Alesis DM10 X kit is an update to their popular DM10 Pro Kit (see Alesis DM10 Electronic Drum Set!!!!). It has a new rack configuration, new 12″ trigger pads (same used on [...]

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On the heals of the Tommy Lee/ePro live team up (see Pearl ePro Live and Tommy Lee Team up!), comes the news that Mike Mangini of Dream Theater is also teaming up with Pearl’s ePro live triggers. Get the full story here:
Mike Mangini of Dream Theater

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Pearl announced back on April 21st that Tommy Lee of Motley Crue fame is now part of the Pearl Drums artist roster. It looks as if Tommy Lee will no longer be with DW for his drums. The news doesn’t stop there. Apparently, Tommy Lee will be using a custom Pearl ePro live electronic drum [...]

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The 3 layer Ballistech II White Mesh Head is the latest mesh head offering from Billy Blast Drums. You may remember the review I did on the original single layer Ballistech mesh head last year (Billy Blast Ballistech Mesh drum head Review). In that review I basically stated that the original single layer Ballistech was [...]

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