• facebook
  • twitter
  • rss

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Drummer Schedules Clinics

October 12, 2006

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN drummer Chris Pennie has scheduled a handful of free drum clinics for late October. These dates (October 23 in Rockaway, NJ and October 26 in Dearborn, MI) are the first to be announced for Pennie's second clinic tour. The two-hour clinics will include demonstrations on technique, performance and solo pieces, an extended question and answer session with Pennie, and his perspective on the application of music theory in the writing and performing of the music of THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN.

Pennie comments on the clinics; "First and foremost, being able to perform, teach, and ultimately share your knowledge with other people is a great feeling. I love talking about the process of making music. That's probably the most fascinating aspect to me; getting inside someone's head and finding out how they arrived at that sound they made on whatever instrument they may play.

"Doing clinics is much different from playing shows," Pennie continues, "I try to cover as much as possible within the two hours I have. Everything from playing DILLINGER songs to talking about a practice routine, to music technology, etc. On the performance side, it's just me alone on the drums, so the challenge is making that statement on the kit."

In other news, Pennie appears on Magna Carta's recently released "Drum Nation Volume 3" alongside some of the best players (Ken Schalk [CANDIRIA], Chris Adler [LAMB OF GOD], Jeremy Colson [Steve Vai], Justin Foley [KILLSWITCH ENGAGE] and more) in the hard rock drum world. Pennie created, composed, and performed all the instrumentation on "YMCA Or TCBY" exclusively for "Drum Nation". To preview "YMCA Or TCBY", click here.

Chris Pennie drum clinic performances:

Oct. 23 - Rockaway, NJ @ Ritchie's Music Center @ 7 p.m.
Oct. 26 - Dearborn, MI @ University Center Stage at University of Michigan-Dearborn @ 7 p.m.

Find more on
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • reddit
  • email

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).