Highlights: IDM Campaign drives hundreds into stores. Vans Warped Tour: PMC in final
plans to exhibit in selected cities. Percussion in the Schools press conference at Winter NAMM kicks off 20/10 Campaign with Chad Smith. MORE ->
PMC Officers and celebrity-drummer Chad Smith announced the formation of a PMC program expansion that will allow NAMM retail music dealers to nominate a school district for receiving and hosting a Chad Smith all-school percussion assembly. The program expansion is targeted to junior high and high school audiences in the dealer’s local market. MORE ->
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE DRUMS GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE DRUMS Downloads
Did you know that 51% of the musicians in the U.S. are female? The 2006 Gallup Poll shows that percussion sales have been increasing steadily since 1997, with more than 250,000 drum kits sold last year alone. If a big chunk of that 51% isn't already banging away on a set of drums, they will be - soon.MORE ->
ROOTS OF RHYTHM
Roots of Rhythm Website
The Roots of Rhythm program now has its own website at www.rootsofrhythm.net. All teaching materials and further updates will now be posted there.
PMC LAUNCHES PERCUSSION IN THE SCHOOLS
The Percussion Marketing Council (PMC) has launched an educational performance program - Percussion in the Schools - that will have exciting professional percussion ensembles playing in elementary and middle schools. MORE ->
Play Drums!
PlayDrums! is a series of video tutorials along with a variety of printable guides and support materials that have been developed to provide music dealers and teachers with a simple method for giving free, five-minute introductory drumset and conga lessons in their local communities. MORE ->
PMC REFINES AND EXPANDS ITS "DEVELOPMENTAL
DRUMMING" EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC PROGRAM
The Percussion Marketing Council has announced significant improvement and major expansion of its popular "Developmental Drumming" (formerly "Mommy & Me") Early Childhood Music Program. MORE ->