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The Great Customskins Giveaway – Win an Aquarian Superkick II
Here at customskins HQ we’ve got loads of stuff we bought for no particular reason, have never used, never will use, and frankly just gets in the way at our annual Day Out At Customskins event. For this reason I thought I’d give some of it away. First up: Aquarian Superkick II Bass Drum Head…
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How to do 9 gigs in 6 days
It’s been a few weeks since my last blog (okay months, as the CS towers command station exploded) and in this time I’ve been a busy fellow. I was fortunate enough to be asked to perform at the Derry Jazz & Big Band Festival. Now in its 8th year it has grown to give the…
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Friday filler!
What you see above is what happens when you mix drumskins, mirror gold and a whole lotta TRIBAL. Pretty cool. Other than printing this, and some other heads, it’s been a pretty quiet week here at Customskins Towers. No major injuries have been sustained, no severe weather was encountered, and no loonies emailed us. Well,…
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Fundraising Megadude Jim Farey + 581 Drummers Stick It to MS
I’ve never met Jim Farey, but I know a few things about him. He’s a drum tutor at Nottinghams MLC Academy, he plays in a band called the Gingernuts, and his bass drum is a healthy 24 inches. Jim was one of 582 drummers who descended on the unsuspecting midlands city of Birmingham to break…
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How not to reorder a drum head
Reordering a previously printed drum head is no hassle for you, and even less for us. However, to ensure a smooth transaction it’s always best to make any design alterations prior to ordering rather than on delivery:
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Blog is back!
No, this isn’t a figment of your imagination. The universally ignored Customskins.co.uk Blog is back! Those of you lucky enough to be VIP members of the customskins.co.uk mailing list will know all about the customskins.co.uk server meltdown, and the fact that we’ve been working 24/7 for the last 3 months to ressurect it. In the…
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SXSW – the coverage begins here…
As you may be aware, the South By South West music conference/festival in Austin, Texas begins tomorrow. For up and coming bands this is one of the biggest events of the year, giving them the opportunity to showcase in front of record industry types from across the globe. Customskins.co.uk will, of course, not be attending…
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Sound meters, Duffy the Tramp-eyed slayer and positive forts.
Well it seems the guys at Custom Skins ‘towers’ have taken to calling me Dr. Death for my penchant for talking about dead drummers…..( This is hardly my fault, they just keep kicking the bucket). So in light of this I thought I had better inject some positive thought and good news into this here…
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1 bass drum, 2 bass drum, 3 bass drum, floor….R.I.P. Louie B.
Okay, I didn’t want to bring yet another death into this here blog but I’m afraid the passing of the last of the ‘big 3’ cannot go unacknowledged. Legendary drummer and all round great chap Louis Bellson passed away last week aged 84. Along with Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa, Bellson was considered one of…
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Mitch, Michael & Me
By now most of you will have heard of the death of Mitch Mitchell in November 2008. The legendary British drummer who shot to fame as one third of the Jimi Hendrix experience was just 61. There have been lots of suitable tributes by far more knowledgeable folk than I but I wanted to share…
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