A Drummer’s Weekend Recap

Ramon Montagner Masterclass and the International DrummerMeeting Salzgitter. If you have been following us on social media then you know exactly how busy this whole week has been. We hosted the 36th International Drummer Meeting in Salzgitter alongside our dear friends Salzgitter Kultur, and then the Brazilian drumming genius Ramon Montagner joined us in Berlin for a mind-melting drum clinic. In Salzgitter, 10 world-class drummers from Brazil …

The Pat Steward Masterclass

A Rock & Roll Legend in Marzahn, Berlin. Last week, straight from arriving in Berlin, Pat came to our school in Marzahn and gave an insightful, rich music tour through his life and through his biggest influences. Pat shared his musical history from Little Richard to Bonham to Carlock, told war stories from the road with Bryan Adams and smashed the …

A New Orleans Legend in Berlin

Stanton Moore Masterclass, November 15th.This is truly a man who needs no introduction. The GRAMMY award winner and king of New Orleans drumming Stanton Moore will be in Berlin on Friday, November 15th hosting a 3 hour intensive masterclass to a limited-capacity audience. Throughout his 25 year career, Stanton has played and or recorded with a diverse group of artists including Maceo Parker, Joss Stone, Irma Thomas, Leo …

Happy New Year Drummers! 🍾

Happy New Year Drummers!Roll on 2023!  And that is another year at Drumtrainer done and dusted! We had a crazy year here filled with drum festivals, masterclasses, a tour with one of Germany’s biggest artists, two courses of students coming to an end and lots of new online masterclasses for our online school. It has been busy to say the …

Drumtrainer News December: Lineup Announcement: International Drummer Meeting Salzgitter

The Lineup is Here.The 35th International Drummer Meeting Salzgitter returns!  Together with Salzgitter Kultur, we are excited to announce the lineup for the next International Drummer Meeting in Salzgitter, Germany! From the 06.10 – 08.10, we are bringing some of the best drum and percussion educators together for one weekend of diving deep into this beautiful art of drumming. The lineup is as follows… …

Drumtrainer News October 2022

International Drummer Meeting Salzgitter Germany’s Oldest Drumming Festival Has Begun The 34th International Drummer Meeting Salzgitter is here! Yesterday we kicked off a weekend of intense drumming and study from some of the best modern drummers around. We have drummers from all over the world joining us for one weekend of hanging out, nerding out with the greats and simply sharing our love for the …

Anika & Claus exclusive preview

Did you know the US rudiment the ‘Pataflafla’ should actually be called the‘Flapatafla’? More on that later from ol’ uncle Claus Hessler. This month we released a truly unique online masterclass featuring two German legends Claus Hessler and Anika Nilles called ‘The Rudimental Codex’, where Anika studies (yet again) with her older cousin and Claus shares his deep-rooted wisdom about the art of rudimental drumming.  We currently have a …

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Berlin Drum Days 2022!

The Berlin Drum Days 2022 are coming up next May and we already have a cool line-up:Jost Nickel, Richard Spaven, Felix Lehrmann, Diego Pinera, as well as drum trainer chief-trainer Dirk Erchinger will be your lecturers.We will also feature two young and wild drummers from the Drumtrainer team: Alexander Neubauer & Mario Meruna.And certainly, other great trainers of the Drumtrainer …

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A drumming Kinship mit Anika Nilles & Claus Hessler

noisy Rooms und Drumtrainer Berlin präsentieren: A drumming Kinship mit Anika Nilles und Claus Hessler! Von George Lawrence Stone zu Joe Morello, Sanford Moeller zu Jim Chapin, Joe Morello zu Dom Famularo, Alan Dawson zu Tony Williams, Gary Chaffee zu Vinnie Colaiuta … in der Geschichte des Schlagzeugspiels gibt es einige interessante Parallelen: Hinter vielen einflußreichen Drummer*innen stehen auch einflußreiche …