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NEWS Yamaha drummer Rick Marotta gets 2 Awards (08/11) Yamaha drummer Rick Marotta was honored with two awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) at the 21st Annual ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards. The event honore Yamaha GSM-1450 Grand Symphonic Concert Snare Drums (02/10) Yamaha Corporation of America, Band & Orchestral Division, will display its Grand Symphonic Concert Snare Drums at Winter NAMM 2006. Designed in conjunction with world-renowned percussionists, the Gra Yamaha Steve Gadd 30 Years Signature Drum (01/25) For more than three decades, Steve Gadd has been one of the most influential drummers in the world—and for 30 years, Gadd has played Yamaha drums. To commemorate this special milestone, Yamaha will in Yamaha Drums Presents Groove All Stars (01/20) On Saturday, January 21, Yamaha Drums will reinvent NAMM’s most anticipated drum event by presenting “Groove All Stars,” an evening of unparalleled entertainment provided by the country’s foremost mus Yamaha MSD-14ASG Steve Gadd Signature Snare Drums (03/30) Targeted to the professional musician, the Steel SD-255SG, Birch BSD-14ASG and Maple MSD-14ASG are scheduled for March 2005 delivery. Each features a 35-degree bearing edge for the hallmark “fat” soun Yamaha SD-255ASG Maple Snare Drum Drummer Steve Gadd (03/02) Yamaha MSD-14ADW drumming master Dave Weckl Snare Drum (02/25) Yamaha Steve Gadd Steel SD-255SG Signature Snare Drum (02/13) Yamaha Dave Weckl MSD-13ADW Signature Snare Drum for Professional Drummers (02/08) Best Service Artist Grooves Drum & Fills Samples DVD PC / Mac / Kontakt NI (10/23) Yamaha Drums Jimmy Chamberlin SD-2455JC Snare Drum for recording, or live performance (08/23) Yamaha Tough-Terrain Frames for bass drum Deagan chimes and gong (05/18) Yamaha 7 new TP-9000 Tampani Percussion Drums (02/18) Puresound upgrades Marching, Drum Corps and Pipe Band Snare Wires (10/01) Puresound announces new Speedball Endorsers and free Bass Drum Patch promotion (10/01) Yamaha Drums Rydeen series high-end acoustic Drum Sets (08/10) DW Delta Ball-Bearing Throw-Off TrueTone Wires on Drum Workshop Snare Drums (02/15) Carbonlite Gig Rack latest in line of lightweight carbon fiber Drum Rack systems (08/12) New metal drums expand pacific’s accessory snare drum collection. (02/19) Puresound snare wires now available for marching snare drums. (02/02) The New Yamaha Stage Custom Standard SCS Drum Set (07/18) DW offers drummers a way to stay cool this summer with a 7000 series pedal and a free dw b (03/31) Carbon Fiber Drum Rack Tube Kits from Carbonlite Products (12/28) Yamaha introduces multi-timbre marching snare drum (12/24) Yamaha expands concert series snare drum line-up (12/24)

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