Meinl Cymbal artists Carlos Maldonado and Rigo Collazo will both be hosting clinics on Wednesday, August 26 at the Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto.

Carlos will host his at 11 am and Rigo Collazo will host his at 2 pm.

Both Carlos and Rigo will perform with their Reggae/World Group "Millo Torres y Tercer Planeta" at 7 pm.

Micheo Music store representatives will be on site to answer any questions about Meinl at the Meinl booth throughout the entire festival.

Meinl Cymbal artist Tommy Clueftos backed up the legendary Ozzy Osbourne last night in Anaheim, California.

Tommy, Ozzy, and the rest of the band played a 10-song set at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California as part of the closing ceremonies at BlizzCon. The rest of the backing band for the concert consisted of guitarist Gus G. (FIREWIND), bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson (ROB ZOMBIE) and keyboardist Adam Wakeman.

Nine-year-old guitar prodigy Yuto Miyazawa joined Ozzy and the rest of his group on stage to perform the Osbourne classic "Crazy Train".

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. Bark At The Moon
02. Suicide Solution
03. War Pigs
04. I Don't Know
05. Mr. Crowley
06. I Don't Wanna Stop
07. Iron Man
08. I Don't Want To Change The World
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09. Crazy Train (featuring Yuto Miyazawa)
10. Paranoid

The largest event of its kind, BlizzCon is a celebration of Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft, Diablo, and Starcraft game universes and the global player communities surrounding them.

Meinl Cymbal artist Kent Aberle has filmed and released an instructional drumming DVD, "Technique and Musicality for the Weekend Warrior," which is now available for pre-sale orders. Orders will ship in early October. All presales come with a special limited edition pre-sale pack and free shipping. You can order your copy by clicking here.

Meinl Cymbals is very pleased to welcome Tommy Clufetos to its family of cymbal artists. Tommy is the drummer for the one and only Rob Zombie. 

Hailing from Detroit, Michigan and currently residing in Los Angeles, CA, Tommy is best known for his no-holds-barred-rock-as-a-way-of-life style of drumming. With a never ending supply of energy, Tommy combines power, musicality, technique, showmanship, and a style that oozes cool into a deadly mixture that has earned him some of the top gigs in Rock and Roll.

With a resume that includes Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent and currently Rob Zombie, as well as just having been voted the #2 Best Metal Drummer in this year's Modern Drummer Magazine Readers' Poll, Tommy's credentials speak volumes about his capabilities as a world-class drummer.

Regarding his teaming up with Meinl Cymbals, Tommy had this to say..."To play Rock & Roll at it's optimal animalistic outrage levels, I need the ultimate instruments to do so. Meinl helps me complete my sound. I wanna sound my best. That's why I play the best."

Meinl Cymbals Artist Relations Manager for the USA and Canada, Chris Brewer, had this to say about Tommy..."I've known about Tommy for quite some time and have always respected and admired what he brings to the world of drumming. There's not many real rock and roll drummers out there anymore, and Tommy is the Real Thing. After seeing Tommy bring the house down at the 2008 Montreal Drum Festival, I knew that the way he approaches drumming as well as his entire vibe would be a perfect fit for Meinl Cymbals, and that our cymbal sounds would be a perfect fit for him as an artist. A drummer like Tommy, where there's not many others like him, needs to play cymbals that have their own unique voice, rather than cymbals that don't really stand out from the crowd....With Meinl, he now has the instruments he needs to do so. He couldn't be happier about it and neither could we."

Dutch Drummer Bram Hakkens of "Kyteman" visited us at our factory a few weeks ago to handpick his new cymbal setup.

The first video shows him in our drumroom where he tried different combinations. On the second video he talks about the cymbals he chose and what he likes about them.

Bram was accompanied by his friend Klaas Jan Stol of slagwerkwereld.com and drummerszone.com. You can check out the full story with more Bram Hakkens videos there.

Check out Shadows Fall's new video "Still I Rise" featuring Meinl Artist Jason Bittner.

Meinl Cymbal artist Barry Kerch and his band Shinedown seem to be unstoppable these days. Their most recent album The Sound of Madness has been in the Billboard Top 200 for 58 weeks and is currently at #24 after all this time! The latest single Second Chance is currently charting high as well.

Check out some new pix of Barry throwing down on the road.

Check out the new Meinl Cymbal artist videos from the 2009 Summer Slaughter Tour online now! Featured artists are...

Mike Smith - Suffocation -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFeh25hwSkI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PypNCGzsqZg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c_tbaWQVRE

Romain Goulon - Necrophagist -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-ybfxP7oJc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfqEfiOWML0

Cameron Losch - Born of Osiris -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx9Moz-ZfYc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDNPT7Jjopo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPYGNwmIFfk

Art Cruz - Winds of Plague -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlKyfgzdzyQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtrX2zkRggY

Textures App
We have just launched our first Textures app for iPhone or iPod Touch. Now you can keep up with the latest Textures news and tour dates when you are on the run. Furthermore we have added some nice bonuses such as a Textures puzzle..

You can download the app for free at the Apple App Store.

Exclusive London Show
Mark your calendars! On the first of October we will play a one off exclusive UK show in the Underworld, London.  We’re excited to return as we haven’t played a club show in the UK since the beginning of last year. We will be supported by our good friends in Romeo Must Die!

Pre-sales: ticketweb.co.uk

Live
We will only be playing a limited number of shows before hitting the studio at the end of the year. We will be playing Russia and Estonia for the first time in September, which we are all looking forward to. Check here for dates.