Taye drums

So, Taye Drums has a lot of artists on the road this summer.  Let’s start with Blue Oyster Cult who are perennial summer veterans and Taye Guy, Jules Radino holds down their rhythm section. You can catch their tour dates from this weekend in Costa Mesa, CA at the Pacific Amphitheater. Check them out on tour here!

Now, we also have Taye Guy, Rogerio Jardim out on the road with Infected Mushroom.  These guys are WORLDWIDE and you should definitely check them out as soon as you can.  They will be in India next week and back in Orange County, California the week after that.  Hurry and get your tickets as soon as you can!

During the summer, Christian band, Salvador will be all over the place! Check out where you can see Taye Guy, Ben Cordonero keeping a smooth groove with Salvador and Jaci Valasquez.

Check out Elliot “Rook” Paulin with Anthony Orio out in Nashville and all over North America.  Get some great country music this summer here.

Now I bet you didn’t know that Taye Drums brings it hard, did you?  Well you can find Taye Drums on the Summer Slaughter 2010 with The Red Chord and Michael Justian punishing his Taye TourPro series in Black Oyster.

You will also see us on this summer’s Thrash and Burn tour with Impending Doom and Brandon Trahan doing damage on a StudioMaple kit. We like to call him “Btown”…you can find him on Twitter as @btownshredds.

Now, Arsonists Get All the Girls round out the summer on the Over The Limit tour.  These guys are always working and working hard on stage for all of their fans.  We love Taye Guy, Garin Rosen on his StudioMaple Green to Black Fade kit.

Make sure you check out our Artist page to find where our guys are playing and when you can see them.

Go get your Taye on and show our Taye Guys some love!

Taye guy, Satnam Ramgotra, came out to visit the Taye Drums’ show room recently and sat down with Sales & Marketing Coordinator, West Wheeler.

You may not know it, but Satnam Ramgotra has been Taye’s percussive voice  behind some of the world’s biggest blockbuster hits and countless other Hollywood films.  Some of these you may heard of: The Dark Night, Black Hawk Down, Monsters vs. Aliens and Sherlock Holmes.  This is just a mere sampling of what Satnam has created for your simultaneous viewing and listening pleasure.

Satnam has also held down the back beat for rock/soul artist Nikka Costa as creating music for his Indo-Fusion Jazz group, Alien Chatter with keyboardist Rodney Lee.

Here you can see what Satnam has to say about his Taye Drums and how they have evolved with his career.  Also you can see him rip a GoKit to shreds (check 00:40….wow)

So, go tell your store you want a GoKit!  Be Yourself, Be Taye!

If you don’t know who that is, I suggest you learn. That is Impending Doom’s drummer Brandon “Btown” Trahan.  Btown picked up a kit to take out on 2010’s Thrash ‘N Burn tour.

Make sure you check them out to hear how Btown melts faces with the Taye StudioMaple 10×8.5, 12×9 rack toms, 16×16 floor tom and 24×18 kick drum.

Taye Drums mentioned Taye MetalWorks back in June.  Now you no longer have to wait.  You need to get yours today before we run out.

Run, don’t walk to your nearest Taye Drums dealer and find yourself a Taye MetalWorks!!!!

You no longer have to work as hard as you once did.  The introduction of Taye MetalWorks  makes your drumming life that much easier.

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The Taye MetalWorks is built to provide the essence of what you feel in each and every performance.  You start with its quick response to what your foot tells it.  Then take a look at the pedal itself.  The steel finished footboard gives the player’s foot a perfect target and plenty of room for placement each and every time along with the smooth feel of the new heel plate hinge system.  The footboard depth adjustment beneath the footboard is where drummers can loosen one simple wing nut to adjust the depth of the footboard to customize the feel of the pedal.  Next at the cam pitch adjustment, one can loosen two allen screws rolling them forward or back to adjust the pitch of the pedal creating a customized punch to the pedal.  Now over to the right is where the beater can be pushed nearer or further from the head by a simple adjustment of the beater depth adjustment. There at the beater adjustment is the Dual Headed Adjustable Beater to find the perfect sound for every beat.  There at the spring assembly is where the power lies.  In the red zone, you will find a roller bearing to push your pedal in to high gear.  Also, there is where you can adjust the distance from the beater to the head with a simple allen screw adjustment.  Then make sure it stays attached to your bass drum hoop with the new design of the reliable hoop clamp design.Last but not least is the new Stick Caddy for those who always need something nearby when the show calls for it.

The double bass drum model (TMW-D) can be converted to a left handed model without too much of a problem featuring Taye Drums’ Configuration Friendly - for every rhythm method.  We make everything for everyone in every price range.

Available in either a single (TMW - $299, Retail) or a double pedal (TMW-D - $649, Retail).  You can adjust yourself INTO this pedal.

Become one with yourself and with YOUR rhythm.  Play Taye MetalWorks . Be yourself.  Be Taye.

We here at Taye Drums don’t call ourselves the most the Configuration Friendly™ company in the industry for nothing.  We have filled the need for a lower center of gravity stand.  What do you do when you have to keep re-positioning your tom stand because the one you have keeps tipping over.  Well, you get the TS791 or TS792.  We built this stand for a photo shoot that started to be requested by our customers.  See, you ask and it shall be done.  Taye Drums fills the void for what you need to keep your drums up and ready at all times.

Check out the beautiful ProX drum set in Pink Flash holding up its beefy 14×11 rack tom over the 24″ kick drum.

You can use these stands for all sorts of fun things, snares on suspension rings, drum set timbales, large rack toms, snares and drum set timbales.

Taye Drums is truly the MOST Configuration Friendly™ company in the industry.

Taye Guy, Daru Jones has been a busy man as of late.  On top of travelling around the country with Black Milk and Daisy Jopling, Daru has gotten involved in a movement in the music industry.  Dame Dash has resurfaced with his new organization DD172 at Creative Control.  The venue has been nicknamed “The Dojo” where Ski Beatz created the “24 Hour Karate School” which has been fabled to be released very soon.  Well, it looks like “soon” may be here before we know it.

Recently, Ski and the Senseis (Daru, Brady Watt and John Cave) went down to Music Television to tape a show featuring DD172 artists, Curren$y (whose album Pilot Talk just dropped last Tuesday, the 15th), Stalley (2010’s best “neck beard”) and Big K.R.I.T. from Mississippi.  Later that night, they would sell out the infamous, Brooklyn Bowl for the BluRoc Festival.

Daru plays on a StudioMaple in Java Burst, 12×9 (optional), 16×16 floor tom, 22×18 kick drum and 14×16 snare drum.

Check out the videos here.

In the meantime, watch Daru, Ski Beatz and the Senseis performing “S.T.A.L.L.E.Y.”

During 2010’s ǖber popular, South By Southwest Festival (aka SXSW), Taye Drums partnered with burgeoning website Better Than The Van.  During the event the guys from BTTV were asked to speak at a conference on the importance of touring.  In an effort to promote their company, they partnered with a few companies to give away an entire van filled with the gear they would need for a van tour.  The winner received, among other things, a RockPro 5 piece, with 10×8.5, 12×9 rack toms, 14×14 floor tom, an 18×16 bass drum in Gun Metal.

Recently, Taye Drums’ West Wheeler had a chance to speak with the raffle winner, Daniel Fried of the band Bad Sports from Denton, Texas.

Taye Drums: Daniel, congratulations on your winning of the van from Better Than The Van.  How did you find out about the contest?

Daniel: A friend on Facebook directed me to the contest.  It only took a few minutes to enter.

Taye Drums: What is the name of your band and how long have you guys been playing together?

Daniel:  The name of the band is Bad Sports and we have been together for about 3 years now.

Taye Drums:  What did you think when you won the raffle?

Daniel: We were totally excited.  It came just in time.  The band is getting ready to head out on a West Coast tour.

Taye Drums: So that means you will be using the RockPro drum set you won?

Daniel: Actually, we started using that set right away.  We had some shows at SXSW and needed a kit that would fit in a smaller spot.  Since we won a kit with an 18″ bass drum it worked out great!

Taye Drums:  You mentioned a West Coast tour.  Does that mean there will be some Southern California dates?  We are in Chino, California and probably not too far from a show or two.

Daniel:  Totally! We will be at McWorld in Anaheim on 6/29 and Que Sera in Long Beach on 6/30.  It would be great to see you and your followers out at the show! Check out our Myspace page for more dates.

Taye Drums: I guess I should ask if you are using Better Than The Van for the tour?

Daniel: Well, we were thinking about it, but we have been lucky enough to have a lot of friends in all the towns we are playing.

Taye Drums:  Any last words before we finish up?

Daniel: We just want to say thank you to Taye Drums and all the other sponsoring companies.  We are completely excited because this kit fits in the van and sounds amazing for its small size.  It has already come in handy and we plan on taking it with us on our next tour in our new van!

Better Than The Van helps bands find an alternative to sleeping in their van by partnering them up with fans of music who offer a safe environment for them to get their rest.

Taye Drums has been building drums for over 35 years and continues to build quality drums.  We believe that amazing quality drums need not cost a fortune.  As the industry’s most Configuration Friendly^TM company, Taye has a drum “for every rhythm”.

The new Taye MetalWorks is on its way. Just take 2 minutes to enjoy some great video.

Taye drums is happy to announce the beginning of a great relationship with Calle 13’s beat keeper, Ismael Cancel-Villafañe.  Ismael comes to Taye after winning 10 Latin Grammys and 2 U.S. Grammys.

Ismael Cancel Villafañe plays drums in one of the most popular Latin Hip-Hop acts over the past 5 years called Calle 13.  Having 3 albums in the top 200 is not something a lot of bands can claim and if your debut album from 2006 is still up there, then this is a band to be seen and heard.

Their last two albums have earned them Grammys for Best Latin Urban Album, but 2009 was their biggest year by winning 5 Latin Grammys.   They won Album Of The Year,  Best Urban Album, Record of the Year, Best Alternative Song, and Best Short Form Music Video for La Perla that featured the long time Latin Music artist, Ruben Blades.

Most recently, Calle 13 presented their first concert in Cuba, the event was held at the José Martí Anti-Imperialist Plaza before an estimated crowd that ranged between 500,000 to 900,000 followers. The band performed “No hay nadie como tú”, “La cumbia de los aburridos”, “Se Vale Tó-Tó”, “La Hormiga brava”, “Un beso de desayuno”, “Pa’l Norte”, “Fiesta de locos”, “Querido FBI”, “La jirafa” and “Tango del pecado”, before adding “Electro Movimiento” and “Atrévete te-te” due to popular demand. During this event, Calle 13 received the international Cubadisco award from representatives of the Instituto Cubano de la Música (lit. Cuban Music Institute).

If you are fortunate enough, catch Ismael and crew on tour in Spain and Europe.  See Ismael on his Autumn Red, StudioBirch 6 piece kit.

June 5 - Madrid - Rock in Rio SHAKIRA + RHIANA + CALLE  13

June 11 - Las Palmas, Spain - CALLE 13 + Mala Rodriguez

June 12 - Tenerife, Spain -     CALLE 13 + MALA RODRIGUEZ

June 13 - London, UK - CALLE 13

June 16 - Hamburg, Germany  CALLE 13

June 17 - Malmo SUecia- CALLE 13

June 18 - Drammen, Norway - CALLE 13

June 19 - Suecia - CALLE 13

June 20 - Holland - CALLE 13

Please give Ismael a grand welcome “al comenzar un viaje por la calle”

Educational Percussion group KoSA, dedicated to developing and promoting percussive arts events that specialize in active mutual participation by professionals and students, recently held their KoSA Cuba this past March 7-14 during Havana’s Festival Del Tambores.

During this event, attendees were able to take lessons with major Cuban artists (featuring Taye Artist, Giraldo Piloto), attend concerts and lectures.  Attending and teaching these events were renown U.S. Taye Artist Memo Acevedo.  Taye Drums were also there to be played on and heard by the thousands of  concert goers as well as the private/group lessons.