What a day! Thanks to you, the Scottish Drumming Community, Scottish Drum Fair 2012 was a roaring success! Drummers young and not so young witnessed some inspiring live performances, the largest assembled Vintage Drum Show in Scotland and the latest and greatest developments in the drum world.

We couldn’t have done it without the support of…

The Performers: Craig, Calum, Gordon and Simon. With with your incredible skills and words of wisdom you are inspiring the next generation of drummers. You should be proud! And let us not forget Mr Greg Drysdale, who compered the show with wit and charm.

Our Trade Partners: You have supported us in the past but you guys really pulled out the stops for us this time. The feedback from the public about your presentation has been great. You really are the best in the business!

The Vintage Crew: Wow! What a stunning display. We couldn’t be more pleased with the turnout and your passion for drum heritage was clear to see. Keep those kits shiny, guys and gals! – You’re all more than welcome to return next year!

The Sound Guys: Thanks to Ward Steedsy for making the whole event sound great. Also thanks to them and our neighbours KLS / DJ Depot for providing the lighting in our hour of darkest need.

Our Local Support : Big thanks as always to Bruce at IGS for his wise words and his help in so many ways. Thanks also go to Darren at the best Printshop in Central Scotland, Brooklyn Graphics, for their quick turnaround of our last minute jobs.

Thanks to The Musicians Union for attending and keeping the musician first and the guys from Rock the Talk for supporting local youth music initiatives.

Our Friends and Family: When you are asking folks to get up before sunrise Sunday you really learn who your true friends are. To the boys who lugged, shifted, un-packed, stacked and lifted : you really earned your dD Drums coffee there! Special thanks to the girls on the Catering Team who kept the drumming masses fed and watered.

Finally thanks to our family who put up with our long ours and stresses and strains, moans and groans. Without your support there would be nothing.

We’ve booked the hall, confirmed the performers, rallied the vintage collectors and assembled the industry experts.

Scottish Drum Fair 2012 was a crazy idea the two lads in a drum shop in Falkirk came up with. Aye, we can put on a drum clinic, but why not go that wee bit further. Let’s make a day of it. Let’s get a couple of other performers and a trade fair with all of our friends in the industry. What about a couple of Vintage kits…

So we did it (and more). It’s not been easy and we’ve learned a lot. The pessimists have said “you’ll never get drummers out of their beds on a Sunday for that”. Well we think they’re wrong. The modern drummer isn’t the raw steak munching, butt-of-all-the-jokes neanderthal of common stereotype. They are the backbone of the band, without whom there would be no groove, swing, rock or indeed, roll. You know that anyway, but it’s always good to see it in writing.

We set up Scottish Drum Fair 2012 for drummers who know that you never stop learning and who are willing to be inspired. We also know you like to see other drummers playing at the top of their game. You won’t be disappointed.

If you’ve decided that you have better things to do and you’ll not learn anything from a day like Scottish Drum Fair then I’m pretty sure Tesco have a buy-one-get-one-free on raw steak…

Now, Drummers of Scotland, it’s all up to you. Here’s your big drum solo… make us proud.

SEE YOU ON SUNDAY.

We are thrilled to announce that ‘Sir’ Alan Buckley will be attending SDF2012. ‘Sir’ Alan is regarded as a world expert on vintage drums, and his contributions to magazines such as Drummer and Rhythm are well known. He is also the owner of Britain’s most extensive Classic Drum Museum and avid collector of drum brochures and documents, some of which he will be displaying on the day.

Unsurprisingly ‘Sir’ Alan is pretty handy with the sticks too, with a lifetime of playing with many of the finest Jazz ensembles. He is also organised over 40 music festivals in his time so it is a real privilege to have him join us on the day. What this man does not know about classic kits and drumming in general isn’t worth mentioning.

So come and meet ‘Sir’ Alan, a proper gentleman of the drum world, and be inspired!

Visit ‘Sir’ Alan’s Website http://www.siralandrums.co.uk/

photo by http://www.stiniogphoto.com/

Along with our awesome performances and Vintage Drum Fair we will also be hosting a load of Scottish exclusive product launches and displays.

AQUARIAN will be displaying the long-awaited inHEAD hybrid acoustic / electronic trigger heads.

SHAW STICKS will be revealing their new ‘Authentic Sound’ British Made practice pad.

BULLET and KITCH will be showing off their incredible range of prototype bass drum pedals.

…and of course PREMIER DRUM COMPANY will be unveiling their incredible ‘One Series’ to Scottish audiences for the first time.

We are delighted to announce that our we have added Calum Blair,
winner of the Young Drummer of the Year 2012 award, to our line-up for
Scottish Drum Fair 2012. This extremely talented 16 year old Scottish
drummer has followed his success at the competition with show-stopping
appearances at the London Drum Show 2012, the National Drum Fair
Birmingham 2012 and recently toured with drum legend Arron Spears.

Calum started drumming at the age of just three years old and for the
last six years Calum has been attending Paisley’s Loud ‘n’ Proud music
school, a lottery funded charity,  devoted to bringing out and
developing young Scottish music talent with a rock ‘n’ roll ethic.
Loud and Proud founder Tommy McGrory believes the youngster has a
bright future in the music industry. Tommy said: “If Calum keeps
progressing, he will be one of the best drummers Scotland has ever
produced”.

So if you want to see what hard work and dedication can produce get
along to Scottish Drum Fair 2012 and see rising star Calum Blair in
action.

(photo © Dave Hughes 2012)