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Is the creator of this site famous?
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No. He's a legend
in his own mind; he's out standing in his field. But he's not
famous. He played with famous people however. So... yea, I guess
that makes him famous. Ok, well maybe not.  |
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Does Drum Bum own
this site?
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Yes. |
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Why
does the lesson database take longer than some sites to load? |
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Because it's heavy.
Most visitors now have faster dial-up, or they have broadband
so we're not as concerned with it these days. Many like having
the lessons on one page. We receive few complaints anymore. |
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Who owns all these lessons?
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Think of the
Drum Lessons Database (or Drums Database) as a "portal"
for free drum lesson material. The drummers we link to own their
own material housed on their own website. |
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Do famous drummers ever get involved? |
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Yes, you'll see
lessons from Steve Smith, Dave Weckl, Rick Gratton, Paul Wertico,
Chuck Silverman, Kenwood Dennard, and numerous others. |
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Can
anyones' lessons be listed in the Drums Database? |
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Just about. We
encourage quality. If there are too many pop-ups or the content
is thin or amateurish, we will deny it. |
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Why don't you run a real database? Why static html?
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Because
Drum Bum is too cheap to pay someone $1000 to build it.
Seriously, ...it's serving it's purpose. We get lots of letters
thanking us, and there's an old saying; "Don't fix it if
it's not broken". |
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I've seen another site like this one.
Is it also owned by Drum Bum? |
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No. Two years ago an unscrupulous drummer
copied our entire drums database and pasted into his site (believe
it or not). And I'm talkin' "verbatim!". We threatened
legal action. Being that it was based in another country, it
would have been difficult. Instead we had their ISP shut him
down. He's since changed a few things around and re-opened later
with an almost identical format. We're forced to live with it.
(As an FYI, the site we're referring to is not 411drums.com)
What this person doesn't know is; he
has shown the entire drum world that he is a theif. Most drummers
know about our Drums Database and they would recognize his site
as something that is almost a carbon copy of what we've produced.
Although I won't give him the benefit of listing the website,
I would ask and hope that anyone reading this would avoid his
site altogether.
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Can
I advertise on the Drums Database? |
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Sure! Drop us
a line and
we'll forward rate information. |
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Is this site safe for children?
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Because we are
linking externally, we can not control the content of other drums
websites. We advise adult supervision and extreme caution. |
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Can
I use some of this material for my own website? |
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You must ask the
owner of the website you're currently visiting. Look at the url
(http://www.?.com) to determine location and ownership. |
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There are some drum lessons that don't have links. What's
up with that?
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At
one time, we didn't have the staff to properly maintain the Drums
Database. It was getting out of control and there were many broken
links. We now have assistance and are able to keep it cleaned
out. You will hardly ever see "bad" links anymore, but
you'll still see hyperlinks removed for some of the lessons. This
is because we can not control whether the lesson site is live
or not. When sites go back up, we'll continue linking to them
again. There will always be links that are intermittently inactive.
That is the nature of any portal. |
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Do
any of the lessons belong to Drum Bum? |
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Yes,
a handful of the lessons and articles belong to Drum Bum (mostly
articles). You can find some of them here.
We also occasionally pay authors to write articles about drums
for us, to keep fresh content coming into Drum Bum. |
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How come there's no link section in the Drums Database?
I would like to exchange links.
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We already link to contributors through
lesson material. If you have free drum lessons on your site
or have samples from a drum book you're promoting, drop
us a line. For general drum link exchange, please visit
one of these sites:
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What
do you think is the most important part of this database? |
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Life
Lessons. |
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You
must be making a lot of money off this site, I see it everywhere.
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Unfortunately it has become more laborious than profitable. With
large server fees and high administrative costs (employees), it
is extremely expensive to maintain. But we're always hopeful visitors
will link through to the Drum
Bum Store or one of our other
sites and make a purchase. If you haven't seen some of our
cool T-shirts,
hats, stickers, or novelty products, you're missing out! |
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I'm
not in need of any of the products you offer right now but I use
the Drums Database quite a bit. How can I give back? |
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Send
a check for $100 to..... Just kidding. Simply pass the word around
to your friends, teachers, or students about Drum Bum.
It helps more than you know! Please also support our efforts at
Drumming.org. |
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