THE NEWS FROM MAIN DRAG

  • Lots of new drumsets on the floor........

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    It's a good time to stick your head in here at the old Main Drag. We've got a nice pile of new drum sets blinding everyone with their sparkle and chrome, including Ludwig Legacies, Ludwig Keystones, Ludwig Elements, Gretsch USA Customs, Gretsch Brooklyns,  DWs – just come in and have a look!

    If there's something you want that we don't have, we'll get it for you at the same price or better  than anyone else.......simple. And our full line of snares, hardware, cymbals, and accessories will round out any shellpack, large or small. We want the experience of buying a drumset to be fun and painless whether it's your first, last, or anywhere in between. You'll get amazing service and advice if you need it before, during, and after the time that you drop your hard earned paper here, we promise!

    Check out some of the kits here - more to come! - http://www.maindragmusic.com/drums-percussion/new/kits.html

    And since you're probably addicted to drums and drumming if you've read this far, check out our site and Facebook for upcoming percussion clinics from various people on various topics. It's going to be a good summer around here in the heart of the world's busiest music making community.

  • Two big sessions this week! Distortion 101 and Brushes with Rick Considine! Free!

    Due to last week's postponement, we're going to have two session this week, one on Tuesday and one on Thursday. Both absolutely free

    Distortion 101 with Karl Myers - Tuesday, 16th June - 6PM

    We had to delay the distortion (no pun intended - well, maybe not) - but it will be going full force this Tuesday, the 16th at 6pm - in case you missed the last post - all the details are here:

    http://www.maindragmusic.com/blog/distortion-101-brings-you-free-t-shirts-as-a-gift-of-kerrrannng/

    Brush Technique with Rick Considine - Thursday, June 18th - 6PM

    Rick is both a veteran musician (Diana Krall, Whitney Houston, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Patti Smith, Muddy Waters, David Sanborn, Al Kooper, Michael Brecker, and many others.) and a fantastic teacher, with decades of experience teaching at Berklee and elsewhere. He's bringing his love and knowledge of the instrument to us on Thursday with a master clinic on Brush Technique. Sure to be an eye-opener to both newcomers and grizzled pros, we're incredibly psyched he'll be coming.

    Remember - both are free - see you here!

  • Distortion 101 brings you free T-shirts as a gift of KERRRANNNG!!!

    Karl will be featuring 3 pedals at the Distortion 101 Session tomorrow. To sweeten the pot a bit, we're going to give away a free Main Drag T with every one of the featured pedals. If you can't make it to the event, we'll honor the giveaway for everyone online until Sunday. No forms to fill out, we'll just stick one in the package for you.

    What are these master blasters, you say? Here's the lineup

    Pro Co Rat - you know it, you love it, and if you don't you should. The classic still keeps kicking. Get one here

    Fulltone OCD The new King of Overdrive - no-compromise overtone wizard. Hearing is believing. Get one here

    EarthQuaker Hoof Fuzz Fuzzier than a Yeti in plie of sheep, makes you want to get the clippers out! Get one here

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  • Main Drag Sessions - DISTORTION 101 With Karl Myers - Thursday, June 13th, 6pm

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  • New Weekly Sessions at Main Drag - First up - Drum Tuning with John Fell - Thursday, June 6 at 6pm - Free!

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    We're going to be having weekly free sessions here at Main Drag. We'll be covering topics from a wide variety that are of interest to our community and making music here. We'll demo products and have workshops, have some pretty cool guests coming in and overall hope to have you over for a good time - and maybe we can all learn something in the process.

    First up, next Thursday, the 6th of June at 6pm, our resident guru John Fell will be giving a seminar on the art of drum tuning.

    John's going to pass on some wisdom about head selection for the sound you want, different kinds of tuning, muffling and even some playing pointers for getting the sound that you hear in your head for studio or live playing.

    Bring a snare if you like, and if there is time, John will spend some time with you after the seminar having a look at it and perhaps showing you an additional thing or two.

    This is completely free of charge - all you need to bring is open ears and an inquisitive mind!

    See you there!

  • GREAT PIGTRONIX PEDAL GIVEAWAY WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

    Thanks so much for the hundreds of entries we received for the Pigtronix Infinity Looper giveaway! If you didn't win today, no worries, we'll be announcing our next contest next week, so keep your eyes peeled (not literally, that would be a bit nasty)....

    OK - on to the winners

    The winner of the Pigtronix Infinity Looper Pedal is (drum roll, looped, and again)

    Darin Mickey, from right here in Brooklyn, NY!  Congrats Darin, we'll wing that pedal to you today - hopefully you will get endless repeated use out of it!

    10 Runners-up, and winners of a brand-new Main Drag T-Shirt are:

    • Lloyd Schwartz
    • William van Landigham
    • Chris DuBois
    • Brian Brown
    • Steve Wall
    • Jee Mousavi
    • Lea Thomas
    • Liane Smith
    • Doug McKeever
    • James Sera

    Congratulations to all!  I'll be in touch by email with you today to sort out the details, and for everyone else, best of luck on our next big giveaway!

     

     

  • Open call for Brooklyn musicians and music creators - Bands, Solo artists, Engineers, Session people - anyone that makes music here.

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    We're going to spend some time this summer and fall profiling our community and the people who make music here. We'd like to show what a wonderful variety of people make up the local musosphere we at Main Drag are part of - bands, solo artists and sessioneers, producers and engineers, rehearsal studios - the whole spectrum.

    We'd love to have you participate, and it wouldn't take up much time and would be a great way to let everyone know about yourself and what you do with music.

    Each profile will include some video, photos and stories about you and we'll feature those on our site and video channel. The main goal is to show just how much work and effort and commitment goes into what we love doing.

    If you are interested in learning more, and perhaps getting involved, please contact Struan at struan@maindragmusic.com - please let us know who you are and how you make music here.

    Look forward to hearing from you - Thanks!

  • Select items from the Henry J Fury collection - $250 off - Today & Sunday only!

    UPDATE - The one day sale is over, but we did reduce the prices of all the remaining items, so the price is still pretty, pretty good.


    Here's fun - just this Sunday - the 26th of May, 2103 - these juicy tidbits from the HJF collection are all a whopping $250 off their regular prices - they will go back to normal prices Midnight Sunday, so hop on it!

    Here's the lowdown on the hoedown -

    1965 Fender Super Reverb

    '61 Gibson Les Paul Jr

    1060s Truetone/Kay K 592

    '79 Fender Strat

    '73 Marshall 2034 Cabinet

    2000 Gibson Historical Les Paul

    (un)Used Fender Cobain Jaguar

    Vintage Decca Bass

  • We now take PayPal!

    Yes indeed - we now take that most convenient of payment forms, PayPal !

    Just look for that familiar button at checkout and you're set to go.....

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  • Memorial Day Weekend Garage Sale changed to Sunday - boo rain!!

    We're cursing the clouds and shifting to Sunday - same great gear - same fee bbq goodness - just much less wet - come on down!

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