CONGA DESIGN CONTEST IS OVER AND THE WINNERS ARE...
30Jun 2010
- MEINL contest winner! #1
- MEINL contest winner! #2
- MEINL contest winner! #3
today at 12pm our conga design contest has ended.
and the winners are:
#1 - anne-sophie innmann
#2 - junior high school hof
(thomas kuttkowski, kevin trivel, christiana gemeinhard)
#3 - nadine schilling and florian hagmueller
thanks to all the creative people for the nice designs and to everybody out there for the votes! it was a very exciting and interesting project... maybe we'll have something similar in the future.
stay tuned!
mario
WITH RAMESH SHOTHAM IN COLOGNE
21May 2010
- ramesh with our professional tabla
yesterday i visited meinl artist ramesh shotham in cologne where we talked about new product ideas for meinl percussion! ramesh originally comes from india and has the best background knowledge for that kind of instruments i am thinking about.
well, let's see what comes out in the end, but i'm very confident about it.
thanks ramesh for you time, thoughts, and good vibes!
mario
LARRY SALZMAN PLAYS THE FRAME DRUM
17May 2010
meinl artist larry salzman shows the diversity of a tar (frame drum). a great all-purpose instrument that you can use for any types or styles of music.
mario
TAKU HIRANO WITH THE MEINL PROFESSIONAL TABLA
12May 2010
meinl artist taku hirano performed with shakira using the meinl professional tabla!
"pretty impressive! no other major percussion manufacturer has attempted adding tabla to their catalogue, and meinl did it right by linking up with master craftsmen in india. they even hammered a custom meinl insignia on the copper bayan!" comments taku hirano.
i'm glad to hear good feedback on those drums. it took us quite a while to find one of the best craftsman for tablas. these are some really fine drums that are worth each penny!
mario
RATE YOUR FAVORITE DESIGN!
29Apr 2010
our online voting contest for the best conga design has started!
check out all the designs we got from our artists and fans and vote for them.
the contest will last until 30th of june! we are also going to exhibit all congas at our meinl drum festival.
thanks again to all attendees for their designs and incredible work!
mario
SHAKE IT !
30Mar 2010
hi friends,
i got a new video from josé j. cortijo i want to share with you.
it's amazing what you can do with shakers and hand percussion, don't you think?
thanks josé... keep up the good work!
enjoy,
mario
MEINL percussion wins the M.I.P.A for the Taku Hirano Handbale
26Mar 2010
- MEINL's Percussion R&D Manager Mario Schmitt
Meinl Percussion is proud to announce that the M.I.P.A. for percussion has been awarded to the Meinl Artist Series Taku Hirano Signature Hand Bale!
Pictured is MEINL's percussion R&D Manager Mario Schmitt.
HAND-BALE NOMINATED FOR THE M.I.P.A.
10Mar 2010
- Taku Hirano
- Hand-Bale
hi folks,
i'm proud to announce that the TAKU HIRANO SIGNATURE HAND-BALE is now nominated for the eminently respectable M.I.P.A. award in the best percussion instrument category! more than 100 magazines from all over the world vote for the best products in more than 40 categories.
the award ceremony is going to be held at the musikmesse in frankfurt. so i'm looking forward to this event and i hope that we'll make it again!
personal thanks to taku who came up with this great idea and who assisted me through the whole production process!
mario
LARRY SALZMAN WITH OUR 12" PANDEIRO
08Mar 2010
hello everybody,
i hope you're all well and happy out there!
here at our german headquarters is everything okay so far (except for the never ending winter season... this morning we had snow again and -13° C... !)
but today i got hit by a small ray of sunlight from sunny california. larry salzman - a new member of the MEINL family from LA - just forwarded me a link of him playing our 12" shell tuned pandeiro. last time i was in LA i was lucky to see him live with this amazingly band - really, really cool! it's a short but very musical and groovy clip. i like it a lot and i can't wait to seeing more of this stuff in the future!
thanks for sharing larry and enjoy your warm weather ;-)
mario
MR. TAMBOURINE MAN
25Feb 2010
hello world,
i just found this youtube links from our friend and MEINL artist jose cortijo playing our tambourines.
some of you might think, what - just tambourines?!
well, i think tambourines are the most underestimated percussion instruments of all. those of you who ever had a recording session with a tambourine know what i'm talking about ;-)
anyways, i think it's a very good exercise and it also shows you the different jingle sounds that we offer.
thanks jose for posting this!
mario
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