the winners of our FACES OF PERCUSSION contest 2009 have been decided. the winners are: anne amrehn, germany
olivier verger, france
mareike wagner, germany

Due to the relocation of our webserver, meinlpercussion.com won't be online tomorrow October 24, 2009 between 12pm - 4pm CET.

Yesterday, some of our British friends visited Meinl in Gutenstetten. There was Lee Worsley - Director of our UK Distribution Active Music. He was in company of Simon Turner, our NEW dedicated Meinl UK representative and, last but not least, Jason Tavaria, head of Dolphin Music in Liverpool. Thank you for your visit and we hope you had a great time here in good old Germany! See you soon!

The Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) is just around the corner. This year’s convention is being held in Indianapolis, Indiana on Thursday, November 12 through Saturday, November 14 at the Indianapolis Convention Center. MEINL percussion will be exhibiting at this year’s PASIC at booth # 1130. An added bonus for this year’s PASIC attendees, are the highly anticipated clinic/performances being given by MEINL artists Benny Greb and Felix Pollard. Both artists perform on Friday, November 13. Felix hits the stage at 11am and Benny hits the stage at 3pm.

Chris

A good time was had at the 15th international Music Moscow Exhibition which took place from September 24th - 27th. MEINL's Russian distributor O.K. & Co. celebrated their 10th anniversary with a 120 sqm exhibition space displaying a wide range of MEINL percussion, hosting appearances of some top Russian MEINL Endorsees.

Meinl Percussion is proud to welcome Korn's drummer Ray Luzier to its family of endorsing artists. Ray is currently busy in the studio working on Korn's new album.