IMPRESSIONS FROM THE 2010 MEINL DRUM FESTIVAL
07Jul 2010
- happy visitors
- stephan haenisch tuning the surdos
- drummers with our hand percussion
- waiting for the factory tour
- gergo borlai from hungary
- drum fans
- visitor with our african style djembe
- percussion slatwall
- bertil mark and oli rubow during their master class
- visitors
- dave mackintosh featuring his signature attack timbales
- drum circle
- bill saragosa and mario schmitt after setting up the percussion tent
- kid with luis conte shakers
- percussion slatwall and congas from the contest
- thomas lang in action
- stephan maass enjoyed the day
- drummers testing hihats
- impression from the drum circle
- a family checking out our sea drum
- holger mertin on stage
- damien schmitt hard-hitting
- mrs. meinl and gomez from reamonn
- passion
- charly boeck does the drum circle
- benny greb and frank itt at their master class
- beat the rhythm with your hands
- the flyer is upside-down... whatever ;-)
- josé cortijo and lerryns hernández
- drum tech tommy noack
- drum circle
- bertil mark in action
- der holger
- guys from tollwerk with dave mackintosh
- chris coleman grooving
- drum circle
- lerryns from venezuela
- oli rubow experimental
- view from the stage in our huge tent
- charly boeck jamming
- tugba learns how to play frame drum
- bill saragosa in his element (the bigger, the louder, the better)
hi friends,
our annual meinl drum festival is gone and our team is already working on the next one which is going to take place on 2nd of july 2011 in mexico city!
this year, we had round about 2.000 visitors, perfect weather, and a magnificient atmosphere. thanks to all visitors, drummers, and cooperator for this felicitous event!
attached you'll find some impressions from the show.
mario
ps. special thanks to nadja vogel and david brenner for capturing those great moments!
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
MEINL DRUM FESTIVAL
23Jun 2010
dear friends,
my trip to bangkok went pretty good. we are working on nice and promising projects... can't wait to see first prototypes!
next upcoming high-light will be the MEINL DRUM FESTIVAL 2010 which is going to take place this saturday! you can imagine that everybody is working to capacity right now...
we got meinl percussion artist holger mertin for a stunning frame drum performance. bertil mark will be jamming together with oli rubow along some electronic beats. bill saragosa and charly boeck are going to entertain our visitors with drum circles during the whole day! and last but not least we present an exquisite selection of some of the best drummers nowadays! make sure to check the website and drop by if you have a chance.
even meinl artist lerryns hernandez (bongo project) from venezuela is visiting us later today! will be great to finally meet in person...
beside the two stages we will have a wide cymbal and percussion exhibition including the 30 designed congas from our contest!
i'm looking forward to this event and i hope many of you are going to show up!
mario
PROJECT PLANNING IN BANGKOK
28May 2010
last day in our office before we close for a one week company vacation.
nice, isn't it?
next week i'll fly to bangkok to discuss all new projects with our partners over there. i'm happy that the political situation has calmed down somewhat. no more riots in the streets... i also could have told them by skype and email, but sitting around one table with the prototypes in front of us is always the best way to get things done.
there are many promising projects we are currently working on. so let's see what we got in the end.
i wish you all a happy spring/summer time!
you'll hear from me... sooner or later ;-)
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
WHAT'S GOING ON?
27Apr 2010
who decided that a day has only 24 hours?! i wouldn’t mind if it’s getting dark in between… but i really could need some extra hours these days!
anyways, last week i worked on several prototypes, together with bill saragosa - great stuff! i’m sure YOU, the percussionists, will love them.
in the meantime, all congas from our “conga design contest” have returned. i shot them for our online-voting which will be launched by tomorrow.
we got many awesome designs from the participants… my team and i are really astonished! i just have to prepare the photos and put them online. we also made a cool application for our meinl percussion facebook account. but more on that tomorrow.
one designer-team forwarded some photos from the origination process (seen on the attached pics). thanks to nelly brunkow and adrian florae for sharing this with us! i can imagine all the passion and endurance everybody put into this project… it’s very appreciated!
this week, we’re having an agency pitch. in other words – we're running a meeting marathon! but i’m looking forward to it and i enjoy all the inspiration, new ideas, and smart marketing ways that are going to be introduced.
next week i’ll be in london and in paris to check out some major european drum stores for gathering information and feedback on our instruments and also to do some market analysis.
stay tuned for our online conga contest...
mario
PERCUSSION BY STEPHAN MAASS
21Apr 2010
hello friends,
today i want to share a track by makossa & megablast with you.
all percussion is hand-made by stephan maass using different meinl shakers,
woodblocks, meinl byzance ride and crashes as well as other toys.
have fun!
mario
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