Here are links to websites that
I've found useful or interesting, and explanations
as to why they are useful or interesting, as well
as links to specific pages on those sites that have
material that I would recommend to the drum-hungry
individual.

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Vic
Firth.com: A drumstick
manufacturer that makes the perfect pair! Their
website is unequalled as a tome of information for
all levels of percussionist. You can especially
learn a lot from watching the DCI corps videos
(2004
2005
2006).
My favourites are those of the 2004 Vanguard, 2005
Blue Devils, and 2006 Capital Regiment. For great
insight into (what I think is) the best technique
for drumming, check out Dom
Famularo's Cyber Lesson
series. The '04
Vanguard, '06 Capital Regiment, and '06 Cavaliers
played a technique on marching drums that resembles
what this guy teaches on drumset.
Tapspace:
A publisher of many great pieces of music for
Marching Percussion, run by Murray Gusseck and Jim
Casella. They sell a lot of books and downloadable
sheet music for percussion. I am thoroughly
satisfied with the products I've purchased, and
would highly recommend the books Fresh
Perspectives,
Green
Beats, and
Parking
Lot Etudes. There's
a lot of good stuff to be learnt.
The
Santa Clara Vanguard: A
drum corps that has consistently had the greatest
drumlines of all time. They are notorious for
playing long, groovy exercises full of complicated
rhythms that will explode your mental chops.
Tapspace
sells a lot of the cadences and warmups that the
SCV is known for.
The
Concord Blue Devils: An
organisation that fields a Division I, Division II,
and Division III corps in DCI. Their website is
where you can order
The Blue Devil Book of
Drumming which has a lot
of fun exercises in it, as well as show music from
the mid 90's. Kevin Murray's "Ditty," Roger
Carter's "13th Hour," Scott Johnson's "Uno Mas,"
and the 1997 Shopping Spree are my favourites to
play... some good stuff to bust your chops on,
though not the most conducive to producing a
well-rounded drummer.
The
Cavaliers Drum & Bugle
Corps: The most
successful drum and bugle corps of this decade.
ConsTitution:
An Independent World Class drumline from Raleigh,
North Carolina, that recently completed its second
year of competition. I marched in the 2008 snareline and it was a shit-ton of fun.
The
Cary Drumline on
Myspace: The glorious
Cary Drumline, of which I was a part for 3 winters
and 2 falls. The site has some pictures and audio
clips of past Cary Drumlines.