Concepts The Responsibility Is Ours Calls to Action to Combat the Current State of Affairs by Russ Miller This month I want to discuss one of the biggest concerns facing the drum world: the fact that fewer and fewer people are playing drums and supporting drumming. More important, I want to discuss our role in helping with this issue. The biggest hurdle the drumming industry is facing is the diminishing number of people who play. I hear statements like, “The market isn’t getting bigger, so all we can do is take each other’s market share.” I believe this is due to a few things. First, our attention span is shortening dramatically. This is surely due to the fact that we can acquire things more quickly and easily than ever before. The Internet is a perfect example. If a website doesn’t load in fifteen seconds, the viewer gets frustrated and moves […]

October 2015 Issue