Spend Time with Jim

As part of the Jim Kilpatrick Roadshow at Todds Bar in Glasgow during Worlds week, Jim will be hosting a free 'Spend Time with Jim' seminar.

If you come along to the main hall between 2 & 3 PM on Thursday 14 August, 2008, you will be able to meet Jim in person and hear his perspective on many topics including drum corps set up and technique.

Jim will also have the new Premier HTS800 snare drum with him, which will be available to try out.

Everyone is welcome and remember, it's free!

Jim Kilpatrick Roadshow Ready to Go!

With the World Pipe Band Championships rapidly approaching, the Jim Kilpatrick Percussion Roadshow is getting ready to head to Todds Bar for the duration of Worlds week.

An annual fixture at Todds Bar now, Jim will be on hand with the expected vast range of pipe band drumming products and advice that drummers crave in the lead up to the biggest competition of the year.

The roadshow shop will have the full range of KP drum sticks, tuning blocks, bass mallets, TyFry tenor mallets, Remo drum heads and many other favourite essentials available.

Exciting additions to the 2008 roadshow include:

• the new Premier HTS800 snare drum

• Innovation Drumming for Drinks on Monday 11 August and

• Spend Time with Jim Kilpatrick on Thursday 14 August.

Find us in the foyer of Todds Bar, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Jim and Fiona look forward to meeting you there!

Shotts Corps Wins Scottish Championships

The drum corps of The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band led by Jim Kilpatrick MBE took the first major honour of the 2008 season by winning the Best Drum Corps award at the Scottish Pipe Band Championships, held in Dumbarton on Saturday 24 May, 2008.

New tenor drummer in Jim's bass section, Jasmine Jones (pictured above), collected the award on behalf of the corps.

Innovation Raising The Bar In Canada

Jim Kilpatrick MBE, Scott Currie & Tyler Fry have announced the launch of a new drumming education and event promotions business Innovation Promotions.

Innovation uses the punchline 'Raising the Bar' to describe what the company intends to do for the standard of pipe band percussion education around the world. The first event hosted by Innovation will take place in the Western Ontario city of London on 3 & 4 May, 2008. An all-world champion line-up of instructors will teach two days of drumming classes. Additionally, an invitational solo drumming competition sponsored by drumming giants Premier & Remo will take place on the evening of 3 May.

You can find out more about Innovation and register for the event online at the Innovation Web site.

Jim Kilpatrick Percussion Worlds Road Show

Jim Kilpatrick Percussion will once again be in attendance at Todds Bar in the University of Strathclyde throughout the week leading up to the World Pipe Band Championships from 6th to 10th August, 2007.

We will be exhibiting and selling all the top pipe band percussion products and Jim will be on hand personally to support all bands with any drum heads, sticks, beaters, accessories and spare parts that you or your drum corps may need.

Check out what Jim has lined up for this year:

• Launch of the Jim Kilpatrick Tuning Block for the Pearl range of marching and pipe band snare drums

• Newly expanded range of Jim Kilpatrick Clothing & Accessories in a great choice of new colours

• Product demonstrations

• A great prize draw for a unique 'Shotts Fade' Blue Sparkle Premier HTS 700 snare drum with silver hardware (as played by Jim's corps in the 2007 season)

Jim will be situated in the Conference Centre (adjacent to the Todd Bar) at the University of Strathclyde from Monday to Friday before the Worlds and welcomes anyone who just wants to pop in by to mix with drummers from all over the world. Please contact Jim or just ask for Jim at the campus. Jim looks forward to meeting you.

Jim's Live Earth SOS All-star Drummers

Live Earth's musical director Andy Gangadeen invited Jim to gather a group of snare drummers to participate in the opening ceremony of Live Earth on 7 July, 2007.

The one-off line-up  of 100 of the world's top drummers was called 'SOS All-stars' and included The Dohl Foundation, Taiko drummers, Roger Taylor of Queen, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters.

Jim's drum corps from Shotts all played snare drum in a composition built around the SOS morse code pattern (dit dit dit dash dash dash dit dit).

This was a once in a never to be repeated once in a lifetime lifetime experience that was broadcast to a global audience.

PASIC Appearance For Jim

Jim Kilpatrick MBE hosted a marching percussion workshop at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Austin, Texas on Saturday 11 November, 2006. PASIC is the largest percussion event in the world featuring over 150 concerts, clinics, master classes, labs, workshops, panels and presentations.

The finest artists from all over the world are invited to present and perform at PASIC. The program showcases all areas of percussion, including: drumset, marching, keyboard, symphonic, world, recreational, education, music technology, new music, health & wellness.