MTC-Drums Earwitness News, Spring 2004.
MTC Drums is now doing Mail Order!
MTC now delivers/does mail order! Free delivery same day in Brooklyn/Williamsburg! Can't make it to MTC during its business hours? Solution One: Please do not hesitate to call and ask how long Marcus will be here after regular business hours (sometimes we are here after 8.00 pm anyway since we build snaredrums here until midnight). Solution Two: MTC Drums now does mailorder! Just call, ask for pricing, availabilty, shipping rates (Cheap! We ship with UPS Ground, or if you are in a bind, with FedEx Overnite), and we send your order on its way to your home or workplace. "SnareForce One" Special: If you want to have your stuff delivered to your home or workplace in Williamsburg, and your order is over $100.00, delivery is FREE and the SAME DAY! Ask today your MTC representative for your personnalized "SnareForce One" - same Day-Free-delivery-treatment!
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MTC Drums at the TONIGHT SHOW with Jay Leno
MTC Drums worked the other day as drum tech for the Blue Man Production of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Los Angeles. It was amazing to be a part of the Blue Man Group as a drum tech! Each and every person of the Blue Man team treated us like family, the whole 4 day trip felt exactly like a long supper at the adorable “Olive Garden” (The other day I was surprised to hear Olive Garden is a chain!!!). Honestly, the Blue Man Group is a great company to be invloved with. Thanks to our buddies Michael, Aaron, Blake , AJ and everybody else involved! It was also nice to experience the both professional and relaxed work attitude at the Jay Leno show.
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New drums get you better gigs? Looks like the drum industry back in 1928 was quite pushy? See what this gear-head writes in an old drum brochure for LEEDYdrums in in 1928:
“ The drummer who is "on his toes" these days is more than just the percussion department of the band or orchestra. He is a feature of the organization - so much so that he often takes a bow in appreciation for those who admire his work. Of course ability and originality are the big factors that "put him over", but these alone will not push on to success and the big money.
Now he must have a presentation of flash, color and beauty. It is the mode of the times and the modern path to success. It also cuts down the resistance in "selling" himself and his ability - just as a beautiful dressed store window assists the merchant to sell its wares. Beautiful drums are no longer a fad. There is sound reasoning behind them. Beauty is magic. Beautiful drums quickly pay for themselves. They are an opportunity to create not only the ultimate of beauty in your work, but greater earnings.”
Introduction from Leedy drum catalogue, 1928