Artist
Billy Ward
As an educator, Billy has performed in clinics and master classes all over the world; including The Montreal Drum Festival, Rhythm In Bath (England), Percussive Arts Society International Conference, Cape Breton International Drum Festival (Nova Scotia), Drummer Live (England) and the most popular Modern Drummer Festival and more. As a drum clinician, Billy emphasizes a more musical approach to drumming while at the same time re-enforcing the importance of drumming and musical fundamentals. He offers a very articulate “real world” approach in his teaching.
For five years, Billy’s been writing the much acclaimed “Concept” articles for Modern Drummer Magazine and serves on MDs advisory board. His book, “Inside Out... Exploring The Mental Aspects Of Drumming” and his instructional DVD film, titled “Big Time” is available through Hal Leonard Distributors. The drum instructional, "Big Time," has a completely new, fresh approach and look and received the Modern Drummer Magazine Readers Poll Award for Best Drum Instructional of ‘05. Billy also was awarded the Eric A Bergquist Award for Excellence in Education in the Percussive Arts.
As a performer, Billy Ward has been touring with singer Joan Osborne for more than six years. Last year, Billy played on B.B. King’s Grammy Award winning album, 80. All told, Billy has played drums on more than 60 albums and 60 film soundtracks. His first solo album, Two Hands Clapping got a (perfect) 5 star rating in Modern Drummer and was called “album of the year”. In late 2007, a new Bill Champlin record will be released that features Billy, along with Bruce Gaitsch and George Hawkins Jr. and (of course) the great Bill Champlin. Billy’s second record, titled Out The Door by Billy Ward Trio has just been released. A second instructional titled “Voices In My Head” will be released through DW Drums within 6 weeks.
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Beta 91 Kick Drum Microphone A low-profile microphone that requires no external mounting hardware. Lies flat on a pillow or other surface inside a kick drum for superb attack and low-end punch. |
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PG52 Instrument Microphone | ||
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Beta 52A Instrument Microphone Optimized for low-frequency bass punch and high-power SPL handling, the Beta 52A's supercardioid design provides maximum isolation from other onstage sounds. Designed specifically for kick drum and other bass instruments. Supercardioid, Dynamic. |
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PG52 Instrument Microphone | ||
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Beta 57A Instrument Microphone The Beta 57A is an excellent microphone designed for use with amplified or acoustic instruments. The compact grille design gets the microphone cartridge close to the sound source. Supercardioid, Dynamic. |
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PG57 Instrument Microphone | ||
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SM57 Instrument Microphone Multi-purpose Shure microphone with contoured frequency response for clean sound reproduction of amplified or acoustic instruments. Cardioid, Dynamic. |
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PG57 Instrument Microphone | ||
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KSM137 Cardioid Instrument Microphone The KSM137 is a versatile, durable, and precise single cardioid polar pattern microphone. An outstanding microphone for instruments ranging from percussion to wind, strings to brass, and piano to guitar. Cardioid, Condenser. |
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PG81 Instrument Microphone | ||
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KSM141 Dual Pattern Instrument Microphone An end-addressed large diaphragm condenser microphone with mechanically switching dual polar patterns (cardioid and omnidirectional). Designed for studio use, yet rugged enough for live applications. Dual, Condenser. |
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PG81 Instrument Microphone | ||