The novel also shows the emergence of new sub-cultures such as the elusive, high-tech CryptNet and the " Drummers ," who achieve a state of group mind through drumming, nanotechnology, and group sex.

Performance music was sourced from period manuscripts including: Giles Gibbs, his book ( circa 1777 ), the Thomas Nixon manuscript ( circa 1779 ), the Bremner manuscript, all volumes of the Aird collection ( circa 1745-1800 ), as well as from contemporary collections such as Fifers ' Delight and the Company of Fifers and Drummers books 1 and 2.

Drummers such as Joe Morello and John Bonham were particularly influential as Aldridge developed his drumming style.

Some have an international outreach, such as the Royal Drummers of Burundi, or L. Ndoricimpa and C. Guillet, who recorded Les tambours du Burundi ( The Drums of Burundi ) in 1983.

The sketch originally used such reasonable categories as " Celebrities ," " Movies ," and " Popular Music ," but as the celebrities ' ineptitude grew more apparent the categories became more childish, even including categories whose titles suggest that the contestants will be able to infer the correct response without even reading the clues, such as " Colors that End in ' Urple '," " States that Begin with ' Californ '," " Famous ' Kareem Abdul-Jabbars '," " Black Comedians Named ' Whoopi '," and " Drummers Named ' Ringo ,'" and categories that do not require any responses whatsoever, such as " Don't Do Anything " ( where all three contestants are required to remain motionless in order to receive money ), " I Have a Chardonnay " ( where the contestant automatically gets the points and Trebek would get to have a glass of wine ), and " Automatic Points " ( where a contestant is " automatically awarded the points " just for choosing a dollar value from the category ).

Magazine listed Redmond as one of the 53 Heavyweight Drummers Who Made A Difference in the ' 90s, where she is ranked among such acclaimed musicians as Tony Williams, Roy Haynes, Zakir Hussain, Elvin Jones and Mickey Hart.

Traditional drumming of karyenda is an important part of Burundian cultural heritage, as indicated by the world-famous Royal Drummers of Burundi.

Other phyles are less defined — some intentionally, as with the CryptNet group or the mysterious hive-mind Drummers.

Hackworth is forced to spend ten years with a colony of " Drummers ," using their distributed intelligence ( similar but not identical to distributed artificial intelligence ) for the development of a new form of nanotech, known as the Seed.

During Hackworth's decade-long exile with the Drummers, he is able to maintain a connection with his daughter through the Primer, and when he returns she joins him, eventually choosing to stay with a surrealistic acting troupe in London.

She has also co-authored several books with her husband, including, The Well-Trained Computer: Designing Systematic Instructional Materials for the Classroom Microcomputer ( 1984 ), Teachers, Computers, and Curriculum: Microcomputers in the Classroom ( 1999 ), and Different Drummers: Nonconforming Thinkers in History ( 1999 ).

* 1974: PHOENIX plays concerts with the ensemble " The Drummers from Brăneşti ", a group of 25 men from a small village in the Carpathians, who play traditional rhythms on different drums.

When Happy-Tom was asked if their new sound and album has anything to do with Euroboy's entry into the band, he replied, " Yep, he's a genius, and so is our new drummer Chris Summers, The Prince of Drummers.

Drummers and flautists, in common with the other Guards regiments, wear a distinctive tunic adorned with winged epaulettes and white lace.

The first WOMAD Festival in 1982 had Echo and the Bunnymen join forces with the Drummers of Burundi, and WOMAD Abu Dhabi 2010, saw a collaboration between Tinariwen, TV on the Radio members Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe, and the French Algerian Mehdi from Speed Caravan.

Drummers from other bands sit round the back of him to see what he ’ s doing, but he ’ s got his kit set so he doesn't even look at what he's hitting half the time " After McBrain joined the band in 1982, Harris also noted how much easier playing with McBrain was for a songwriter, with Adrian Smith claiming that, " Steve loves playing with him.

RIAT 2012, on 7-8 July 2012, saw the debut of the Black Eagles aerobatic team from South Korea and Japan became the 53rd nation to participate in the tattoo with the arrival of one of four Boeing KC-767Js operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, together with the JASDF Taiko Drummers.

Staples, fresh from the London underground scene, had been gigging regularly at the legendary Middle Earth Club in London with Ginger Johnson's African Drummers, alongside, amongst others, Pink Floyd and Mark Bolan.

The pipe band originally consisted of just two pipers but no drums, the uniform was a saffron kilt with a green piper's jacket, after two years the band grew by adding four Drummers and was now in a position to carry out more challenging engagements.

The Royal Drummers use drums made from hollowed tree trunks covered with animal skins.

Then it was recorded with Guitarist Lee Ritenour, Pianist Dave Grusin, Drummer Harvey Mason and Bassist Nathan East on 4x4 ( Four by Four ) in 1982, with Both Guitarists trading solos, Both Keyboardists trading Solos, and a trade between the Bassists and Drummers collectively.

Dawud has released several internationally distributed albums since 1995, including Blue Walls And The Big Sky, Vacuous Waxing ( with Canadian writer Bill Kocher ) and A Different Drum ( with The Fletcher Valve Drummers ).

Children of the Drum: The Life of Japan ’ s Kodo Drummers.

Kodo: Heartbeat Drummers of Japan.

" Banging the Drums Not So Slowly: In Soh Daiko, Japanese Drumming Calls to the Ancient Gods and Leaves the Drummers Breathless.

Drummers who play in different venues generally carry carpeting or mats.

Drummers often use a variety of accessories when they are practicing.

Playhouse 90 broadcast " A Sound of Different Drummers " on CBS in 1957.

* The Pagan Man: Priests, Warriors, Hunters, and Drummers.

" Dave Marsh's The New Book of Rock Lists ranks Moon at No. 1 on its list of The 50 Greatest Rock ' n ' Roll Drummers.

Similarly, he was ranked at No. 2 on Rolling Stones " The Best Drummers of All Time " readers poll in 2011.

Drummers are no longer employed in battle, but their ceremonial duties continue.

* Gwendolyn Hackworth — Hackworth's wife and Fiona's mother, who divorces Hackworth after he joins the Drummers.

Drummers would play fast D beat one moment and then drop tempo into elaborate musical breakdowns the next.

In autumn 2011 Benison published " Twelve Drummers Drumming ", the first of a series of crime novels inspired by the Christmas carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas.

* Washington D. C .' s Different Drummers ( DCDD ) and the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington ( LGCW ) commissioned Quilt Panels from composer Robert Maggio in 2001.

1 on Classic Rock's 2005 list of " 50 Greatest Drummers in Rock ", and Modern Drummer magazine describes him as " the greatest rock ' n ' roll drummer in history.

The Great Drummers of R & B Funk & Soul.

In 2002, Taylor appeared on the " Twelve Drummers Drumming " Christmas card in the " Twelve Days of Christmas " set sold at Woolworths to raise money for the NSPCC – alongside the " other " Roger Taylor, the drummer for Queen.

In Drum & Bugle corps and Drum & Bell corps, Snare drummers, Quads ( Tenors ), and Bass Drummers need to be somewhat ambidextrous.

This was the beginning of one of the greatest periods in English cricket history with players such as captain Len Hutton, batsmen Denis Compton, Peter May, Tom Graveney, Colin Cowdrey, bowlers Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, Alec Bedser, Jim Laker, Tony Lock and wicket-keeper Godfrey Evans.

Steel-string guitars are also important in the world of flatpicking, as utilized by such artists as Clarence White, Tony Rice, Bryan Sutton, Doc Watson and David Grier.

It was developed by Tony Brooker and Derrick Morris as a variant of the ALGOL programming language, removing some Algol features such as " passing parameters by name " ( which in Algol 60 means passing the address of a short subroutine to recalculate the parameter each time it was mentioned ).

( Several Labour ministers of later generations, such as Michael Foot and Tony Benn, were the sons of Liberal MPs.

New dances, such as Shadrack's Delight by Tony Parkes, featured symmetrical dancing by all couples.

*" Cajun spice " blends such as Tony Chachere's and REX King of Spice are sometimes used in Acadiana kitchens, but do not suit every cook's style because Cajun-style seasoning is often achieved from scratch, even by taste.

Notable US radio disc jockeys of the period include Alan Freed, Wolfman Jack, Kasey Kasem, and their British counterparts such as the BBC's Brian Matthew, Radio London's John Peel, and later in the 60s, Radio Caroline's Tony Blackburn.

Also many on the left such as Tony Benn tend not to use the phrase to refer to themselves even though they share many of their criticisms of the European Union and they may use phrases such as euro-critical or just call themselves democrats or socialists and their scepticism as part of their wider belief in democracy or socialism.

Many original freestyle artists, and DJs such as Jellybean, Tony Torres, Raul Soto and Roman Ricardo, were of Puerto Rican ancestry, which was one reason for the style's popularity among Latino Americans and Italian Americans, especially in the New York City area.

The production team of Tony Moran and Albert Cabrera, known as the Latin Rascals, created original music for radio station WKTU that included freestyle classics like 1984's " Arabian Nights ", and later hip-hop oriented projects such as the Cover Girls ' " Show Me ".

Numerous other non-graffiti-centric video games allow the player to produce graffiti ( such as the Half-Life series, the Tony Hawk's series, The Urbz: Sims in the City, Rolling and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas ).

He drafted great talent such as Tony Boselli, Tony Brackens, Fred Taylor, Donovin Darius, John Henderson, Marcus Stroud, and David Garrard.

In the United Kingdom in the 1980s, the term hard left was applied to supporters of Tony Benn, such as the Campaign Group and Labour Briefing, as well as Trotskyist groups such as the Militant Tendency and Socialist Organiser.

This left them with no choice but to adopt more youthful formats, though the Standards format ( also known as the Great American Songbook from the series of albums produced by rocker Rod Stewart ) has undergone something of an off-air revival, with artists such as Stewart, Tony Bennett and Queen Latifah putting their own interpretation on the music.

The Nationals hold a larger membership base than either the Liberal or Labor Parties, although in the larger eastern states its vote is in decline and its traditional supporters are turning instead to prominent independents such as Bob Katter, Tony Windsor and Peter Andren in Federal Parliament and similar independents in the Parliaments of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, many of whom are former members of the National Party.

In Tony Blair's government, many sources such as former ministers have suggested that decision-making was centred around him and Gordon Brown, and the Cabinet was no longer used for decision making.

Katharine, Duchess of Kent ; her son and grandson, Lord Nicholas Windsor and Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick, respectively, both of whose wives are Catholic, and her granddaughter, Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor, as well as politicians such as Baroness Masham of Ilton and Ann Widdecombe, and, most recently, former Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose wife and children are Catholic, are prominent among laypeople who have converted.

It has appearances from many famous skaters such as Tony Alva, Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi and Steve Caballero.

Managed by Bruce Bochy and aided by the talents of players such as Tony Gwynn, Ken Caminiti, Wally Joyner, Steve Finley, pitcher Andy Ashby and premier closer Trevor Hoffman ( 4 – 2, 1. 48 ERA and 53 saves ) – who tied the then-National League record for saves in a single season and finished second in the Cy Young voting that year – the Padres had their best year in history, finishing 98 – 64 and winning the NL West division crown.

Although Pittsburgh's " Steel Curtain " defense had some new starters this season, such as linemen John Banaszak and Steve Furness, and defensive back Tony Dungy, they finished No. 1 in fewest points allowed ( 195 ) second in the league against the run ( allowing 107. 8 yards per game ) and ranked third in fewest total yards allowed ( 4, 529 ).

El Monte, a city near Los Angeles, had spawned such popular performers as Tony Allan, Marvin & Johnny, The Shields, as well as the Penguins.