Recent addition to the KickPort roster, Brendan Buckley, began his musical quest learning piano, trumpet, and later drums. Upon graduating high school, he moved to Florida to study at the University of Miami’s School of Music.
During that crucial time, Buckley developed his rhythm and percussion skills into a diverse array [...]
- Bruce Chadima - nick named “The Governor of Funk” since 1973
- Professional playing time: 45 years
- Overall playing time: 50 years
A “mandate” from the Governor:
“After 45 years of trying to make a bass drum sound more like a cannon, Kickport finally made it possible. Thanks”
Bruce came from a very musically famous [...]
Our great friend and KickPort Artist Daniel Bejarano of Kenny G sent me this great pic. Check out what Daniel says about the KickPort:
“The KickPort makes your bass drum a drum again by allowing it to breathe and resonate just as it was intended. Your kick drum will no longer be used as a
linen [...]
Check out this great message from DeHaven!
hey guys,
this is DeHaven from the band Olio
i just had to tell u guys, i finally got my kickport a few days ago and i used it on Fri. and Sat. at our shows. Man this thing was Kickin’! for lack of a better word. my [...]
See this nice note from Vince Martin - thanks Vince… very kind of you to share this with us!
Gentlemen,
I just wanted to let you know that I installed my new Kickport last night. WOW! What a difference! I played with a bit of tuning on my resonant head to find the sweet [...]
Legend Joe Parcaro came by the booth and hung out for a while. He was very impressed with KickPort artist Jotan Afanador’s performance at our booth! Joe’s three sons were all musicians in the band Toto: keyboardist Steve Porcaro, bassist Mike Porcaro and late drummer Jeff Porcaro. Joe guested on Toto’s hit album [...]
Hey All,
We have been very busy lately organizing for the NAMM Show. We are going to have some friends of ours from the Musicians’ Institute in Los Angeles helping us at our booth: David Diaz. Hana Rivas, Nathan Carter, and Dylan Crawford. They are extremely talented drummers and percussionists and we thank [...]
Dick Gay is a member of Clint Black’s band - he has been with Clint more than 20 yrs and a killer drummer. We recently hooked up with him via our good friend Brian Mann up in Winnipeg. He just used the KickPort for the first time on a Clint Black show a [...]
Jotan Afanador is a great friend of ours and an incredible talent. We first met at the 2009 NAMM Show. He is from New York and had played with Aventura on some shows in 2008 and with many other great talents over the years. He lives in New York, has a nice [...]
