Neil Peart's Progressive Percussion Still Pertinent; Nominated "Drummer Of The Year"

Neil Peart proves that he is still
percussively pertinent to a younger generation of drummers by winning
DRUM! Magazine's "Drummies 2007" Drummer Of The Year. He also won four
other awards.

San Jose, Calif., -- Neil Peart, who turned 55 on September 12, received some pretty cool belated birthday presents
from Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip/percussion magazine
worldwide, such as DRUM! And Traps Magazine. During this year's
“Drummies” Peart was nominated “Drummer Of The Year” by 4000 drummers,
who participated in the readership survey conducted by DRUM! for the
Drummies. The runners-up were: Danny Carey, Vinnie Colaiuta, Thomas
Lang.

Additionally Peart won four more “Drummies” for "Progressive Rock
Drummer," "Live Performer," "DVD: Anatomy Of A Drum Solo"; and,
"Drumming Album: Snakes & Arrows by Rush.. The awards are announced
in the "Drummies" story in the November Issue of DRUM! Magazine,
scheduled to hit newstands on October 7, 2007.

While Peart has received numerous awards for his drumming over his
career, this marks the first time that he has won DRUM!'s prestigious
Drummer Of The Year. "Neil Peart was on our June cover because we
suspected this would be a big album for Rush," said Phil Hood,
publisher of Enter Music Publishing. Even though our audience skews
younger than Rush's fan base, he's a huge influence on all drummers, so
it's not surprising he finally won this award from DRUM!'s readers"
continued Hood.

The following is a summary of the drummers, who won in other
categories. In addition to being in the November Issue of DRUM!, all of
the winners are listed online as well at:
http://www.drummagazine.com/drummies/.

Drumming Rising Star: Jason Bittner

Runners Up: Brann Dailor, Andrew Hurley, Benny Greb

Progressive Rock Drummer: Neil Peart

Runners Up: Mike Portnoy, Danny Carey, Gavin Harrison

Metal Drummer: Jason Bittner

Runners Up: Chris Adler, Joey Jordison, Tomas Haake

Jam Band Drummer: Carter Beauford

Runners Up: Matt Abts, Stanton Moore, Rodney Holmes

Funk Drummer: Chad Smith

Runners Up: David Garibaldi, Dennis Chambers, Zoro

Mainstream Rock/Pop Drummer: Chad Smith

Runners Up: Carter Beauford, Travis Barker, Daniel Adair

Alternative Rock Drummer: Travis Barker

Runners Up: Danny Carey, Matt Cameron, Taylor Hawkins

Punk Drummer: Travis Barker

Runners Up: Tre Cool, Andrew Hurley, Josh Freese

R&B/Blues Drummer: Zoro

Runners Up: Steve Jordan, Aaron Spears, John Blackwell

Jazz/Fusion Drummer: Dave Weckl

Runners Up: Morgan _gren, Steve Smith, Billy Cobham

Country Drummer: Paul Leim

Runners Up: Eddie Bayers, Chuck Tilly, Kenny Aronoff

Drum Clinician: Dom Famularo

Runners Up: Thomas Lang, Virgil Donati, Mike Mangini

Studio Drummer: Vinnie Colaiuta

Runners Up: Josh Freese, Kenny Aronoff, Steve Jordan

Live Performer: Neil Peart

Runners Up: Danny Carey, Mike Portnoy, Joey Jordison

Percusionists

Percussionist Of The Year: Luis Conte

Runners Up: Marc QuiÒones, Zakir Hussain, Alex AcuÒa

Percussion Rising Star: Taku Hirano

Runners Up: John Mahon, Gumbi Ortiz, Reid DeFever

Latin Percussionist: Giovanni Hidalgo

Runners Up: Luis Conte, Alex AcuÒa, Richie Flores

Jazz/Fusion Percussionist: Airto Moreira

Runners Up: Luis Conte, Ralph McDonald, Raul Rekow

Rock/Pop Percussionist: Luis Conte

Runners Up: John Mahon, Fausto Cuevas, Taku Hirano

World Beat Percussionist: Zakir Hussain

Runners Up: Arthur Hull, Glen Velez, Karsh Kale

Percussion Ensemble: Blue Man Group

Runners Up: Hip Pickles, Global Percussion Trio, Drumbassadors

Drum Circle Facilitator: Kalani

Runners Up: Arthur Hull, Christine Stevens, Zorina Wolf

Percussion Clinician: Luis Conte

Runners Up: Jesus Diaz, Richie “Gajate” Garcia, Giovanni Hidalgo

Studio Percussionist: Alex AcuÒa

Runners Up: Luis Conte, Sammy Figueroa, Lenny Castro

Enter Music Publishing would like to congratulate all of the winners of this year's DRUM! 2007 Drummies Awards.

About Enter Music Publishing

Founded in San Jose, CA in 1992, Enter Music Publishing, Inc. is a
leading publisher of drum/percussion magazines, with distribution in 40
countries worldwide. Additional information about the company can be
found at: www.drummagazine.com and www.trapsmagazine.com.

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