The new year is now upon us and The Christian Drummer web site is in its third year now. So much has changed since I started the site. Every year, I take it up a notch and do something else with it for the sake of encouraging and building up Christian drummers worldwide. So this year, I got some new ideas.

Of course, these are just ideas and whether they will be implemented or not is another story. But here they are off the top of my head and in no particular order:

• Better t-shirts with more exposure on the site
• Drum tabs to popular worship songs
• Better integration with friend sites like ‘Tobosari Crestini’ and ‘Drummer For Christ’ and ‘Drummers for Jesus’
• More resources for Christian drummers in the form of books and videos
• Video clips from myself
• More interviews with drummers from around the world, not just famous ones!

These are dependent on time permitting and if anyone else is happy to be a part of the site in the form of contributing articles or other resources too. I am always looking for new ideas and contributors to the site.

So, friends and drummers worldwide, welcome to 2009!

Matt

From my friend Vince in Malaysia:

Drummerforchrist.com invites you to join us @ DFC Shed Session inconjunction with Drummerforchrist Music 1st Anniversary Celebration. Continue reading »

I had the incredible privilege of being able to get (and stay) in touch with William Glover, one of the founding members and drummer of the band Petra. What an opportunity! This guy was bashing skin before I was even born! Awesome! Petra literally rocked my world from their very early stuff like the 70’s rock to the late 90’s. I just couldn’t get enough of the lyrics, the beat, the heart behind it all and the sincerity of the band and its members. I posed 5 questions to Bill and he graciously answered them all! Here is everything you wanted to know about the early days of Petra and Bill Glover, the drummer! Continue reading »

A friend of mine in Romania, Adrian Schiopu, has sent me some information which I am quite excited about. Let him tell you more about it: Continue reading »