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More
than 500 percussionists put their
rhythmic accuracy skills to the test
this weekend in Pasadena, Calif. at
the last and largest World’s Most
Accurate Drummer contest of the
season. After warming up on practice
pads, participants were given a
two-bar rhythm to play for two
minutes on an official Beatnik
Rhythm Analyzer electronic drum pad
which scored each competitor on
their rhythmic accuracy.
A
perfect score in the competition was
800 points, and the top three scores
from the three day event scored in
the low 700’s.
Erik
Truelove won the World's Most
Accurate Drummer contest in
Pasadena, Calif August. 11,
2007
Erik
Truelove, 37, a professional drum
set player and teacher from Tucson,
Arizona won the three day
competition with a score of 737.
Truelove was scheduled to fly back
to his hometown on Saturday for a
performance, but after earning the
highest score on Friday night, he
changed his plans and rescheduled
his flight so he could stay for the
rest of the contest.
“It’s
really amazing to win this
competition and the feelings I have
right now are indescribable,” said
Truelove. “I was incredibly
nervous when I competed at the booth
though. I’ve been practicing for
this a lot and when I got here I
knew the pressure was on and the
competition was fierce. But now it
just feels great to win this,
especially at the World Championship
competition.”
The
World’s Most Accurate Drummer
contest, sponsored by Beatnik Rhythm
Analyzers, named five winners from
all over the country this summer and
was a fun and exciting experience
for all those who participated.
2006
World’s Most Accurate Drummer
This
Southwest city is known for many
things: from its college basketball
team to its long-armed cactus. Now,
it has one more distinction. It’s
the home of the 2006 World’s Most
Accurate Drummer, as recently
adjudged at the largest music
industry trade show on Earth.
Erik
Truelove, a 36-year-old drummer and
drum teacher, took the title at the
2006 NAMM Show (NAMM International
Music Products Association) in Los
Angeles in January. The contest was
run by the makers of The Beatnik, a
revolutionary “rhythmic
analyzer” that combines a drum
practice pad with an advanced
computerized metronome and five
real-time performance analyzers.
The device, the creation of Dallas-based Onboard
Research Corp., records and scores the
drummer’s timing and precision, providing
instant feedback on a backlit display screen.
(Onboard Research also makes the award-winning
Intellitouch Tuner for string instruments.) The
Beatnik was on display for the first time at the
NAMM show, and drummers attending the event were
invited to test their chops on the new
technology. Truelove turned in the top
performance, scoring the highest percent
accuracy at the highest difficulty level.
He
said "The Beatnik’s creators
have achieved something rare in the
drumming world: a true innovation
with the potential to take players
of all skill levels to new heights
of excellence." “This is one
of the most exciting developments in
drumming in my lifetime,” said
Truelove, who has been playing
professionally for more than a
decade.
For more information about The Beatnik, call
(800) 340-8890 or visit the Web site of Onboard
Research Corp. at www.tuners.com.
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