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JUNE 20, 2008 - Welcome Adam Marcello from Katy Perry!
We are proud to welcome Adam Marcello from Katy Perry to the Shine Drums family! Katy Perry currently has the NO 2 single on the Billboard charts with the song "I Kissed a Girl" and they are on the main stage at Warped Tour this summer! 

Adam is not only a graduate of The Berklee college of Music but has spent time touring with major national acts like Kenna, Gabriel Mann and MOBY. Congrats Adam and welcome to the family!

 
 
JUNE 11, 2008 - FTSK & The Lordz On Conan O'Brien!
Shine Drums artists FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS will be performing on Late Night with The Conan O'Brien Thursday, JUNE 12th! We are excited...but wait there's more...the following Monday JUNE 16th another Shine Drums artist The Lordz will be performing...so we have 2 separate performances on the Conan O'Brien show within the next few days here...so if you are interested, set the ol TiVO or DVR, or better yet, say up with some popcorn...but either way, we hope you get a chance to check it out! Congrats guys!
 
 
MAY 15, 2008 - Welcome New Artists!
Welcome to the family guys!
 
NIMMS - Lights Out Loud
Kayden - Miles From Home
Shane - The Scenic
Zach - Black Veil Bride
Michealangelo - Stealing December
Guillaume - Tears From The Sky
Brennan - Night After Dark
Austin - This Sky On Fire
Dave - Tractor Man
James - Death Is Not Welcome Here
Seth - Awakened By Dreams
Jay - The Introduction
Joe - The Great Operation
Matt - Of Her Blood
Tommy - The Fallacy
Jonny - With Wings of Lead
Josh - Red Car Wire
Kyle - Roma
Michael - The Day Sets Fire
Jeff Towers - Stonehocker
Jubal - Independent
Jarvis - Independent
 
Congrats to everyone and welcome!
 
 
APRIL 25, 2008 - Welcome Glen from BLIND MELON!
We are proud to welcome Glen Graham from the infamous BLIND MELON to the Shine Drums family of artists! The boys from BLIND MELON have a brand new record out (the first new record in about 12 years)! BLIND MELON has the same amazing sound they are known for with their new singer and better than ever. Get out and see BLIND MELON on tour near you soon and definitely pick up their brand new record "For My Friends"!
  
 
APRIL 18, 2008 - Welcome Joe from THE LORDZ!
We want to welcome our new friends The LORDZ to the Shine Drums family! Joe (AKA "Upstate Joe") is a great guy and new friend and we are super stoked to have them on board! DO NOT MISS, their new show on FUSE called THE BROOKLYN WAY, Thursday's at 10:30 PM ET, this show is an amazing look into the lives of die hard, true American artists that have overcome tragedies, setback, heartache and more and are giving it one more run! ALSO pick up their new record "The Brooklyn Way" and don't miss them on the Vans Warped Tour this summer. Welcome to the family Joe, we are excited to have you on board and we look forward to a great relationship! 
 
 
 
APRIL 10, 2008 - Welcome Rene Escovedo!
We are really excited to announce the newest addition to the Shine Drums family, Mr. Rene Escovedo. Rene is not only cousin to the famous Sheila E and nephew to Latin percussion legend Pete Escovedo, but he has made a name for himself playing professionally for decades and helping spread the knowledge and technique of drumming.

Although Rene has overcome unbelievable challenges in the recent years he is about to be announcing some amazing things and working on some interesting projects that we will all share very soon...so be sure to check back for that. In the meantime, if you want to learn more about Rene and his career, visit him on his myspace page! Welcome aboard Rene! 

 
 
APRIL 7, 2008 - Welcome Drum Master Jens Hannemann (AKA Fred Armisen of Saturday Night Live) to the family!
We want to welcome our new friend Fred Armisen to the Shine Drums family! Fred is most famous for his many roles as a cast member on Saturday Night Live! Fred's alter ego Jens Hannemann is truly the drum master/clinician of our generation. Jens has been capturing not only the envy and jealousy of  the biggest names in drumming today but he leaves no stone unturned in his new video "Complicated Drumming Technique"! If you want to tackle the techniques Jens is definitely delivering in his new video, be sure to pick up your copy here! ALSO, check out Jen's interview in the current issue of Modern Drummer magazine...an interview you shouldn't miss!
 
In all seriousness though, Fred is a great drummer outside of his successful career in acting and stand-up comedy and is a serious drummer...so we are excited to have him aboard! Welcome to the family Fred!

Oh yeah...heres a little clip from his DVD:

 

 
 
MAR 18, 2008 - New Shine Artists!
We have been so busy lately we haven't had the chance to announce some of our newest artists...so here they are:
 
Dillan - A Cursive Memory
Stu - Eternal Lord
Greg - The Air I Breathe
Richard - Sequencing The Sentence
Matt - The Quarterly
Brett - Torn From Red
Sven - Samarah
Chuck - 4 Barrel
Andrew - Perlend
Jimmi - The Mile After
Greg - Fearless Before Persecution
Jeremy - Munroe
Eric - Round 3 Fight
Terrell - Independent Artist
 
Welcome to the family guys! Check out all of these amazing artists!
 
 
FEB 5, 2008 - The New Site Is Finally Here!
I know everyone has been waiting for the new site to be done and its finally here! We have been slow on updates and things lately here because we have been working hard on rolling out the new site. We ask that you please give us a little time to get all of the kinks worked out and all of the features all working and online...we don't anticipate it taking much longer, but you know how it goes :P Thanks everyone for all your help and patience while we were and are updating the new site! 
 
 
FEB 4, 2008 - Welcome New Artists!
We want to officially welcome the following artists to the Shine Drums family of artists...
Jeremy - Riggin Reins and Livewire
Kyle - Don't Die Cindy
Karl - Rescue
Logan - An Early Ending
Will - Unfair Advantage
RJ - This Love, These Hands
Mark - Scenes and Sirens
Tanner - Abracadaver
Jordan - The J Walkers
Ryan - Easton Legacy
Andrew - Hazel & Vine
Justin - Dead Walk
Andrew - Hi-Fi Horizon
Kalan - Of Angels
Heath - Feature Presentation
Jacob - Above All Else
Mark - Years Best Lie
Aaron - Last Great Summer
 
Welcome to the family guys!
 
 
JAN 4, 2008 - Shine Drums At NAMM 2008!
We apologize that we haven't posted any info for a bit, we have been insanely busy getting ready for NAMM and preping some amazing things here at Shine. Keep close, because things are happening!

NAMM: We are exhibiting at NAMM this year so come see our exhibit at  BOOTH 2345. We have some amazing artists coming out and hanging out with us and we have some ground breaking stuff to show off! See ya there! 

We also want to welcome Travis from Close to Home to the Shine family! Welcome aboard brotha!

 
 
NOV 7, 2007 - Welcome Brad of Third Eye Blind!
We are very excited to welcome Brad Hargreaves from the band Third Eye Blind to the Shine Drums Family. Not only is Third Eye Blind an amazing and profoundly influential band, but Brad is honestly a really nice guy. Check out his newest snare photos here. Welcome Brad, we are excited to have you aboard!
 
 
NOV 2, 2007 - NEW TDWP Video on Headbanger's Ball!
The Devil Wears Prada has a brand new video that is premiering on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball on Saturday 11/3/07. Be sure to tune in and check out this insane new video.
 
 
NOV 1, 2007 - Welcome New Shine Artists!
We apologize for the delay in announcing new artists...we were EXTREMELY busy during the entire month of October (as many of you know) planning and working on some amazing new stuff that is coming very soon. We did want to announce some of our new artists and welcome these killer guys to the family:
 
Jordan - Dropout Year
Max - Capitol Risk
Brian - Miss Vintage
Aedan - McCarthy
Eric - Perhaps She'll Die
Daniel - Tomorrow's Hero
Tyler - The Perfect Tragedy
Tommy - Of Angeline
Andrew - No More Parachute
 
 
SEPT 28, 2007 - Welcome New Shine Artists!
We want to welcome some new artists to the Shine family!
 
Luis - The Secret Handshake
Paul - You Me & Everyone We Know
David - The Goodbye Celebration
 
Welcome to the family guys!