4th Annual Six String Competition: Judges Announced

Yamaha announced an all-star judging panel for Lee Ritenour's fourth Sixth String Competition yesterday.
“We have assembled an incredible array of judges who are some of the best musicians on the planet,” said Ritenour. “When busy people with this level of talent devote their time to this endeavor, the musician community affirms its commitment to cultivating the next generation of great players.”
Guitar judges include (*denotes Yamaha Artist): *Don Alder, Joe Bonamassa, Vince Gill, Guthrie Govan, Sonny Landreth, *Steve Lukather, Pat Martino, Brent Mason, Andy McKee, Keb’ Mo’, *Lee Ritenour, John Scofield, Joe Satriani.
Rhythm judges, including keyboards, include (*denotes Yamaha Artist): Victor Bailey, *Ndugu Chancler, *Nathan East, *Sonny Emory, Dave Grusin, Daniel Jobim, Tom Kennedy, *Abraham Laboriel, Harvey Mason, *Patrice Rushen, *John Patitucci, Simon Phillips, *Oscar Seaton, *Dave Weckl.
The competition, open to guitarists, bass players, keyboardists, and drummers, asks applicants to submit two YouTube videos of themselves performing on their instrument to find the next great players of our generation.
Four grand-prize winners (one in each instrument category) will win an opportunity to perform at the 2014 Montreux Jazz Festival. In addition to being invited to record on Ritenour’s forthcoming 2014 Concord album, the Six String Theory guitar Grand Prize winner will appear with Ritenour and other guitar legends at the “Legends of Guitar” concert at Montreux, to be filmed in HD. Additional prizes include: four full scholarships to the Berklee College of Music; Yamaha instruments and endorsements; Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop scholarships; and more.
Registration is open through May 15, 2014. To submit an entry, visit www.sixstringtheory.com.

NUMBER ONE FEMALE DRUMMER IN NIGERIA

Temitope Odebiyi is the Number 1 female drummer in Nigeria, a solo performer and drum coach.
A graduate of History &Diplomatic Studies from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Masters in History &Strategic Studies from University of Lagos, Diploma in Music from MUSON School of Music &also studied percussion at d PeterKings College of Music.
Having performed for about 5years, she has carved a niche and she is popularly known as “Topsticks”. Her dexterity has awarded her platforms in major concerts /live programmes like Tejubabyface show, StarQuest Reality TV Show, Efizee Nite, MUSON festival, Drummer’s Festival &some International Music Seminar. She has also featured with several renowned artists like Victor Olaiya, Victor Uwaifo, Wole Oni, Bouqui, Wierd MC, MUSON Orchestra /Band, Mega Praise Crew, among others.
She is strongly influenced by good music &sound. Her role models includes: SheilaE, Cindy Blackman, Dave Weckle, Aaron Spears, Calvin Rodgers, Steve Smith &musicians around her.
Topsticks is the President of Wonderdrums (Music Clinic), the coordinator of Mega Praise Concert and the Director of Topsticks Band.
The band comprises Chinazor Anozie on the keyboard, Blessing Chibueze on the bass guitar, Titilola Simisola ( talking drum), Helen Ibe on th Lead Guitar, Tobi on the saxophone and Tope Odebiyi, the band leader, handles the drums.

The Richest Drummers in the World

The 30 Richest Drummers in the World

By Tom Breihan

Ringo Starr (©Retna Ltd.)

Q: What do you call someone who hangs out with musicians? A: A drummer!
If you've spent enough time hanging out with people in bands, you've heard a million jokes like this. But as it turns out, banging on things is potentially way more lucrative than anyone could've realized. Celebrity Net Worth recently published a list of the 30 richest drummers in the world. And maybe it's not surprising that Ringo Starr could buy and sell all of us several times over, or that many of the richest drummers are people who figured out ways to stop being drummers (Dave Grohl, Phil Collins). But how in the hell is Aerosmith's Joey Kramer
worth $100 million? Check out the full head-spinning list below. 1. Ringo Starr (The Beatles, $300 million)
2. Phil Collins (Solo/Genesis, $250 million)
3. Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters, $225 million)
4. Don Henley (The Eagles, $200 million)
5. Lars Ulrich (Metallica, $175 million)
6. Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones, $160 million)
7. Larry Mullen Jr. (U2, $150 million)
8. Roger Taylor (Queen, $105 million)
9. Joey Kramer (Aerosmith, $100 million)
10. Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers, $90 million)
11. Travis Barker (blink-182, $85 million)
12. Stewart Copeland (The Police, $80 million)
13. Alex Van Halen (Van Halen, $75 million)
14. Nick Mason (Pink Floyd, $75 million)
15. Tommy Lee (Motley Crue, $70 million)
16. Bill Ward (Black Sabbath, $65 million)
17. Jon Fishman (Phish, $60 million)
18. Carter Beauford (Dave Matthews Band, $55 million)
19. Rick Allen (Def Leppard, $50 million)
20. Tre Cool (Green Day, $45 million)
21. Danny Carey (Tool, $40 million)
22. Tico Torres (Bon Jovi, $40 million)
23. Max Weinberg (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band/"Conan O'Brien," $35 million)
24. Mickey Hart (The Grateful Dead, $30 million)
25. Bill Kreutzmann (The Grateful Dead, $25 million)
26. Neil Peart (Rush, $22 million)
27. Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters, $20 million)
28. ?uestlove (The Roots, $16 million)
29. Steven Adler (Guns N' Roses, $15 million)
30. Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac, $8.5 million)
Let's just take a minute for the fact that Steven Adler played on one and a half Guns N' Roses albums, that he's been generally unfamous and making the "Celebrity Rehab" rounds for the past two decades, and that he's still