Drummerworld

Drummerworld

Drummerworld.com is an encyclopedia-like website about significant jazz, jazz fusion, rock, funk and pop drummers. The site features biographies, sounds, videos and pictures of important drummers, as well as a drum clinic section where drummers can learn from the masters. According to Alexa.com, Googleanalytics.com and Beesker.com, it is the number one ranked website for drummers and percussionists.

The free site was created by Bernhard Castiglioni in Switzerland in 1997. It was initially launched as drummerworld.ch, and changed to drummerworld.com in 1998. The server costs for 25 terrabytes of monthly traffic are covered by Bernhard Castiglioni and by advertising revenue.

Drummerworld visitors have accessed more than 62 million individual pages, and traffic averaged more than 25,000 visits per day, 750,000 per month and 9 million per year. The site had visitors from 221 countries worldwide in 2009. Drummerworld was recognized by Drums!magazine as the best drummer-percussionist website in 2006, 2007, 2008,2009 and 2010. In 2008, Drummerworld received the Drummie award, followed by runners-up Pearldrum.com, Drumsmith.com, and Drumbum.com.[1]

Contents

Features

The Drummerword website is organized into the following main sections: Drummers, Drum Clinic, Drum Solos, Grooves - MP3, Drum Videos, Wishlist, DVD & Book Shop, Discussion Forum (29,500 members presently).

Notes

  1. ^ Drums! Magazine, Aug 2008, pg. 61

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