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Aquarian onHeads

Aquarian onHeads

New from Aquarian (in addition to the new inHeads) are onHeads.

These are FSR trigger pads that are for putting on top o...

Aquarian inHead

Aquarian inHead

the NAMM show in LA gave Aquarian drumheads the chance to showcase the new InHeads. Available from April! We can't wait!

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New Aquarian Heads

New Aquarian Heads

Just landed in the UK! New Aquarian drumheads - especially for Heavy Hitters!

Hi-Impact: A coated two ply head that feat...

Shaw Fireball 5XL

Shaw Fireball 5XL

New from Shaw - a new addition to the Shaw Chops Sticks Range!

Fireball 5XL Sticks are made from US Hickory and Feature ...

Like Shaw on Facebook

Like Shaw on Facebook

Shaw Stix and Percussion is now on Facebook.  The Shaw range is every expending with lots of new and exciting drum and pe...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from all of us at Music Shipping.

Hope everyone had a good break (and stores had a productive festive per...

Christmas Holiday

Christmas Holiday

We are now closed for our Christmas break.

We will re-open on 3rd December 2012.

Thank you to all of you for your custo...

Christmas Shop of the Year!

Christmas Shop of the Year!

We would like to award 'Slave to the Beat' in Hull our 'Christmas Shop of the Year' Award (it may become an annual thing ...

Christmas Gifts

Christmas Gifts

Instead of sending Christmas Cards this year, we have made a donation to Help for Heroes.

We hope all the Heroes, and al...

Weekend Opening for Trade

Weekend Opening for Trade

Important Pre-Christmas Opening Information

We are very aware that every retail sale is extremely important in the curre...

Jim Jones Artrocker Update

Jim Jones Artrocker Update

Congratulations to the Jim Jones Revue who were awarded Artrocker Magazine's Best Live Act of 2011 Award on Friday! Well ...

Aquarian in iDrum Magazine

Aquarian in iDrum Magazine

The new issue of iDrum Magazine is available now.

It features a product review of Aquarian Heads, plus new adverts from ...

Jim Jones Artrocker Award

Jim Jones Artrocker Award

The Jim Jones Review have been nominated for Best Live Band in the Artrocker awards 2011.

The 'Revue will also play a ...

Stolen Drums

Stolen Drums

Heavy Metal drummer Larry Paterson had his entire drum kits stolen from the back of his van in Palmers Green London, in t...

Best of British

Best of British

This months MiPro (and MiPro Online) features an article entitled 'Best of British'.

We are proud to say that Shaw is f...

Travis Marc

Travis Marc

Aquarian endorsee Travis Marc du Plooy has been very busy recently!

He's working hard with his band Munkinpure, where Tr...

Glen Sobel

Glen Sobel

Glen Sobel, one of the latest drummers to use and endorse Groove Juice cymbal cleaner is currently on tour with Rock Lege...

65 Days of Static

65 Days of Static

An update on one of our lovely Aquarian and Shaw endorsees - Rob Jones of 65 Days of Static.

65 Days of Static have a ne...

Paul Glover

Paul Glover

Aquarian endorsee Paul Glover is a busy boy at the moment!

He is about to embark on a UK tour with Scroobius Pip - a lea...

RAW Studios TV

RAW Studios TV

RAW Studios is streaming a Live fully interactive lesson from Dom Famularo this Wednesday (19th) at 8pm.

Richard Wilson ...

London Drum Show

London Drum Show

This weekend is the London Drum Show 2011!

At the Olympia conference Centre,15th-16th October - doors open 10 till 6

"A...

Artist News

Artist News

Some of our Aquarian artists have been having a busy month!

Rob Brian (Souxie Soui) put on a brilliant Masterclass at Rh...

NEW Aquarian Drumheads

NEW Aquarian Drumheads

Aquarian have introduced two new Drumhead ranges - Force Ten™ Tom Heads and Triple Threat™ Snare Heads.

Force Ten™ Tom H...

UK National Drum Fair

UK National Drum Fair

This weekend (24th and 25th September) sees the 2011 UK National Drum Fair taking place in Kings Heath, Birmingham.  Open...

Jim Jones Live

Jim Jones Live

the Jim Jones Revue recently did a live radio session to a large audience in Philadelphia.

Check it out here!

The drumm...

Hear Aquarian Heads

Hear Aquarian Heads

Video Demos of Aquarian Heads are now available!

Get a full description and hear demonstration of Aquarian heads - to he...

Full-Range from Aquarian

Full-Range from Aquarian

Aquarian introduces its new “Full-Range™” drumhead film with added clarity, brightness and resonance!

Co-Owner Roy Burns...

Shaw Drum Gloves

Shaw Drum Gloves

New from Shaw! Drummer Gloves!

Black Fingerless gloves with a soft goatskin leather front and breathable, stretchable fa...

New Trade Pricelist

New Trade Pricelist

Our new Quarterly Trade Pricelist is now available.

Trade customers, please visit the usual download area of the site to...

Warehouse Position

Warehouse Position

We currently have a vacancy for a Warehouse Assistant.

Monday to Friday, 11am to 4pm in our Kidderminster warehouse.

Pl...

Summer Break

Summer Break

MSC will be closing for our summer break for the first 2 weeks in August.

Please bear with us while we do some redecorat...

NEW SHAW PORTALS

NEW SHAW PORTALS

NEW SHAW PORTALS SCORE HOLE IN ONE 

Shaw – one of the longest established names in UK percussion – has announced the lau...

iDrum Magazine

iDrum Magazine

Issue 2 of iDrum Magazine is now available to view online.

This fully digital FREE magazine, although in its early stage...

Tuition Books

Tuition Books

NOW AVAILABLE

We have now extended our range of Tutoring books and DVDs to include instructional books for Drums, Cajons...

Andy Woodard with Adam Ant

Andy Woodard with Adam Ant

Aquarian endorsee Andy Woodward is currently touring with Adam Ant.

They have just finished a (virtually sold out) UK To...

MAD Drummer Plunge 2011

MAD Drummer Plunge 2011

50 UK Drummers will take to the sky in Oxford this summer to skydive in the name of charity. The
event, titled the “MAD ...

Drumming Workshops

Drumming Workshops

Rob Brian and Martin Ranscombe are running intensive drumming workshops entitled 'Drumming in the Real World".

Here's yo...

Duende Cajons

Duende Cajons

The Music Shipping Company has been appointed exclusive UK distributor for Duendé Cajons - one of the leading brand...

Mi Pro Supplier Spotlight

Mi Pro Supplier Spotlight

We are in Mi-Pro magazine this month!

Check out the "Supplier Spotlight" section (on page 73) and see our smiling faces ...

New Trade Pricelist

New Trade Pricelist

A New Quarterly Trade Pricelist is now available from the Music Shipping Company.

Trade Customers, go to www.musicshippi...

Bank Holidays

Bank Holidays

More Bank Holiday's are on the way, for the Royal Wedding and May Day.
Hopefully good for shop sales if you stay open, b...

FREE EGGS!

FREE EGGS!

Free Easter eggs for all our Trade Customers this week!

Every Trade Order shipped this week will include a chocolate egg...

Down 'N' Outz

Down 'N' Outz

Aquarian endorsee Phil Martini is currently on a UK tour with Joe Elliot's Down 'n' Outs.

Their tour dates are available...

Frankfurt Theft!

Frankfurt Theft!
German police hunt Aquarian MIDI drum head thieves

A rare pre-production sample of the innovative Aquarian inHEAD elec...

Frankfurt Summary

Frankfurt Summary

Our staff our now back from Frankfurt Musikmesse 2011.

The show was slightly quieter this year, but this is to be expect...

Musikmesse 2011

Musikmesse 2011

Frankfurt Musikmesse 2011 begins today in Germany.

Musikmesse is Europe's Largest music equipment Trade Fair, and this y...

New Drum Monster!

New Drum Monster!

Drum Monster T-shirts

New from MSC!

High Quality T-shirts with a front/side wraparound 'Drum Monster' Image

Availa...

New Shaw Drum Mats

New Shaw Drum Mats

Heavy duty, British made, quality drum mats.

Features include non-slip rubber backing and over-stitched bound edges, r...

Tony Christie

Tony Christie

Aquarian artist Elliot Henshaw is out on tour with Tony Christie!

This is a 50 date UK tour starting in April and runnin...

Shaw MadHatter Hi Hat Jingle

Shaw MadHatter Hi Hat Jingle

A new design of heavy duty HiHat Jingler is now available from Shaw.

It fits easily on the push rod of a HiHat to add an...

New Shaw Products

New Shaw Products

PRESS RELEASE:

Shaw, the vintage British drum products company, has two new introductions available from this month - th...

Hansenfutz Impact Discs

Hansenfutz Impact Discs

Hansenfütz Impact Discs NEW 4 pack

Interchangeable impact discs allow you to adjust your volume and choose your feel.
T...

Trade Pricelist

Trade Pricelist

We have a New Trade Pricelist available from the usual download area of our website.

(If you are a trade customer, pleas...

Young Drummer 2011

Young Drummer 2011

Sunday 6th February is the final of Young Drummer of the Year. This is now set as a big UK annual event and have seen som...

Gang of Four

Gang of Four

News from one of our Aquarian Endorsees Mark Heaney of Gang of Four.

They recently performed on the The Huey Morgan Show...

NEW Aquarian inHead

NEW Aquarian inHead

Aquarian Drumheads and MIDItroniX unveiled the new inHEAD acoustic/electronic trigger head last week at the January 2011...

NEW Little Miss Drum

NEW Little Miss Drum

Due to popular demand, we have introduced a NEW Tshirt - Little Miss Drum!

High Quality T-Shirts Perfect for all femal...

Z-ED TWIN Mesh Heads

Z-ED TWIN Mesh Heads

New Z-ED Twin Ply Mesh Heads

In addition to the current range of Z-ED single ply mesh heads, NEW Z-ED TWIN, two-ply me...

NAMM 2011

NAMM 2011

The NAMM Show is on from January 13th-16th at the Anaheim Convention Center in Los Angeles.

NAMM is the National Associa...

Christmas Card

Christmas Card

For all our Trade Customers, who would normally receive a Christmas Card, please note that instead of sending Christmas C...

Shaw VCD News

Shaw VCD News

Heavy Duty Drum Set Practice Mutes (Volume Control Disks) from Shaw are now available in NEW American Fusion sizes, as we...

Mr Rock for Kids!

Mr Rock for Kids!

Due to popular demand, our newest adult t-shirt, Mr Rock,
is now also available in Children's sizes!


The purple and w...

Printed Heads

Printed Heads

New Printed Bass Drum Heads
on Aquarian Classic Clear Heads

Standard Aquarian Designs now available from your local dru...

Danny Farrant Tuition

Danny Farrant Tuition

As we mentioned on our blog last week, Danny Farrant has released the first of a series of drum tuition videos on youtube...

Crash Pad

Crash Pad

New additions to the Crash Pad range

6" Crash Pads are now available in the original metallic finish, and also a new Bir...

Mr T-Shirts

Mr T-Shirts

We have extended our range of 'Mr' T-shirts.

The ever popular Mr Drum is now available in Grey!  Also still available in...

Mojo Weekends

Mojo Weekends

Mojo Music Weekends are weekend courses to improve your blues playing!

Located in Cranbrook in the Weald of Kent, the ne...

Richard Rayner Chops His Mohawk

Richard Rayner Chops His Mohawk

Young Drummer of the year 2009, and Aquarian Endorsee, Richard Rayner, had his Mohawk chopped off this weekend at the Lon...

Hart Heads

Hart Heads

MSC Introduces Hart Mesh Heads

Hart Dynamics - the USA's top mesh heads - are the latest prestige products to join the g...

London Drum Show

London Drum Show

MSC will be at the London Drum Show next weekend.
Representatives will be on 'Rattle and Drum's' Stand (C10), with Bigdo...

New Trade Pricelist

New Trade Pricelist

We have a new Pricelist available for our Trade Customers.

Our Pricelist is now downloadable, and updated every 3 months...

Summer Closing

Summer Closing

Our office will be closed from 2nd-13th August for our annual summer shutdown.

Any trade orders placed before 3pm Fri 30...

Jim Jones Revue

Jim Jones Revue

Nick Jones, of the Jim Jones Revue is one of our Aquarian artists.

This great band is starting to get the recognition th...

MSC on Facebook

MSC on Facebook

We have a new Facebook Page!

Go to it or click on the 'Like' button below without even having to go to the site!

We wil...

MSC QR

MSC QR

Pictured is our Music Shipping QR Code.  You can take a picture of it with your blackberry/iphone etc to get a direct hyp...

New Bigdog Accessories

New Bigdog Accessories

Bigdog Drum Stuff has added even more accessories to the spares range.

The newest additions are a drop clutch (pictured)...

Dr oKtopUs

Dr oKtopUs

Dr oKtopus (otherwise known as Craig Blundell) has a new website.

The website is dark and slightly disturbing, but it do...

Stuart Cable Dies

Stuart Cable Dies

Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable has been found dead at his home in south Wales earlier this morning (7th June)...

Bigdog Thrones - 2 year guarantee

Bigdog Thrones - 2 year guarantee

Bigdog - the innovative UK drum accessory manufacturer - has launched a new range of drum thrones, to be distributed thro...

Buzzcock's Bomb Scare

Buzzcock's Bomb Scare

One of our Aquarian endorsees, Danny Farrant, was caught up in a bomb scare with his band, the Buzzcocks last week.

This...

New Website

New Website

We are proud to present our new and improved website!

On the surface, it should be a lot more attractive and easier to u...

Jobeky Drum Show

Jobeky Drum Show

Sunday 2nd May is the Jobeky Drum Show 2010
It is on From 10am-5pm at the Staffordshire Pavillion, County Showground, St...

Muskimesse 2010

Muskimesse 2010

The Musikmesse Show in Frankfurt, runs from the 24th to the 27th March this year.
This is Europe's largest music equipm...

Aquarian Website

Aquarian Website

Aquarian have a new website!

Check it out at www.aquariandrumheads.com

There is an up to date list of products with...

Featured Video

New inHead and onHead

Review of the new Aquarian inHead and onHeads - exciting stuff!

Aquarian Force Ten

Aquarian Force Ten

Force Ten - with two plies of 10mil Full-range film

Simon Sings our Carol

Simon Sings our Carol

Our Carol, performed by Simon from "Slave to the Beat", Hull

Triplet Gloves

Triplet Gloves

Triplet Gloves demo - featuring Bernard Purdie

4 Chords!

4 Chords!

Its a classic - funny and a little bit true!

Pudsey on the Drums!

Pudsey on the Drums!

In honour of children in need, a clip from 2007.

Eric Moore talks Aquarian

Eric Moore talks Aquarian

Aquarian endorsee Eric Moore (Suicidal Tendencies) talks about his new favourite heads!

Eric Moore Force!

Eric Moore Force!

Aquarian's latest drumheads demonstrated by Eric Moore (Suicidal Tendencies)

Brett Domino Firework

Brett Domino Firework

New Brett Domino Track - especially for Bonfire Night!

Glen Sobel

Glen Sobel

Glen Sobel with Alice Cooper and Arthur Brown

65 Days of Static in Russia

65 Days of Static in Russia

Russian promo video for 65 Days of Static! (love the way they say the bands name!)

Drums on wheels!

Drums on wheels!

Drums on wheels on a busy road.  As you do!

Mark Heaney

Mark Heaney

Mark Heaney drum clips from Sep 2011 clinics

Mini Drum Kit

Mini Drum Kit

Mini Drum Kit! So cute!

Aquarian Modern Vintage Heads

Aquarian Modern Vintage Heads

Aquarian Modern Vintage Heads demonstration.

Boingy Drummer!

Boingy Drummer!

The 'Boingy Boingy Rock Band'.  Brilliant!