Listed here are some of the works I've made as a professional writer for the Italian drum magazine Percussioni. Since November 2000 to these days I wrote more than 400 articles but the list is constantly growing and frequently updated. Check out some of this articles simply clicking on the magazine logo shown below and take a look at what the magazine is about. Just click on the logo here below. Robertopeland
Instruments Test Reviews
Yamaha Beech Custom Drumset Roll Drumsticks Gretsch Custom Grand Prix Drumset Pearl Master Works Series Drumset Tama Starclassic Performer Drumset Mapex Saturn Pro Drumset Pearl Powershifter "Eliminator" Bass Drum Pedals Premier Artist Custom Drumset Duallist Bass Drum Pedal Mapex Phospor Hammered Bronze Snare Drum Aquarian Drumheads Arbiter Flats Drumset Pearl Rhythm Traveler Drumset Anatolian Cymbals Whuan Cymbals Yamaha DTXtreme Electronic Drumkit Rimshot Drumsticks Sonor Giant Step Single/Dbl Bass Drum Pedals Yamaha HipGig Drumset Vater Drumsticks Dori Sound Proof Boots Roland V-Club Drumset Zildjian New A Custom Cymbals Orion Cymbals Johnny Rabb Drumsticks Roland RMP-1 Pack Paiste Noise Works Cymbal Di Berardino Drumset Ufip Cymbal Damper Yamaha Oak Custom Drumset Carbostick Carbon Fiber Drumsticks Meinl Byzance Cymbals Paiste 302 Plus Paiste 402 Plus Paiste 502 Plus Paiste 802 Plus Zildjian New Z Custom Sabian HHX Evolution Dave Weckl Signature Cymbals Pearl Export ELX Select Drumset Tamburo Cymbals Set Pacific CX Maple Drumset Paiste New Dimensions Cymbals Zildjian New K Fast Crash Liverpool Drumsticks Anatolian Baris Cymbals Regal Tip Drumsticks Roll Drumsticks New Models 2004 Pro Mark Pro-Round Drumsticks Pro Orca Drumsticks X-Grip Evans Min-EMAD Aquarian International Series Drumhead Alchemy Cymbals Yamaha Stage Custom Advantage Noveau Drumset Drum Art Snare Drums Orion Cymbals Pack Taye Rock Pro Drumset Mapex Janus Pedals/Hardware Evans Drumhead EMAD/EQ3/G1 Prepack Dunnett Snare Drums Pearl Master MSX Retrospec Drumset Ufip Natural Series Cymbals Sabian Paragon Neil Peart Signature Cymbals Pearl New 2004 Hardware Series Geminiani Snare Drums Tama Superstar Custom SL Roland TD-8KV Drum Art Snare Drums New Models 2005 Meinl Sound Caster Custom Cymbals Tempus Carbon Fibre Drumset Meinl Byzance Cymbals (New Models) Meinl Genration X Cymbals Tamburo Studio Plus Drumset Zildjian Anti-Vibe/DIP Drumsticks Boss Dr-880 Dr. Rhythm Pork Pie Drumset Tamburo New Opera Drumset Ufip Tiger Series Cymbals Zildjian K Constantinople New Models Zildjian A Fast Crash/Splash Pearl Reference Drumset Sabian Vault Artisan Rides C Drum Drumset & Snares Pell Wood Drumsticks Turkish Cymbals Stagg Cymbals Premier Artis Series Birch Drumset Vater Nude/Color Wrap/Splashstick Premier Olympic Drumset Yamaha Manu Katchè Junior Kit Starclassic Bubinga Drumset Istanbul Agop/Traditional/Signature Cymbals Alchemy Professional Cymbals Zildjian K Custom Hybrid Cymbals Zildjian ZHT Cymbals Meinl MB20 Cymbals Craviotto Unlimited/Limited Edition Custom Snares Paiste New Alpha Series Cymbals Sabian Legacy Cymbals Meinl MB20 Cymbals Meinl MB10 Cymbals Noble & Cooley SS Classic Snare Drums Techra Carbon Drumsticks Earthworks DK25/L DrumKit System Fütz Practice Pedal Basix Custom Limited Edition Drumset SilverFox Drumsticks Aquarian X-10/Power Sleeve Drumsticks Attack Drumheads Yamaha Tour Custom Drumset Mapex Dynamic Tribal Snare Drum Gibraltar Catapult/Intruder Series Foot Pedals Mapex Saturn Alfredo Golino Signature Drumset Gretsch New Classic Series Drumset Amedia Shaban Classic/Dervish Series Cymbals Yamaha New Oak Custom Drumset Interviews
Terry Bozzio Interview Joel Taylor Interview Dennis Chambers Interview Roberto Gualdi Interview Steve Smith Interview Dedè Ceccarelli Interview Fabrizio Sferra Interview Mike Terrana Interview Peter Erskine Interview Gregg Bissonette Interview Russ Miller Interview Johnny Rabb Interview Tom Brechtlein Interview Ettore Mancini Interview Vinnie Colaiuta Interview Dave Weckl Interview Joel Rosenblatt Interview Carlo Bellotti Interview Marco Minnemann Interview Antonio Sanchez/Pat Metheny Interview Davide Pettirossi Interview Simon Phillips Interview Thomas Lang Interview Tullio Granatello Interview Bill Stewart Interview Steve Gadd Interview Billy Ward Interview Gary Novak Interview Walfredo Reyes Jr. Interview Bill Bruford Interview Stefano Bagnoli/Roberto Gualdi DBL Interview Jojo Mayer Interview Neil Peart Interview Curt Bisquera Interview Nick D'Virgilio Interview John Blackwell Interview Rodney Holmes Interview Manu Katchè Interview Keith Carlock Interview Cindy Blackman Interview David Garibaldi Interview Clinics/ Concerts Reviews Gavin Harrison Clinic, Rome, January 29th 2007 Steve Weingart Dark Blue Dream CD Review Dave Weckl Multiplicity CD Review Porcupine Tree Live in Rome September, 18, 2006 Gregg Bissonette ""The making of... Musical Drumming" 2005 DVD Pat Metheny The Way Up Live in Rome June 20, 2005 Gary Husband Force Majeure Live... DVD review Rush Live in Milano September/21/2004 Dave Weckl Band Live in Rome Apr/15/2004 Akira Jimbo Clinic Review Dave Weckl Band April/6/2002 special gig review! Steve Smith Trio Clinic Review Daila Tour Factory DISMA Music Show 2002 Report DISMA Music Show 2003 Report DISMA Music Show 2004 Report DISMA Music Show 2005 Report DISMA Music Show 2006 Report Web Corner Monthly Magazine Report Tuning Drums Pt.1/2 May/June 2003 COVER STORY Chick Corea Elektric Band Reunion Tour Gigs Reviews Florence Gig Review Rome Gig Review Dave Weckl Rome Clinic April 15 2004 Evans The History of... NAMM 2005 Report Marco Minnemann Clinic, Rome May 21 2005 Australian Ultimate Drummers Weekend 2005 NAMM 2006 Report Peter Erskine Clinic, Rome February 21 2006 Lucchini Day 2006 Rome Dori Factory Tour Frankfurt Musikmesse 2007 Report CD/Books/DVD/Videos Reviews
Karizma "Document" CD
Lorenzo Tucci Quartet "Sweet Revelation" CD
Randy Waldmann "Unreel" CD
Mike Terrana "Shadows of the Past" CD
Nicola Mingo "Talkin' Jazz" CD
Victor Bailey "That's Right" CD
Robin DiMaggio "Blue Planet" CD
Billy Ashbaugh "Takin' care of Business" VHS
Dave Weckl Video "A Natural Evolution" VHS Pt. 1/2/3Carter Beauford
"Under The Table and Drumming" Vhs/DVD
Maurizio Boco "Ciak Si Suona" VHSJohnny Rabb "Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass" Book
Maurizio Giammarco/Phil Markowitz "7+8" CD
Marco Minnemann
"Extreme Interdependence" Book
Dom Famularo "It's Your Move" Book
Johnny Rabb "Acoustic Machine" CD
Robben Ford "Blue Moon" CD
Virtual Dream "Casuality" CD
Steve Houghton
"Drums in the Rhythm Section" Book
Mike Portnoy "Liquid Drum Theater" DVD
Buddy Rich
"The Lost West Side Story Tapes" DVD
BFH "The Gate" CD
Pat Metheny Group "Imaginary Day" DVD
Tony Verderosa "Live in NYC" Video
Goodman/Smith/Levy/Burbridge
"The Stranger's Hand" CD
Neil Peart "A Work in Progress" DVD
Mike Dolbear "Rhythm and Fills" Book
Pete Riley "Double Trouble" Book
Ford/Haslip/Colaiuta "Jing Chi" CD
Luca Chiaraluce Manuale Pratico di Batteria/Book
Mike Portnoy "Anthology Vol. 1" Book
Dave Weckl "Perpetual Motion" CD
Dave Weckl "In Session" Book
Andrea Ge "G-Force Drums" CD
Bill Evans "Big Fun" CD
Chic Hot "Satyagraha" CD
Dennis Chambers "Outbreak" CD
Paul Elliott "Technically Speaking" Video
Scott Henderson "Well To The Bone" CD
Weather Report "Live and Unreleased" dbl CD
Steve Smith "Drumset Technique/Hystory
of the U.S. Beat" DBL DVD
Gavin Harrison "Rhythmic Visions" DVD
Jason Bowld "Drum-Rom" CD-Rom
Billy Ashbaugh "Takin' care of Business" DVD
Peter Gabriel "Secret World Live" DVD
Paolo Valli "26" CD
Massimo Varini Trio CD
JK Kleutgens "Cave Men" CD
Jing Chi "Live" cd
Chick Corea "Rendezvous in NY" CD
Renè Engel "Nostalgia" CD
Susan Weinert "Triple Talk/Live" CD
Steely Dan "Everything Must Go" CD
Yellowjackets "Time Squared" CD
Allan Holdsworth "All Night Wrong" CD
Bozzio/Preinfalk/Machacek "BPM" CD
Eugenio Mori "Startin' From The Roof" CD
Dave Weckl "Back To Basics" DVD
Dave Weckl "The Next Step" DVD
Bobby Rock "The Zen of Drumming" DVD
Cab 4 (Self Titled) CD
Akira Jimbo "Fujiyama" DVD
Akira Jimbo "Wasabi" DVD
Dave Weckl "Live (and very plugged in)" CD
Marco Minnemann "Extreme Drumming" DVD
Drummers Collective 25th Anniversary DVD
Brain's "Brain's Lessons" DVD
Dave Matthews Band ""The Central Park" DVD
Pat Metheny Group "Speaking of Now Live" DVD
Rush "Rush in Rio" DVD
Modern Drummer Festival 2003 DVD
Jeff Richman "One Two" CD
Marc Atkinson "The Unreel Drum Book" Book/CD
Thomas Lang "Creative Control" DVD
Furian/Meneghello "Faces" CD
Ezio Zaccagnini "Suoniamo la Batteria" Book
Billy Ward "Inside Out" Book
Gary Husband/Mondesir "To The Power of Three" DVD
Bob Gatzen Drum Tuning "Sound and Design" DVD
Furian/Bianchi/Scoca "Japanese Era" CD
Jorg Eckel "Jorg At Work" CD
Lorenzo Feliciati "Upon My Head" CD
Dave Weckl "Exercises for Natural Playing" Book
Akira Jimbo "Wasabi/ Fujiyama" Book
Kalani "The Drummer's Toolkit" Book/DVD
Tom Hapke "Drum Easy" DVD
Stewart Copeland "Orchestralli" CD/DVD
Billy Ward "Big Time" DVD
Abercrombie/Erskine/Mintzer/Patitucci
"Live in NYC" DVD
Collins/Chambers/Smith ""A Salute to B. Rich" DVD
Jing Chi "3D" CD
Gary Chaffee "Sticking/Technique Patterns" Books
Weiss/Mulot " I groove... basso/batteria" DVD
Chick Corea Elektric Band "To The Stars" CD
Wolfgang Schüler "The Transcriptionbook" Book
Carolina Brandes "OMP" CD
Voodoo Hill "Wild Seed Of Mother Earth" CD
Mike Portnoy "Progressive Drum Concepts" DVD
Jeff Ocheltree "Trust Your Ears" DVD
Tommy Igoe "Groove Essentials" DVD
Marco Minnemann "Mieze" CD
Colaiuta/Marotta/Gadd "ADAA Honoring S. Gadd" DVD
Mike Portnoy "Progressive Drum Concepts" DVD
The Ultimate Drummers Weekend
"10th/11th Anniversary" DVD
Jeff Ocheltree "Trust Your Ears" DVD
Tommy Igoe "Drum Essentials" DVD
Frank Gambale "Raison D'etre" CD
Powernut "3 Nuts In A Pocket" CD
Terry Bozzio "Prime Cuts" CD
Davide Pettirossi "Quartette èlettrique" CD
Pat Metheny Group "The Way Up" CD
Lucrezio de Seta "Minus One" Book/CD
Drum Nation Volume Two CD
Wolfgang Schüler "Drummethod Volume 2" Book
Gregg Bissonette "Musical Drumming..." DVD
Rick Latham "Advanced Funk Studies"
25th Anniversary DVD
Dennis Chambers "Planet Earth" CD
Joe Morello/Danny Gottlieb "Natural Drumming Lessons 1&2" DVD
Frank Briggs "First Lessons" Book/CD/DVD
Gary Husband "Force Majeure" Live at The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London" DVD
Level 42 "Live At Wembley" DVD
Martin Verdonk "Tribal Fusion" CD
John Riley "The Jazz Drummer's Workshop"
Book/CD
Ronnie Ciago "A Natural Development..." Book/CD
Peter Erskine "The Erskine Method For Drumset" Book/DVD
Yellowjackets "Altered State" CD
Porcupine Tree "Deadwing" CD
Russ Miller "The Drum Set Crash Course" DVD
Dennis Chambers "In The Pocket" DVD
Larry Finn "Accelerate Your Drumming" DVD
Steve Smith "Part 1 & 2" DVD
Kenwood Dennard "The Studio/Touring Drummer" DVD
Mimmo Campanale "... Of Course" CD
Barrett Martin "The Painted Desert" CD
Guillermo McGill "Oraciòn" CD
Pier Paolo Ferroni "U.F.O." Book/CD
David Hines "Nebula" CD
Simple Minds "Black & White 050505" CD
Bill Evans "Soulgrass" CD
Dave Weckl Band "Multiplicity" CD
Fusion For Miles "A Guitar Tribute" CD
Visions Of An Inner Mounting Apocalypse
"A Fusion Guitar Tribute" CD
Ringo Starr "Choose Love" CD/DVD
Manu Katche "Neighbourhood" CD
Lee Ritenour "Overtime" DVD
The Police "Synchronicity Concert" DVD
Allan Holdsworth "Against The Clock" DBL CD
Simple Minds "Balck & White 050505" CD
Walter Calloni "Minus One" Book/CD
Walter Calloni "Electric Etno Combo" CD
Oregon "Prime" CD
Terre Differenti " Cities Of Dreams" CD
Mike Portnoy "Prime Cuts" CD
F5 "A Drug For All Seasons" CD
Salvatore Bonafede "For The Time Being" CD
Pietro Iodice Project "Suspended" CD
Tony Royster Jr. "Pure Energy" DVD
Marco Minnemann "Live In L.A." DVD
Terry Bozzio/Chad Wackerman "Solos & Duets" Dbl DVD
Terry Bozzio/Chad Wackerman "D2" DVD
Glenn W. Meyer "Beyond Stick Control" Book/CD
Alberto Netto "Brazilian Rhythms..." Book/CD
Rush "R30" DVD
Modern Drummer Festival 2005 DVD
Tommy Igoe "Groove Essential/The Play Along" Book/CD
Andrè Ceccarelli "Avenues Des Diables" CD
Marillion "Marbles Live" CD
Will Calhoun "Native Lands" CD/DVD
Michel Audisso "Petit Voyages" CD
Neil Peart "Anatomy Of A Drum Solo" DVD
John Pickering "The Drummer's Cookbook" Book/CD
Rob Lewis "Crosstraining" Book/CD
Michael Bublè "Caught In The Act" DVD/CD
Chick Corea Elektric Band "Live At Montreux 2004" DVD
Seth Goldberg "My First Snare Drum" Book
Donny Gruendler "Playing With Drum Loops" Book/CD
Stanton Moore "Take It To The Street" Book/CD
John Wackerman "Drum Duets Vol.1" CD
Danny Gottlieb "Jazz Combo Drumming" DVD
John Mayer Trio "Try" CD
Rodney Holmes "Twelve Months Of October" CD
Bill Bruford/Tim Garland "Earthworks Underground Orchestra" Dbl CD
World Drummers Ensemble "A Coat Of Many Colors" CD/DVD
Joe Morello/Danny Gottlieb "Natural Drumming Lessons 3&4" DVD
Magesh "Unique Beats" DVD
Donald Fagen "Morph The Cat" CD
Lorenzo Feliciati "Live At EuroBass Day" CD
Jazz Art Orchestra "Drums And JAO" CD
Mississippi Mood CD
Tool "10,000 Days" CD
Korn "Live & Rare" CD
Porcupine Tree "Arriving Somewhere..." CD
Dave Weckl "How To Develop Your Own Sound" DVD
Billy Cobham "Drum 'n' Voice 2" CD
Bill Bruford "Rock Goes To College" DVD
Modern Drummer Festivals "2000 & 2003" DVD
Flaviano Cuffari "25 Grooves 25" Book/CD
Jeff Bowders "Double Bass Drumming" Book/CD
Rick Latham "Contemporary Drumset Technique" Book/CD
Nucleo Vega "Understanding Grooves" Book/DVD
Dr. Bruce H. Klauber "Gene Krupa - The Pictorial Life..." Book/CD
Virgil Donati "Ultimate Play-Along" Book/CD
David Garibaldi "The Code Of Funk" Book/CD/DVD
Dream Theater "Score" DVD
Steve Weingart "Drak Blue Dream" CD
Jeff Queen "Playing With Sticks" DVD
Kenny Aronoff "Laying It Down..." DVD
Thomas Lang "Creative Coordination..." DVD
AUDW2004 "Australian Ultimate Drummers Weekend" DVD
Billy Cobham HR Big Band "Meeting The Spirits" CD
Joe Morello/Danny Gottlieb "Natural Drumming Lessons 5&6" DVD
Jim Payne "The Great Drummers/100 Funk Beats" Books/CD
Rick mattingly "Snare Drum Method" Book/CD
Joe Maroni "Rudimental Drum Method" Book/CD
Jeff Queen "The Next Level..." Book
Davide Pettirossi "Drums Colours Vol.2a/2b" Book
Alex Acuña "The Rhythm Collector" DVD
Stephen Perkins "A Drummer's Life" DVD
Marco Minnemann "The Marco Show" DVD
Wolfgang Haffner "Shapes - Live In Concert" DVD
Marcel Bach "Sound Surfer" DVD
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