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KW's PlayDead Weekend

8/22/2022

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​Our very own Kelly White recently took his TH kit on the road for a 3-show run with PlayDead featuring special guest David Gans. Venues included The Bottleneck in Lawrence, KS, and the Dancin' in the Streets Festival and HVAC Pub in Chicago, IL. 

It's always great hearing gig stories from you, KW! Thanks for repping TreeHouse!
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Thank you, Sam.

8/11/2021

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Sam is LOVING his new TreeHouse Tupan.
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And we are LOVING his band, The King's Busketeers!
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The Music Man

8/2/2021

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Here's Jason Degenhardt's set up for The Music Man at Topeka Civic Theatre. Alongside the malletSTATION, timpani, and misc percussion, his set up features all TreeHouse: a 7x10 mounted tom, 14x14 floor tom, and 14x20 bass in plied maple, a 6½x14 solid 1-ply maple snare drum, and a 10x14 mahogany/poplar/mahogany field snare worthy of ALL 76  of those trombones! 
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TreeHouse Drums on The Ellen Show

3/8/2021

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It's pretty cool seeing Danny Young and his TreeHouse Drums backing Brandy Clark on The Ellen Show.

Check it out!
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Kevin's Compact Kit Grooves

2/3/2020

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Sweet Compact Nesting Kit groove from Kevin Matthews and company.  Thanks for sharing, Kevin!
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Folk Alliance Conference in New Orleans

12/11/2019

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We are headed to New Orleans to spend a week at the Folk Alliance International’s 32nd Annual Conference.  TreeHouse Drums will be on performance stages across the conference, and Derek will have a booth and would love to chat Compact Nesting Kits, drumsets, and the latest happenings with TreeHouse Drums as we celebrate 20 years of business.  Join us at the Folk Alliance International 2020 Conference in NEW ORLEANS!
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Danny with Lucie Silvas

10/9/2019

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Jason and Danny hanging out at Starlight Theatre before Lucie Silvas opened for Joan Jett and Heart!  It’s always a good time seeing Danny, and his TreeHouse drums sounded great with the band!!⁣
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Kelly White with Maria the Mexican

10/4/2018

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Kelly White and his TreeHouse Drums have been busy making music with Maria The Mexican.  This review from a recent show features great photos, and a video of a new tune!
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Sounds Like Art!

6/19/2018

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​For all of our Topeka, KS friends (or travelers coming through) be sure to stop by the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery at the TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY and check out their “Sounds Like Art!” exhibit.  We provided an “exploded snare drum” and a hands-on hardware shell for the exhibit.  Our pieces, along with many others, will be on display until August 19th.

The exhibit is perfect for little hands to touch and make music, as well as big hands (and minds) to learn and experience instruments and music.  

CHECK IT OUT! :D

#drums #customdrums #artexhibit 
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​“It’s a Small World” Chapter: March, 2018.

3/5/2018

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​“It’s a Small World” chapter: March, 2018. I don’t usually wax on w/personal stuff, but hey, it’s my site and maybe you’ll dig this! 
In high school in the late 80s, I worked and saved for about 2 years to afford my dream drumset. I ordered it in October my senior year and the little brown UPS truck pulled up with the boxes one cold December day. I was so proud of my new drums that, when our high school went to the PSU (Pittsburg State University) Jazz Festival in late Feb/early March that year, I brought them to Memorial Auditorium, leaving the school’s drums in the band room. We played, then the University band, then the headliner, the premier US Air Force group The Airmen of Note. 
During soundcheck, the drummer from the Airmen of Note asked my permission to use my drums for their show. I was blown away! I was honored! It was that of his thinking that they sounded ok mixed with the notion that they wouldn’t have to unload their kit from their touring truck (he did bring onboard his own snare, something thick and deep I’d never seen before). I had always wanted drums that sounded like that, I just didn’t know that for a couple of months I’d had some!
I was mesmerized! He could beat the living snot out of the snare—musically!—with everything he had, but somehow not overplay. He took a few minutes with my 17-year-old rock-n-marchingdrummer self and broadened my everything. He showed me his grip (relaxed, not stiff like I was in marching band); he showed me his technique (smooth, with rebound and grace, not without dynamics like I was when I played too many notes); he showed me his sticks (SD 11s — big but light with great tips for bringing out the click of any ride, not my thin heavy things); he showed me his showmanship (smiles, confidence, intentionality with energy, not my nervous, scared-spitless-on-stage norm). 
I don’t remember his name, but the whole thing was just one of those pivotal events in a young musician’s life. His name is C.E. Askew, now teaching full-time at The University of Arkansas at Monticello...and he is the drummer for The Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra, tonight’s headliner for the 44th annual PSU Jazz Festival. 
Turns out he’s still just as amiable and kind! We chatted drumbuilding, craftsmanship, musicianship, etc. for most of his warm-up time in the green room before going on to swing the grooves home before hundreds of excited high school kiddos in the Auditorium. It also turns out that he has a thing for playing one of my drumsets every time he’s in town...D#
P.S. If you’ve got it, pass it on. Stay positive. Drench your A Game with humility. You never know who’s watching; make a difference.
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  • Products
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    • Tom Sets >
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      • Tupans
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      • Surdos (Retired Item)
      • Bass Boost (Retired Item)
      • Practice Tenors (Retired Item)
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      • Solid
      • Vintage
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