Grand prize drum solo winner Lou Mars jams live in front of a panel of judges at Westlake Studio with Zack Wiesinger and Andy Alt. Judges Mike Frondelli, Jim Stanek, Mike Burns, Mark "Moke" Bistany, Ken Deans, Niki Nearing and Bobby Owsinski watch live and participate in a Q&A afterwards. Filmed and directed by Heavy Bag Media. Produced by Jim Stanek (Dixon) and Nikki Hearing (Kaman Music). The full length special can be viewed "now" on the ARC channel. ... read more...

Do you guys remember Dixon's "Drum Your Way To Hollywood" contest back in July? Check this out! Lou Mars came out on top, and besides getting a new Demon drum kit from Dixon, he won the chance to play for a panel of music insiders and pros. The entire event was taped for the A&R channel and will be showing until January 31, 2009. If you don’t have OnDemand, we’ve embedded a video of the program below, courtesy of Dixon’s blog. It’s fun watching Lou get his g... read more...