Acquisition by Premier
We’re very excited to announce the acquisition of drumFunny by Premier Marching Percussion! (this explains the new site design and web address redirect) If you are having trouble viewing the new design, try refreshing your browser or re-entering the URL.
[Update] The domain redirect will occur Sunday, April 5th, NOT today. At that point, drumFunny.com will automatically be redirected to premier-percussion.com/premier-drum-blog. RSS subscribers will automatically have their feeds changed to the new URL. Until then, the site address will remain as you see it above.
Jim Thomas, director of marketing at Premier percussion, was the mastermind behind the acquisition.
“I’ve been a fan of [drumfunny] from the beginning. When Premier decided to pursue a more aggressive initiative towards the online space, we wanted to try something different. Drumfunny has already developed a very strong viewership and community and their market closely mirrors that of Premier Percussion. We hope to slowly transition away from exclusively humor related content and use this platform as a way to promote exciting new Premier products and events. We’d also like to personally thank Chris for his assistance and willingness in the acquisition of the site.”
It’s been a lot of fun and I thank everyone for their continued support, loyalty, comments, and content submissions. While I had bigger and better plans for drumFunny as we moved into the future, it would have been foolish to turn down the very generous offer made to us by Premier.
[Update] I’ve received several emails asking if I will still maintain my editorial position. The answer is NO. Premier is assuming all maintenance and content responsibilities for the site effective immediately.
If you are traveling to Dayton Ohio for WGI percussion finals, be sure to stop by the Premier booth. I believe they will have some drumFunny merchandise to give away.
Thanks again guys. Hope you see you down the road at some point.
- Chris
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April Fools!
hahaha
wow that sucks
hahahaha! i get it
total bummer man. hope the site doesnt change to much.
Sucks you sold out, but I’m sure you made bank. congrats, chris
Screw those guys above me….congrats! Thats awesome news!
Nice Try! Not fooling me!
bummer for us, but sounds like a great move for you! Good luck with everything, and I hope to catch up with you soon.
Hug!
GAH!!! i forgot what day it was. damnit!
April Fool’s!
april fools
April Fools?
april fools?
Seriously guys. I think premier is having a hard enough time keeping their company afloat, and I don’t think any executive of the company would think that this website, no matter how funny, would turn their sales round.
Check the date doods.
None of you guys looked at the calendar did you?
Hey man, congrats! Don’t mind the tools above. We all know this is just one of the avenues to your even further success. Keep it up!
Let me guess, April Fools.
Is everyone else really that dumb….
no, no screw that, this sucks, this was the one solely hilarious drummer site and now some crap company went and bought it, what the hell. and as for your new logo: really? did that take you a whole 2 seconds in microsoft paint? thats right, nevermind, now that this site is owned by premier i guess quality doesnt matter right?
What’s today’s date again?
I think it’s smart… too bad their drums sound like cardboard boxes.
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pwn3d ROFLCOPTER!!!!!!
what’s a splooie?
You got me. Good one… haha.