drumFunny – percussive comedy & music humor

Gotcha

We have not sold out to Premier. This was nothing but a little April Fools fun.

We are still, and always hope to be, our own entity. At least until someone makes a legitimate offer

Just kidding…..but seriously.

This April Fool’s gag received a much bigger reaction than we were expecting. Thank you to everyone who wished us a sincere ‘congratulations.’ Only then did I feel a little bad. Other than that, we got a huge kick out of the calls, text messages, emails, yada yada yada, sent throughout the day. Some angry, some sad, and everything else in between.

If you were surprised no one was catching on in the comments, it’s because we hid all the comments mentioning April Fools. I hope to never censor comments in the future, but it was necessary for the survival of the joke. Just to see how many people actually did figure out what was going on, I re-approved every censored comment. Check it out.

Of all the reactions we received, this was my personal favorite:

Sorry to anyone we may have offended (we’re not really sorry). To Premier Percussion, please don’t sue us for using your logo without permission and contrary to jerrrrrrrk’s opinion, we don’t think your drums are that bad.

Ok, enough of the jibba jabba. Back to the drum funny!

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