How are clinics arranged?

[DerNeue]

I wondered how clinics (especially drum clinics) are arranged. Because I noticed that Virgil had different kits these year while he had clinics literrally all around the world.
For example he had kit Midnight Fade (sigh!) at his clinic in Frankfurt/Germany.
I saw a list on Mangini's homepage. It desribes certain things like cymbal setup monitoring and also what shells he would need.

So do drummers get their equipment from the nearest drumstore or do they have many kits that are shipped days before they arrive?

I hope this question is not as stupid as think about it being and that it did not appear in this forum yet.

[vdreignsuponus1]

(i think) the companies send everything virgil, or any other drummer, will need to the venue he will be playing at, and they set it up there. thats y u see the price tags still on the drums and cymbals stand and stuff.:)

when i was at a rabb clinic, someone offered to buy his snare and he let him, so obviously, hes not using the same set over and over again.

^im pretty sure thats how its done..

[drummaman1]

Most stores that are, for example, a Pearl or Yamaha Dealer, will ask help from those companies in sponsoring said artist for a clinic, including a door fee, if needed. Cymbal and stick companies kick in some too.

Artists usually have a rider that lists equipment they would need to perform. The store either needs to have said equipment in stock, or they need to get said equipment from the companies, which is difficult, because after the clinic the store is (usually) stuck with the high-end kit, especially if you dont have too many local drummers that are willing to shell out the big money for it. Artists are also reluctant to use the lower lines of that same brand (wouldn't you be in their position?)


How much (approx) do you think someone like Virg or Mike Mangini asks for to do a clinic? Or in Thomas Langs case, he did a clinic tour, and Sonor handled most of the logistics, including Thomas' fee. Most music stores can't really afford to have the artist on their own; the companies the artist endorses help out the stores by sponsoring him/her.
So you'll always see the companies sponsoring their clinicians, in the hopes that the people who go to the clinic will see how great artist x plays, and they'll buy his signature stick or cymbal in the hopes to sound like him/her! It looks like win-win for everyone.

I hope that didn't sound too lawyer-y. Thanks for reading!