# 26 Ryan Gruss- Owner/Founder of The Loop Loft, Producer & Drummer!
Check out one of the Loop Loft All Stars performances...
If you're interested in who the winners were for the BET awards, you can click HERE.
This is the webpage for the musical director for the stars, Adam Blackstone, founder of BBE.
Snapchat releases the SnapMap. Super stalkery...
Apple music is up to a $3.25 billion dollar business.
In honor of African American Music Appreciation month, the Harlem Hellfighters, helped to introduce Jazz to the country of France in World War 1
Here's a link to the Rick Latham play along tracks.
Chick Corea and Steve Gadd are going on tour and recording a new album. Here is the announcement video...
These are the music conferences we mentioned....
CD Baby DIY Musician Conference, Thom Hannum's Mobile Percussion Seminar, Scott Kettner's Carnaval Caravan Retreat, and MixCon
The products we talked about are, the Hook and Albert weekender bag, the Thumb Thang shaker, the Schlagwerk Shake Hands Shaker Glove, & Remo quick release hi hat clutch.
You can get some of your very own loops from the Loop Loft!
Here is the website of Jarrod Cagwin to see what Ryan was talking about with the percussion playing.
Ryan mentions being an assistant to Ahmed Ertegun and also having his band checked out by Peter Asher.
The first incarnation of the loop loft is RyanGruss.com.
Ryan mentions using both Studio One and Ableton.
These are the first mics Ryan started using, the Rode NT5, the Beta 52 and SM57.
The "life changing album" is D'Angelo's Voodoo album and specifically the track "Spanish Joint"
The New Music Friday playlist on Spotify introduces new songs each week.
You can check out Ryan on Facebook, & Twitter. You can check out the Loop Loft on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube
Here's a couple loop previews by Omar Hakim, Nate Smith, & Mark Guliana
Lastly, here's the tribute to Clyde Stubblefield by the Loop Loft Allstars....
