A couple of months ago, I posted about the "Drum Your Way to Hollywood Contest" that Dixon Drums was sponsoring. Well, Dixon announced the winner about a week ago and I wanted to be sure to mention it here. The winner of a Dixon Demon drum kit and a trip to Hollywood, CA to play live Westlake Studios in front of an A&R panel is Lou Mars. Here's a video of Lou's winning performance at Herried Music in California:

Congratulation Lou on a job well done.

I've made it no secret that Chad Smith is one of my favorite drummers playing today, and I'm really excited about his new Chickenfoot project with Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Joe Satriani.

Now, Music Radar is taking questions for Chad via their web site. To submit your question, have a look at this post and submit your question in the comments section (you'll need to create a Music Radar account to do this).

Curious about the RHCP's next album? Have questions about Chickenfoot? Want to know about dynamics within the band? Here's a great opportunity to ask and get an answer from Chad directly.

Enjoy!