ENDORSEMENT APPLICATION

By: norbert saemann

people email us:

Hey hows it going?!
Um I'm just curious. how is it possible to get an edorsement/sponsership from you guys??
ive been playing drums for roughly 8 years. and ive never found a cymbal i like more then a meinl.
let me know!!
I need this! i'd love it. im sure you get this everyday.
but im a serious drummer and will be for the rest of my life.
until the day i die. or happen to lose an arm.. or leg.
but yeah
let me kno asap!
thanks for ur time

being endorsed is still a desirable status for every drummer. if its handled the right way, a mutually beneficial relationship can be achieved. all good. when i receive an inquiry like this, the answer is always the same: "thanks for your interest. attached is our endorsement application form which has all the information you need to apply for a sponsorhip with us."

to make this process easier, you can from now on download the pdf directly from our website. so if anyone of you is thinking about sending us a similar email wanting to become an endorser, simply download the form here. everything you need to do is described in the form.

- norbert

Friday, February 13, 2009 at 02:59 PM | Categories: Meinl

11 Responses to “ENDORSEMENT APPLICATION”

cleve minter jr posted on Tuesday, 23-02-10 20:22

i really want to be endorsed. i take drumming very serious. i pay for a variety of artist and im currently a music major at columbia college chicago, in the area of instrumental performance,composition. i love the drums and you will love my style of play
thomas doyle posted on Monday, 19-04-10 21:26

i recently came across this opertuneity in rising stars i am a drummer from southampton uk i am in love with music in a big way and am doing anything to go pro.

i was born in 1991 making me 18 as a child i never reali fitted in and couldnt find alot i was good at but took after my mother in loveing punk rock i would often borrow her ramones and buzzcock cds and listen to them over and over. it was at this time i took up "tapping" on any table or chair i could get near i would just tap out beats and rythems i could never sit still. then at around age 10 my grandad showed my our african roots and taughet me the basics of african drumming i loved it and still play acoustic gigs with my djembe. But i still haden't got behined the kit then in year 10 oh secondry school a talent show came up my mate was like tom your a drummer you can play with us and so it came my first gig was playing a 6/8 beat for 2 minutes of the kill we didnt win and i little more than a kick snare patteren but i was hooked and have never looked back since i took up leassons joined a band got a kit and never looked back i just played and played useing all my infulences i devolped a strange pop punk jazz tribel style which still sets me apart from the crowd my strngths as a drummer our my solid beats mixed with my writing abilty and feel of the music. at the momment i am with newly formed band flight were writing like mad and i feel we can reali go some were his our very new myspace with a song i was recorded on www.myspace.com/flightsouthampton my most proud momments in pink jew out the big crashes in the coruas and the ending were i hold the beat and let my bandmates do there thing we havr played many gigs and people seam to love our music and have told me i know how to make a song dancey after only a few months of gigging we have already bin put on a best bands of southampton http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=60782824&albumID=384630&imag[..] check cd 2 track 17.

in terms of gear i love it altough compared to some im rather new to the game i know more about gear than most and often end up tunin other drummers kits setting it up choosing things everytihng and cymbals our by far my faveorite after lisenting to some artists who use you im in love espec the darker midels i love dark big soudns that sit under music which you seam to do amzingly well.

in tearms of my musicel education at the momment i am attending tauntons music colledge doing a btech in performance http://www.tauntons.ac.uk/ and have been having lessons with matt boyd hayward for 2 years now i aksed him to wrtie a descroption of me for this. he said

"I have been teaching tom for 2 years now and shows a reali passion for the drums and is a very quick learner he real puts himself out there in terms of bands and gigs and if he keeps up this passion ans attitude i think he stands a real chance of playing drums for a full time job he could be the next jo jo mayer in terms of learning speed and style."

i also aske dmy band mate sam curtis

"tom is so amzing to play with we can jam for hours and we just gel his creativty is boundless and we wouldnt trade him for the world "

reali hope you think im right for this and hope to hear fomr you either way soon and am reali sorry for my spellin im high dyslexic and drummings my way to express myself. http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?ref=profile&id=853184447
Daniel Peterson posted on Tuesday, 27-04-10 04:05

I've been playing the drums for roughy two years. That doesn't seem like a long time, but I've gotten really good. I play in a band called Metanoia. We are a christian metal core band, and strongly believe in God. I am looking for an endorsement deal. I am currently making a video of my drumming. Please contact me back. I am looking forward to talking with you in the future!

Sincerely,
Daniel Peterson
- norbert posted on Tuesday, 27-04-10 09:58

@daniel
please scroll down on our website. you'll find an "endorsement form" there. open the pdf and follow the instructions.
Conor Burridge posted on Friday, 30-04-10 00:49

While questions are being answered, what kind of status must a band achieve before endorsement is a possibility? I doubt very much mine is anywhere near, still just local shows trying to break out and get known around the area, and I wouldn't NEED it as such (already using all Byzance and Mb20 in my setup). Just curious that if we have the good fortune to "make" it, I won't be embarrassing myself sending in the application!
ray aguirre posted on Monday, 07-06-10 07:26

hi, just want to ask if theres any way you can email an endorsement form to my email, cus i tried to open it on your website but the link seems to be broken, so i really apreciatte if u can send my one,......

greetings from tijuana mexico
- norbert posted on Wednesday, 09-06-10 15:23

@ray
i can surely email you. let me have your address please.
Glennford A Comrie posted on Wednesday, 16-06-10 04:50

can you end me an application form plz
Jack Sipes posted on Thursday, 03-03-11 20:52

hey guys. i was wondering if i could get an endorsement from you guys? you guys are my favorite cymbal company and most of my kit is Meinl. i'm in a band called Secret's Out. we're a fairly small band from Columbus, Ohio. I am a recording member but aren't on tour.

I have a little endorsement from TRX Cymbals, which i don't use. they're so over priced and not worth it

So if you could email me about this please do! i want this so bad! thank you guys!
Chase Nolin posted on Wednesday, 30-11-11 21:30

I've been playing drums for 6 years. You probably get thousands of people asking to be endorsed and I understand that and plus i'm probably not old enough. (I'm not putting details of my age. Just e-mail me if you [Meinl] want to know) I love Music, in fact i can play four instruments well. I love Meinl because I got a cymbal from you guys and I loved it to the death of it. I plan to buy more and My dream is obviously to play professionally.. Thanks for reading and i'll put some video's on YouTube if you guys reply.
Ben Stacey posted on Thursday, 15-12-11 17:13

Hello, Im Ben Stacey the drummer of a metal band called Haunted Tranquillity, i am wanting a cymbal endorsement and wonder if you can help me out. We are getting more noticed by the day, we play 2/3 gigs a week, travelling all around, so i can really get your name out there. We have played the London o2, Bedford Corn Exchange, and are supporting famous bands such as The Dead Lay Waiting and No Consequence.
We also have just released our 2nd cd, and we are currently doing a tour.
I am endorsed by Silverfox Drumsticks
Here is some links including a preview of our latest EP, and a drum solo by me, i hope you like it and i hope to hear back from you soon, heres my email address drummerboyben92@hotmail.co.uk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPxRFaPmdso

http://www.youtube.co[..]

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