Mr. Hiroyuki Sato, owner of Pad Corporation (center) with Steve Bowman (left) and San Francisco Drum Co. owner Garry Williams (right)


Steve Bowman demonstrating the musical capabilities of the Civic Center model drums at Drum World- San Mateo, CA.

JAPAN DISTRIBUTOR
VISITS SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco Drum Co. received our first international visitor from Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Hiroyuki Sato, owner of Pad Corporation, made a much-appreciated trip north following the 2006 NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. Mr. Sato and San Francisco Drum Co. owner Garry Williams had the pleasant opportunity to visit in person and spend a few days together, seeing the city's most popular tourist attractions as well as a marathon tour of the leading pro drum shops in Northern California.

An in-depth comprehensive product demonstration was held at Drum World of San Mateo, CA. In addition to trying out the popular Civic Center model kits, Mr. Sato had a chance to see the new limited-edition 1906-2006 commemorative snare drum.

Bay Area drummer Steve Bowman (Luce, Bittersweets, Tremelo, ex-Counting Crows) also paid a visit to the store to visit with Mr. Sato and attracted a small crowd of walk-in traffic who heard his playing demonstration. The event concluded with an impromptu jam session with Steve and Garry trading fours and comedic relief stick tricks and antics. A great time indeed.

"It was both an honor and a pleasure to finally meet Hiro-san in person and show him around the city. He originally discovered our drums in January 2005 at Professional Drum shop in Hollywood and we have since established a business relationship.", said Garry Williams " It was a lot of fun visiting the local drum stores together and spending time with Steve Bowman. It was interesting to learn more about the drumming trends and needs of his customers while exchanging ideas about our upcoming products. I sincerely appreciate our relationship with Pad Corporation, which allows the musicians of Japan to have access to our instruments through some of the finest drum stores in the Tokyo area. I look very forward to meeting again in-person next year!"

For more information about Pad Corporation,
visit www.pad-corp.com

For more information about Drum World,
visit www.drumworldsf.com