Vic Firth is one of the world's oldest drum stick manufacturing companies. The company was founded by Everett "Vic" Firth, who was the timpanist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 50 years. Vic Firth also attended the prestigious New England Conservatory before joining the BSO. A drum stick or drumstick is an item used to hit percussion instruments, including but not only drums, to produce sound. ... The Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra performing in Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music. ...

Besides drumsticks, Vic Firth also makes a variety of mallets (timpani mallets, marimba mallets, orchestral percussion mallets, Bass Drum Mallets, etc.) as well as salt and pepper shakers. The designs for the sticks and mallets are inspired by Mr. Vic's experience in the business, colleagues and percussion mates, and noted players in the industry. Drummers endorsing the companies sticks include Vinnie Paul (Pantera/Damageplan), Bill Ward (Black Sabbath), Scott Travis (Judas Priest), Tomas Haake (Meshuggah), Terry Bozzio, Charlie Benante (Anthrax), Buddy Rich, Jeff Tortora (Blue Man Group), Steve Gadd (Eric Clapton), Billy Cobham, Dave Weckl and Danny Carey (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus). Vinnie Paul (Vincent Paul Abbott) was born on Wednesday, March 11, 1964 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He is a heavy metal drummer and producer. ... Pantera was a popular heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas that formed in 1981. ... Damageplan was a heavy metal band, showcasing the Power Groove sound that was demonstrated by Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell Abbott while playing in Pantera, especially on the Vulgar Display of Power album. ... Bill Ward Bill Ward (born May 5, 1948, Birmingham, England), is the drummer for the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Scott Travis (born September 6, 1961, Norfolk, Virginia) is the drummer for legendary British heavy metal band Judas Priest. ... Judas Priest is an influential heavy metal band formed in 1969 in Birmingham, England and later reformed four years later by K.K. Downing and Ian Hill. ... Tomas Haake (born July 13, 1971) plays drums for the metal band Meshuggah. ... Meshuggah, whose name is taken from the Hebrew and Yiddish word for crazy, is a four-piece technical thrash metal band from Umeå, Sweden who use extended polymetric passages, complex drum patterns, odd time signatures, angular, dissonant guitar riffs, and harsh, atonal vocals. ... Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950) is an American drummer. ... Charlie Benante is the drummer/guitarist for the heavy metal band Anthrax. ... Bernard Buddy Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. ... Born in 1971, in Syracuse, NY. Graduated Solvay High School in 1989. ... Blue Man Group at the New London Theatre Blue Man Group is a creative organization centered on a trio of mute performers that present themselves in blue paint, latex bald caps, and black clothing. ... Steve Gadd (born April 9, 1945 in Rochester, New York) is a very well known session drummer, mainly known for work with Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Joe Cocker, Bob James, Chick Corea, Eric Clapton and many others. ... Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born March 30, 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning British guitarist, singer and composer, who became one of the most respected and influential musicians of the rock-era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... Billy Cobham, born May 16, 1944 in Panama, is one of the worlds most influential drummers, best known for his jazz fusion in the 1970s, with John McLaughlins Mahavishnu Orchestra, where he pioneered a powerful style of drumming with rock and funk influences. ... Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960) is a highly acclaimed jazz fusion drummer. ... Danny Carey Daniel Danny Edwin Carey (born May 10, 1961 in Paola, Kansas, USA) is the drummer for the band Tool. ... Tool is an American rock band, formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California, when drummer Danny Carey joined the rehearsal of his neighbour, singer Maynard James Keenan, and guitarist Adam Jones and bassist Paul dAmour, when nobody else would show up. ...