Carmine Appice 2005, he became an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization which provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in less privileged public schools throughout the USA. He has personally delivered instruments to children in the program and has also performed at benefit concerts for the organization and sits on its Honorary board of directors. In 2006, he formed the drum ensemble SLAMM in which Appice participates on drums playing alongside four young drummers. The show they put on has been described as "Stomp on steroids". The band filmed a promotional video for the Cable Network station
Dizi (instrument) known for having invented the "koudi" in 1971. Ma Di (馬迪) is a current composer and soloist known for his technique on the instrument. Ron Korb ( or phonetically translated to ""), born in Toronto, Canada, is the first renowned western musician playing "dizi" along with numerous other world woodwinds. He graduated from the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto with an honours degree in performance. On many of his recordings he uses the "dizi" as the lead instrument. He has also used "dizi" in the film soundtracks of "The White Countess", "Relic Hunter", "China Rises", and "Long