How To Build Your Own Soundproof Home Studio for Drums
BY GINO ROBAIR
One of the toughest things about being a musician — and a drummer in particular — is finding a suitable place to practice. M... Read More...
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LESSONS
Lesson: Reggae & the 8th Note Subdivision
BY STEWART JEAN
Reggae is the ultimate genre when it comes to feel and subdivision—the perennial “less is more” genre. If you listen to a T... Read More...
Lesson: Superimposing Time Signatures Over Jazz While Trading Fours (Part II)
BY "TIGER" BILL MELIGARI
This is the conclusion of our two-part series on superimposing odd time signatures over common time (4/4) while tr... Read More...
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A 10-DAY PLAN TO BUMP UP YOUR BPMs
The Fastest Way to Get Faster: A 10-Day Plan To Bump Up Your BPMs
From the May issue of Drum | BY JARED FALK
There are plenty of ways to improve your speed and many are effective. At the end of the day, th... Read More...
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Ambient Microphones And Tea Towels: Sound Library Secrets
BY PHIL HOOD
Two things caught my eye when I first read about the new Simmons SD2000 mesh head kit earlier this year. First was the news th... Read More...
10 Kits Under The Microscope: Choose One
BY RADIM MCCUE
In the market for a new drum kit? Don’t spend a nickel until you’ve read the final verdicts of our expert review team on the... Read More...
NEWS
Snare Talk: Drumming Pros Weigh In On Sound, Feel & Tuning
BY ANDY DOERSCHUK & PHIL HOOD | PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE HACALA | FROM THE AUGUST 2015 ISSUE OF DRUM!There are few places on Earth where... Read More...
Inside the Ever-Changing World of Boingo with Drummer Johnny ‘Vatos’ Hernandez
BY ANDY DOERSCHUK | FROM THE JULY-AUGUST 1994 ISSUE OF DRUM!Sad but true—it isn’t always the easiest thing to be in a cult band. Just a... Read More...
GROOVE ANALYSIS
Groove Analysis: Shinedown’s Barry Kerch
Video lesson and text by Libor Hadrava | Print text and transcriptions by Andy Ziker | From Drum's Summer 2018 issue
This month’s Video Gro... Read More...
Groove Analysis: Styx’ Todd Sucherman
BY BRAD SCHLUETER | FROM THE SPRING 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM
Todd Sucherman is Styx’s drumming powerhouse, and his original parts propel their so... Read More...
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From Sticks To Snares: Building a Stave Snare Drum From Scratch With Sugar Percussion
BY NICOLAS GRIZZLE
Woodworking requires a certain set of skills. Woodworking for drums requires that, plus a good ear and a lot of practice.... Read More...
Lotus Drummer Mike Greenfield Describes Creative Process, Afrobeat Influence on New Song ‘Snake Island’
By Nicolas GrizzleAs the drummer for 20-year-old jam band Lotus, Mike Greenfield is an expert at getting a crowd to dance. The band’s 1... Read More...
That Time in 1996 When Megastar Dave Grohl Called Back For an Interview With Upstart Rag DRUM! Magazine
BY ANDY DOERSCHUK | FROM THE MARCH 1996 ISSUE OF DRUM! MAGAZINELast year, DRUM! magazine placed a call to Dave Grohl's to about doing a... Read More...
Watch: ‘Futureman’ Roy Wooten Bass Drum Solo
In 2018 we were pleasantly surprised to bump into “Futureman” Roy Wooten on the Summer NAMM expo floor. After a fascinating but all-too-bri... Read More...
Ronald Bruner Jr.: The Road to Clarke
By John Ephland | From the Spring 2008 issue of TrapsYou can’t start much younger. Drummer Ronald Bruner Jr. can honestly state that hi... Read More...
From the Archive: In and Out of the Studio with Toto’s Jeff Porcaro
From the November/December 1991 issue of Drum! magazineIt's 2 P.M. in North Hollywood, California. As the summer sun turns streets into... Read More...
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