Timber Timbre: Exploring Sonic Traits of Exotic Wood Snares

BY AJ DONAHUE | FROM THE FALL 2018 ISSUE OF DRUM! While maple, birch, and mahogany have served us well as preeminent materials used for wood snare drums, a grow... Read More

Doc Sweeney Adds Jared Kneale, Preps New Prescriptions For NAMM

Australian-born Jared Kneale relocated to Nashville in 2010 and quickly became a highly sought after drummer. Now he's been added to the expanding roster of art... Read More

Accented Triplets, Buddy Rich Style – Part 1

Text, Music, And Video By Tiger Bill Meligari There is no shortage of drummers today who can play a fast single-stroke roll; however, not so many of them are c... Read More

Doc Sweeney’s Drum Creations

By Phil Hood Doc Sweeney is a San Diego-based drum company that has quickly developed a reputation for artistic one-off drum designs using proprietary building... Read More

Get Faster on Drums: ‌A 10-Day Plan To Bump Up ‌Your BPMs

From the May issue of Drum | BY JARED FALK You have to have the proper foundation in order to get faster on drums, so the first thing you need to do is work on ... Read More

More Rockin’ Apps For Drummers

Originally published in the January 2016 issue of Drum magazine. BY JAKE WOOD Six years ago the app market was a young tech toddler, clumsily stumbling ar... Read More

Analysis of The Trickiest Drum Intros On Record

BY BRAD SCHLUETER It’s happened to all of us. A song comes on the radio, and you tap your foot along with the music. A few beats later, you suddenly discover t... Read More

Increase Bass Drum Speed With Heel-Toe Technique

BY TIGER BILL MELIGARI For the last couple of months we’ve worked on footwork combinations for single bass and double bass. This time, we’ll add a techniqu... Read More

How To Play Accents With Fast Fingers

Last month we worked on four of my favorite exercises for developing fast finger reflexes. This time, I’ll show you how to add accents to your fast finger ... Read More

5 Tips For Speed Drumming

BY TIGER BILL MELIGARI Speed drumming is one of those skills that is developed through practice. You have to develop coordination and get used to hitting the dr... Read More