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Review: Yamaha Tour Custom and Recording Custom Snare Drums

BY AJ DONAHUE | FROM THE SUMMER 2018 ISSUE OF DRUM! Recently, we’ve seen a pair of home-run reintroductions from the drum set team at Yamaha. First, they kicke... Read More

From Aluminum To Gold: Mining For Tone With 8 Exotic Metal Snares

BY AJ DONAHUE | FROM THE SPRING 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM! Quick, take 90 seconds and think of as many iconic snare drum sounds as you can. Got it? All right, take a ... Read More

Top 5 Drum Gear Surprises of 2018

BY AJ DONAHUE The good people at Drum give me a lot of opportunities to check out really, really cool gear. In the past year alone, I've written about roughly ... Read More

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

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Vintage Gear: The Evolution of Snare Hardware 1918–1945

BY MARK COOPER | FROM THE SUMMER 2018 ISSUE OF DRUM! The strainer and throw-off are important parts of the sound, feel, and performance of a snare drum. Most m... Read More

13 Tips For Protecting A Beloved Part Of Your Drum Set

FROM DRUM! MAGAZINE'S MARCH 2018 ISSUE | BY RICK VAN HORN Most drummers consider their snare drum to be the “heart” of their kit. Okay, perhaps that should ... 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

How To Get Started On The Cajon

From DRUM! Magazine's January 2018 Issue | Text, Photos And Music By Mark Powers The cajon has a deep history, with its Peruvian and Cuban roots stemming back ... Read More

Rogers Drums Relaunch: The Return Of A Legend

By Phil Hood It has been no secret in the last year that Rogers Drums is returning to the land of the living. The legendary drum brand had its greatest success... 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