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Drum Educator Mike Johnston Joins Vic Firth Drumstick Artist Roster

BY NICOLAS GRIZZLE Drum educator Mike Johnston of mikeslessons.com has switched drumstick endorsements from Vater to Vic Firth. “In case you didn’t figure it o... Read More

Hit Like A Girl Is A “Revolution Within A Revolution”

The 2019 Hit Like A Girl Contest opens for entries on March 1. This contest, which was started by drum industry marketing expert David Levine in 2011, has grown... Read More

Beat It! 43 Bass Drum Beaters Reviewed

FROM DRUM! MAGAZINE'S APRIL 2018 ISSUE | BY AJ DONAHUE It’s wild how much a couple ounces of solid mass at the end of a metal pole can influence the sound of s... Read More

Left to right, Craigie Zildjian, Mike Balter and Debbie Zildjian. Photo courtesy Zildjian

Zildjian Buys Mike Balter Mallet Company

Zildjian announced today it is acquiring Mike Balter Mallet Company, the world’s largest percussion mallet manufacturer. This adds to the cymbal maker’s stick r... Read More

Greg Saunier Of Deerhoof: Drums As An Afterthought

From DRUM! Magazine’s December 2017 Issue | By Bob Doerschuk | Photograph: Anna Nasty Deerhoof is a thoroughly conventional band. That’s the thesis we ask drum... Read More

The 2017 DRUMMIES! Gear Award Winners

For the past 24 years, readers of Drum magazine have pored over the annual Drummies! ballot to cast votes in the percussion industry’s definitive gear award pol... Read More

PASIC Session On November 10: A Re-Creation Of ‘Trap Drumming’

At the 2017 Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis this week, a quartet of drummers/educators led by Drum Magazine columnist Daniel Gl... Read More

Vic Firth Joins In Global Make Music Day Celebration

Spreading the message that to make music, all you need is a beat in your heart and a pair of sticks, Vic Firth gave away hundreds of pairs of sticks and sponsor... Read More

Jeff Watts: Soul Of A Drummer, Mind Of A Composer

From DRUM! Magazine’s August 2017 Issue | By Bob Doerschuk | Photo By Paul Haggard What’s Jeff "Tain" Watts been doing lately? Well, among other thin... Read More

Vic Firth Unveils Benny Greb Signature Stick

Photograph: Gerhard Hühne Vic Firth Co. in Norwell, Massachusetts, announces the new Benny Greb Signature Stick (SBG; price TBA). It offers a 5B shaft with a s... Read More