The Magnetic Drop Clutch is a way to continue playing patterns on a closed hi-hat with your hands while your foot wanders off to double kick pedal, foot cowbell or similar.
Although drop clutches have been around in various forms for quite some time, what makes this particular device unique...
Benny Greb has announced a four-date UK clinic tour. The clinic ace kicks off the run at Rhythm Base in Glasgow on 6 May.
He follows that up with dates at Gateshead’s Drum Shop on 7 May, before a performance at Sound Attak in Colchester the following evening. The tour is rounded off...
Jazz Essentials is a collection of play-along tracks recorded by drummer Peter Erskine, pianist Alan Pasqua and bassist Darek Oles, which aim to give users the experience of playing in a live situation.
Each of the 10 tracks allows you to mute individual instruments or re-mix them to find your...
Who are the richest drummers in the world? Most people steer their kids away from learning the drums in favor of less noisy instruments. You may want to reconsider that decision after you find out how rich these thirty musicians became from banging on a drum.
As you’re about to see, if...
The greatest selling drum kit of all time is back!
Making a much heralded return in 2013, the mighty Pearl Export Series has been retooled with Pearl’s Superior Shell Technology to provide the award winning Export sound at an affordable price.
Made of 6 plies of blended Poplar...
This week, during a visit to Washington, D.C., Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith lobbied members of Congress to spare the blade on music funding in public schools.
Smith joined jazz guitarist (and ex-New York Yankee) Bernie Williams on behalf of the National Association of Music Merchants...
Music Radar have announced the result of a public vote on the bext rhythm sections of all time. Coming in top were Neil Peart and Geddy Lee of Rush.
They say, “Rock’s foremost power trio have been locking in perfectly for 40 years, so it’s no surprise you voted Messrs Peart...
Drummer John Blackwell, best known for his work with Prince, Justin Timberlake and Patti LaBelle, has been named associate professor of percussion at his alma mater, Berklee College of Music.
“John studied with me just about his entire time at Berklee,” recalls John Ramsay, chair...
Visitors to the Ringo: Peace & Love event, which opens on 12 June (13), will be able to check out the drum kits Starr played when the Beatles hit Shea Stadium and performed on the Ed Sullivan show in New York, the suit he wore on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Band album cover...
Former Whitesnake drummer and current guitarist for S.U.N., Brian Tichy, received an unexpected call this month from the big mouth himself, Steven Tyler. The Aerosmith singer asked Tichy if he would play drums with the band at the tenth annual Stuart House benefit, hosted by John Varvatos.
Tichy...
Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn has thrown in his two cents to the recent Slayer drama, where drummer Dave Lombardo was booted from the band only two days before a major Australian tour.
Flynn is positive that Lombardo will return to the lineup once they patch up their differences:
“Being...
Thrash metal giants Slayer recently got a lot of publicity and heat from the fans for the current drummer issues the band is going through. After firing long time drummer Dave Lombardo from the latest Australian tour, the group has hired former Testament drummer Jon Dette to fill in the vacant position.
After...
The Darkness have been forced to cancel their upcoming tour of Australia with Joan Jett and The Blackhearts for medical reasons, according to Antimusic.
Ed Graham, the drummer of The Darkness, is having hip troubles again, which has forced the band to pull out of the tour which was set to kick...
Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr has died at the age of 56 after suffering from multiple sclerosis.
Steve Harris, the heavy metal band’s founder and bass player, said it was “terribly sad news” in an announcement on the group’s website.
“He was a wonderful...
