Korg Wavedrum – Revolution of Percussion Drums

In 1984 there were drummers who were purists and would only be seen behind an acoustic set of drums. The mere thought of playing plugged-in to anything even close to a drum machine or sampler […]

Famous Historic Drum Sets

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Famous Drum Sets No.2 As the “Trap Set” began to find its way into the pop music of the early 1900’s, it took on may shapes and configurations. Some drummers approached this new instrument as […]

Famous Drum Sets No.1 – The Contraption

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As I began to think about how (and with whom) to start this column, something occurred to me… pianos. Pianos are exactly the same no matter who sits down to play them; none of the […]

Pork Pie Little Squealer Drum Kit

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You may be familiar with Pork Pie drums. In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s the custom drum builder was born as a direct reaction to drums that seemed to be snapped together on massive […]

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Famous Drum Company Indestructo and 2×4 Snare drums

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Drummers, by nature, seem to be able to tinker with things. It may very well be a result of having to fix our gear in the middle of a gig, that we develop a certain […]

Sonor Force 3007 Rock Set Drum Kit

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There are few things that can cause a young drummer to lie awake at night. All that bashing and crashing makes us pretty tired. Still, every so often an image will get stuck in our […]

Bosphorus Stanton Moore Smash Crashes

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Far too often I’m told buy a band leader or record producer, to play something “kinda funky”. Funky is, of course, defined in many different ways depending on who you talk to. If you’re talking […]

Rudiment Round-Up – Drum Lessons [Detailed Drum Lessons]

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Rudiment Round-Up Lesson 1: Why you need ‘em! An introduction Well partners, this, I‘m afraid, is something that I encounter far too often in the real world… maybe some of you do too. You’re minding […]

Jason Bittner’s Solo Drum-Off Guitar Center Video

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Drum-off–Jason Bittner of Shadow’s Fall performs at Guitar Center’s Drum-Off Grand Finals. This video below is in HD quality and sounds amazing. Oh, how I love Tama drums. Watch the video below. Jason Bittner’s Drum […]