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Yamaha - Stage Custom Birth Hybrid Kit
The configuration that we have for review this month, the SCH2HP587, is the company’s most extensive package in this new acoustic/electronic category and offers more than enough to get you up and running right out of the box. TO READ…
Tycoon - Triple Play Cajon
Three distinct playing surfaces for ultimate tonal variety. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Amedia - Kommagene Series Cymbals
These new cymbals are distinctly old-world in appearance, featuring flat profiles, unhammered bells, light and wide lathing, hand-hammered bows, and a proprietary aged finish, but they’re built for modern strength and stability. We were sent a set that included 15"…
Provenance - 4x14 VW Snare
From the scraps of a funky old work van to one of the funkiest-sounding snares around. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Kosa 2015
KoSA’s annual International Percussion Workshop, Drum Camp, and Festival took place in its quaint home at Castleton University in the Lakes Region of central Vermont this past July, just as it has for twenty years. TO READ THE FULL STORY:…
Critique
Reviews this month include Roxy: The Movie, Groove Book, Metal Chops Matrix, Sex & Drumming, and more. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
It's Questionable - I Want My Old Drums Back
I recently received a promotion at my day job, so I decided to treat myself to a new set of drums. I was thrilled at first, but then I started to wish I hadn’t sold my old kit. I now…
It's Questionable - What's This Ride?
"I bought this Meinl ride on Craigslist, and I’ve been wondering if it’s a rare cymbal. The writing on it says it’s a Byzance series 21" Dry ride, but when I searched for that exact model I couldn’t find anything.…
News
Out Now Converge Thousands of Miles Between Us Metalcore pioneer Converge is dropping the multi-format audio/video release Thousands of Miles Between Us, the centerpiece of which is a full twenty-song show filmed in HD on the All We Love…
New and Notable
New and notable this month, Outlaw's Church Pew Drumset, Zildjian Premium Cymbal Bags and Cases, MXL PA-5K Drum Microphone Kit. and more. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Kit of the Month
“With my son at a Lego BrickFair in Virginia, I watched two children and their parents build a very flexible creation with a limitless offering of Lego bricks, and it occurred to me that it was possible to create a…
Flam It Up: Add Some Meat to Your Fills
Flams are fun! A flam is defined as a soft stroke, or grace note, and a louder main stroke played closely together to sound like one. Flams can be closed (less space between strokes) or open (more space between strokes).…
How to Practice: Get the Most Out of Whatever Time You Have
Enthusiasm is your fuel to improve your drumming. You probably spend time working on grooves and fills, playing along to recordings, searching YouTube for videos, attending concerts, practicing from method books, and jamming with other musicians. These are all key…
Jazz Drummer's Workshop: Foundational Studies For Ride Cymbal Technique
Before be-bop, jazz rhythm was characterized by equal emphasis on all four beats of the measure. With bop came the accentuation of the second and fourth beats. This accentuation is clearly heard in the ride cymbal pattern with reinforcement on…
