An Editor's Overview
It Takes a Village to Create a Drummer
Kit of the Month
Keeping the Volume Down!
JAZZ INSIGHTS
Dipping Your Toes into the Water
New and Notable
Roland V-Drums 3 and 5 Series, TR 1000 Rhythm Creator, and CR-78 Software Rhythm Composer, DW 3000 Hardware Series Hardware Packs, True-Cast Snare, PDP Concept Series Locking Thrones, Concept Acrylic Kit and Snare, Latin Percussion City Timbales, Limited Edition Cherry Congas and Bongos
Industry Happenings
Alex Gonzalez using a DWe kit on the New Maná Vivir Sin Aire Tour
Product Close-Up
New Yamaha Recording Custom Snare Drums: Aluminum and Stainless Steel
Artstruments MR1 Drum Mounting Bracket
Roland VAD516
VOXEL Percussion: 3D Printed Drums, Sound Art in Audio Visions
On the Cover
Chad Sexton: The Musical Unity of 311
Features
Jordi Radnoti: The Pressure of Being Prepared
Luigi Paraventi: Precision, Patience, and the Next Generation
Transcriptions
“Amber” by 311 from the recording From Chaos, drummer Chad Sexton
Strictly Technique
Silent Drum Practice
Basics
The Swing Pulse
Rock Perspectives
Progressive Drumming Essentials: Groove Contraction
Jazz Drummer's Workshop
Master Studies II: Developing the Single Stroke Roll (Some More…)
Teacher's Forum
The New Breed: Advanced Reading
Collector's Corner
Snare Drums from the Northup Drum Museum
2026 NAMM Pictorial
Out Now
Out Now March 2026
In Memoriam
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar
EYE CANDY
Sean T. Lane’s Heart Touring Kit
Flipbook
March 2026 – Volume 50 • Number 3
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