The drumkit is the band's biggest beast and needs special treatment. Set it up in the right place and the right way. Add mics and acoustic aids. Get your beats sounding great the quick and easy way.

Axl Rose may be one of the coolest rockers of all, but he couldn't keep his cool during Guns N' Roses show in Buenos Aires on Saturday night. In the midst of the band's Latin American tour, they took ...

It’s much easier to get volume, clarity and brightness from a new set of drumheads. If possible, get them on, tuned and ‘played in’ a day or two before the session. This should be the drummer’s ...

DRUMS WEEK 2025: Drum recording is one of the most discussed topics amongst engineers and producers, and for good reason. There are multiple ways to approach it and the correct option can be ...

DRUMS WEEK 2025: Sporting one of the most beloved (and most heavily sampled) drum tracks of all time, Led Zeppelin’s spin on Memphis Minnie’s When the Levee Breaks is widely hailed as one of the rock ...

The dates in the US commenced on Wednesday night (August 6), with an opening night at the Oakland Arena in California. It marks the continuation of their long-awaited ‘Peel It Back’ 2025 world tour ...

April Wilkerson creates hidden kitchen drawers using toe kick space in a DIY hack. Caught on camera: CEO resigns after uncomfortable moment at Coldplay concert goes viral Mets' Juan Soto Struck Out on ...

The Netherlands-based drum’n’bass producer’s dazzlingly kinetic EP flips the script, channeling unpredictable rhythms into humid and mysterious new territory. Save this story Save this story A partial ...

How it started: a simple repair job on a Roland drum machine. How it ended: a scratch-built FM drum synth module that’s completely analog, and completely cool. [Moritz Klein]’s journey down the analog ...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ fifth studio album Long After Dark landed with a series of firsts for the band. It was the first to feature bassist and backing vocalist Howie Epstein, replacing Ron ...