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Legal Beat: Making The Deal

Robert S. Lewis helps us consider three main payment options (guarantee, door, or door plus) available for bands playing small venues like bars.

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Steven Spence: Fast Track To Ozzfest

In his first drumming magazine interview, Black Tide drummer Steven Spence talks about his quick ascent from high school student to Ozzfest veteran.

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Health Tips: When Good Vibes Turn Bad

Strong vibrations pass through your limbs as you play. Some drummers never feel any repercussions (pun intended). The rest should read this article.

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Dave Grohl: The Path To Nirvana

Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl climbed the musical ladder until his monumental break with the scrappy grunge outfit Nirvana rocked his, and our, world forever.

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Weight Training: Push & Pull For Progress

Check out how to sustain a successful lifting regimen by making sure to fit in recuperation time between workouts. Here's an easy schedule to follow.

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Double Bass Legends: A Short History

Double Bass

From Bellson to Bozzio and beyond, these are the drummers who have pushed the vocabulary ever forward in the history of double-bass drumming.

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Learning By Watching With Stanton Moore

Stanton Moore tells us how important it is to learn from the live performances of other drummers. He says absorbing it all is most important.

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The 15 Greatest Groove Drummers Of All Time

We take a look at the greatest groove drummers of all time, and break down how the ingredients they used made their pocket so deep.

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Charlie Benante: Anthrax’s Worship Music

We get inside Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante's head, and find out what the band has been up to since their last release, eight years ago.

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Mark Shulman Drum Clinic Solo: 4-24-12

We dropped by the San Jose Guitar Center in April, 2012, and shot this video of a drum clinic by Mark Shulman (Cher, Pink, Billy Idol, and Foreigner).