tag

Features

Why Can’t I Feel My Fingers?

Luga Podesta shows us a few different ways to avoid common hand and wrist injuries in drummers, and how to relieve any discomfort.

Features

5 Tips For Building A Drumming Career

This column is an attempt to answer some burning questions while highlighting what is required of you to get work as a gigging drummer.

Features

Kenny Aronoff: The Art Of The Deal

Learning to negotiate a price for your services is as important as knowing how to play in time. Kenny Aronoff shares his secrets to cutting a deal.

Features

Five Ways To Ruin Your Feel

Tony Braunagel explains five common ways that you can ruin your feel when playing a groove beat (like not listening) and how to avoid them.

Features

Turn Your Next Gig Into A Cash Cow

Want to learn how to revamp your live act into a DIY profit machine? Look no further with Jake Wood's list of strategies to turning gigs into cash cows.

Hand Drum

Meinl Timbale Roundup: For Any Occassion

Gregg Juke tells us about Meinl's new timbales that can fill various roles in both the drum set player's and the percussionist's sonic arsenal.

Plugged In

EQ Explained: All Things Are Not Equal

Kevin Ratterman touches on some fundamental truths about the topic of equalization to help you optimize your studio drum sounds.

Features

Tips Of The Trade: The Brand Called “You”

John Wicks explains that as a musician, be sure that the image you are selling of yourself is the one you want to live out and ultimately become.

Features

Tips Of The Trade: Be Chart Smart

John Wicks advises us on how to write charts or cheat sheets, and learn ten to twelve songs overnight — a great skill to have as a working drummer.

Lessons

Workshop: Unleash Your Creative Fill Potential

Use Nate Brown's step-by-step approach to unleashing your creative fill potential and learn how to improvise during any situation.